<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ooooo! An organization to protect Ohio State Parks from oil and gas leasing, especially fracking!! Notice that there’s a link below for the group’s website, and another to join its mailing list. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI. --dawn<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cathy Cowan Becker <<a href="mailto:becker.271@gmail.com" class="">becker.271@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Introducing Save Ohio Parks</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 11, 2023 at 3:11:11 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cathy Cowan Becker <<a href="mailto:becker.271@gmail.com" class="">becker.271@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Greetings to friends of Ohio public lands, </div><br class="">My name is Cathy Cowan Becker, and I am one of the lead volunteers with Save Ohio Parks, a campaign by People Protecting Ohio Public Lands. We are an all-grassroots group, many of us longtime environmental advocates in Ohio. We are coming together to fight back against fracking in Ohio's public lands, especially our state parks, forests, and wildlife areas.<br class=""><br class="">You are receiving this message because you submitted testimony to the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission opposing fracking in our state parks and other public lands. <br class=""><br class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)" class="">Save Ohio Parks campaign<br class=""></b><br class=""><div class="">I wanted to let you know that Save Ohio Parks is now an organized campaign, and invite you to join our mailing list. We will be using this mailing list to keep people apprised of applications by the oil and gas industry to frack our public lands, as well as chances to file public comments and guidance on what to say. We will also let you know of upcoming campaign events and initiatives. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will not overly spam you or give or sell your information to anyone else, and you can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here are some relevant links: </div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">You can join the <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-save-ohio-parks-email-list?clear_id=true" target="_blank" class="">Save Ohio Parks mailing list here</a></li><li class="">Learn more about us and check out our website at <a href="http://saveohioparks.org/" target="_blank" class="">saveohioparks.org</a></li><li class="">We meet every other Friday at noon. If you would like to get the meeting invitation and get more involved with our campaign, you can <a href="https://saveohioparks.org/join-us/" target="_blank" class="">sign up here</a>. </li></ul></div><div class=""><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)" class="">Rally to Save Salt Fork State Park</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Finally, I want to let you know about the <b class="">Rally to Save Salt Fork State Park</b> on Saturday, July 1, at noon. <br class=""><br class=""><b class="">When</b>: Saturday, July 1, 12 Noon.<br class=""><b class="">Where</b>: Salt Fork State Park, 14755 Cadiz Rd, Lore City, OH 43755<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-save-salt-fork-state-park" target="_blank" class="">Register Here</a></b><br class=""><br class="">Ohio's state parks and public lands are under attack. The oil and gas industry has submitted its first nine applications to FRACK Ohio public land, including three applications to frack an incredible 281 parcels of Salt Fork State Park.<br class=""><br class="">Salt Fork is the largest state park in Ohio and widely considered the gem of our state park system. There is no way that surrounding this park with 16 frack pads to frack 281 parcels will leave it unscathed. Fracking is incompatible with hiking, camping, swimming, fishing, birdwatching, and any other activity people do in our state parks.<br class=""><br class="">Help us fight back! Join the Rally to Save Salt Fork State Park at Shelter 1, near Camp Beach and the Nature Center at Salt Fork State Park, 14755 Cadiz Rd, Lore City, OH 43755. Learn how fracking affects climate, health, democracy and more, tell visitors to the park what is happening, and say NO to fracking our precious public lands.<br class=""><br class="">Hope to see you at an upcoming meeting or event organized by Save Ohio Parks!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Cathy Cowan Becker<div class="">she/her/hers</div><div class="">Based in Central Ohio, land of the Delaware, Miami, Shawnee, and other indigenous peoples</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">"Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." </i>— Carl Sagan<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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