Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 LETTER AGAINST YAZOO PUMP PROJECT (USA) From- theanimalspirit Please forward! Source: EnglandGal SEND LETTER TO: Mr. Gary Young Email: yazoobackwater Dear Mr. Young: I am joining with the National Wildlife Federation, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, and others in opposing the unnecessary and economically and environmentally unsound proposal to build the world's largest hydraulic pump in Mississippi. This wasteful project would benefit only a handful of people at tremendous expense to taxpayers and the environment. Taxpayers for Common Sense called the plan, at upwards of $181 million, a " giant make-work project. " The pumps would destroy some of the best remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the lower Mississippi River basin, which provide habitat for bald eagles, alligator, bobcat, deer, and the threatened Louisiana black bear. Further, the project threatens highly productive freshwater lakes and swamps that support a burgeoning hunting, fishing and ecotourism industry. The pumps would also establish a dangerous precedent for the nation's flood control policy by draining wetlands, not to save homes and lives, but so that agribusiness can intensify production. Please reconsider the Yazoo Pumps and put an end to this ill-conceived project. Sincerely, ______________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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