<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks, Ann!e! —dawn<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 18, 2023, at 10:16 PM, anne sparks via Green <green@fuusm.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Dawn,</div><div><br></div><div>I just received this article that has really good coverage of the Salt Fork Park Rally on July 1 from the Times Leader:</div><div><a href="https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/local-news/2023/07/save-ohio-parks-allies-rally-to-fight-against-fracking/">https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/local-news/2023/07/save-ohio-parks-allies-rally-to-fight-against-fracking/</a></div><div>*<br></div><div>Also, here is a press release Save Ohio Parks sent out that should be circulated. This Thursday is the last day to submit public comments objecting to fracking Salt Fork - it has information and the links for commenting on all three public lands that have so far been "nominated" for fracking. These are the best links to use. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Press Release</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Save Ohio Parks is a group of volunteer grassroots citizens in
Ohio concerned about fracking in our state parks, forests, wildlife
areas, and other public lands.</div><br>This year Gov. DeWine signed a
law kickstarting fracking in our public lands. So far oil and gas
companies have applied to frack two of our state parks (Salt Fork and
Wolf Run), and two of our wildlife areas (Valley Run and Zepernick).
Additional applications are submitted every week.<br><br>Save Ohio Parks
has formed to push back on this. Our public lands are supposed to be
protected spaces for people and wildlife. They are not meant to be
exploited by extractive industries.<br><br>The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission is now taking public comments on these fracking applications: <br><ul><li>Salt Fork State Park: <a href="http://bit.ly/nofracksaltfork" target="_blank">bit.ly/nofracksaltfork</a></li><li>Valley Run and Zepernick Wildlife Areas: <a href="http://bit.ly/valleyzep" target="_blank">bit.ly/valleyzep</a></li><li>Wolf Run State Park: <a href="http://bit.ly/nofrackwolfrun" target="_blank">bit.ly/nofrackwolfrun</a></li></ul>The deadline to comment on Salt Fork and the two wildlife areas is <b>July 20</b>. The deadline to comment on Wolf Run is <b>July 28</b>.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Save
Ohio Parks will send out additional action alerts regarding the other
parks and wildlife areas targeted for fracking. To get those, join our
mailing list at <a href="http://bit.ly/SOPjoin" target="_blank">bit.ly/SOPjoin</a><font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><font color="#888888">Thanks!</font></div><div><font color="#888888">Anne<br></font></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 6:26 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello, Green ones!<div><br></div><div>My goodness, but you had a productive meeting in June after the picnic, when I suddenly became explosive. The episode didn't last long, but it really did me in, and I had to go home to rest and recover. Thanks to Adeline for yet another fine job of note taking, the minutes of that meeting are attached. </div><div><br></div><div>And now it's time for another meeting--Sunday at 12:30ish in the parlor and on Zoom. (George, will you please host and send the link?)</div><div><br></div><div>Here is what I am aware of that we need to discuss. Please let me know of anything I've forgotten or am unaware of that is agenda worthy, and do it by Saturday at noon.</div><div><br></div><div>1. Approval of the minutes of our June meeting.</div><div>2. Kudos to MOVCA for their Plastic-free July and related events. Several upcoming. Anything else from MOVCA? Adeline or Cindy or Mike?</div><div>3. Ecological restoration project updates: Mark? Wanna say something?</div><div>4. FaCT Ohio: We are an Anchor Congregation! Ginne, please let us know what we can and should do!</div><div>5. At the GA, the UU Youth's proposal to immediately divest of fossil fuels failed. </div><div>6. Dawn signed the GSC on to the Climate Forest Campaign. We were one of 100 signatories--well, FaCT Ohio also signed it!</div><div>7. Pollinator plot & solar bench</div><div> a. I know for a fact that weeding is going on like mad at the Hoffart-Henderhan Pollinator Garden. Kudos!</div><div> b. Annie Warmke is keen on getting a poster or easily changeable poster mosaic installed in the solar bench display case. Bless her. Presentaly, Jonathan Brier and Mike Bailey both have keys...</div><div>8. Injection wells, ReImagine Appalachia, CCL --George</div><div>a. How did the rally at Salt Fork go? What can we do to discourage oil and gas development on Ohio public lands?! How can we stay informed/</div><div>b. CCL meeting will be Monday at 7 p.m. via Zoom.</div><div>9. Anything else I've forgotten or don't know about?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for being Green! I know, it's not easy!</div><div><br></div><div>--dawn, who remembered to attach that file! Yay me.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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