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Subject: Florida's nationally renowned trails program threatened
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dennis
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03/25/2009 09:28:50  
From Ken Bryan
Subject: Florida's nationally renowned trails program threatened. Act
now!


Rails to Trails Conservancy

Dear Florida Trail Advocate,

I’m shocked at the irony, and hope you are too.

Within weeks of the Florida Governor’s office proclaiming March as
Bicycle Month and celebrating our trail victories, the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) announced devastating cuts
to the Office of Greenways and Trails (OGT), effectively eliminating
this nationally renowned program.

Act now to protect Florida’s greenways and trails.

These cuts are excessive and disproportionate to FDEP’s other proposed
cuts. While other FDEP program budgets are being cut 20 percent, this
proposal would, among other things, eliminate more than 80 percent of
OGT’s Tallahassee staff! In addition to rolling back the pro-trail clock
10 years, this measure risks nearly $50 million in hard-earned
development money for Florida’s future trails.

RTC understands that cuts are required, and should be fairly
distributed. However, the OGT program reduces our dependence on oil,
improves health, betters our environment and strengthens our
communities. Eliminating it does far more harm than good, and for
generations to come.

Please speak up for trails now. Then help spread the word!


Thank you.

Ken Bryan, Florida State Director
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy


P.S. Want another opportunity to advocate for bicycling? Join RTC and
the Florida Bicycle Association at the Florida Bicycle Summit, April 2,
2009. Help begin a new era of bicycling and trails in Florida. We need
you! Please register for this FREE event now.

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