Win this fight for our parks
Hi Brian,
Thanks to the more than 1,500 people who raised their voices to keep all of our state parks open and the more than 50 people who sent us their personal stories about their state park memories, we’ve come a long way since the governor’s announcement on April Fool’s Day.
Now, with Memorial Day just past, it is time for the governor to level with us — and let us know if his plans will make sure we can continue to camp and swim in our state parks this summer.
I am proud of the strong response of people like you; we’ve generated over 7,000 e-mails to our elected leaders, and shown that the public can fight back.
But we’re not there yet. The DEP is still exploring all of the options on how to make our state parks “self-supporting.” And just ahead of us is a big fight to get permanent dedicated funding for open space preservation — an issue Gov. Corzine has consistently ducked.
We know we can win this fight for our parks and campgrounds — and eventually for our other open spaces, but it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to take hard work — and money, to keep the fire burning, and really put pressure on our elected leaders to solve our current state parks and open space crisis.
Can you chip in with $35, $50, $75 or more?
https://www.environmentnewjersey.org/action/preservation/donate-today?id4=ES
I’ve really been blown away by how many of you are passionate about standing up for our environmental treasures across the state. We created quite the buzz around this issue, and we’ve come too far to stop now.
Keeping all of our state parks — and our campgrounds and swimming areas — open would be a great victory, but ensuring permanent open space funding for generations to come — now that would put the icing on the cake. Please chip in whatever you can afford:
https://www.environmentnewjersey.org/action/preservation/donate-today?id4=ES
And as we’ve fought Gov. Corzine to keep all state parks open, we’ve also reminded state leaders that the stop-gap funding for open space preservation is dwindling.
These are big challenges for the environment, and we need public support and financial resources to continue these fights for our parks and open space.
Can you chip in $35 or more to help us win on these campaigns and help fund the work of Environment New Jersey?
https://www.environmentnewjersey.org/action/preservation/donate-today?id4=ES
More than ever, we need your help to protect our parks. Please send this along to as many of your friends as possible.
Sincerely,
Dena Mottola
Environment New Jersey Executive Director
DenaM@EnvironmentNewJersey.org
http://www.environmentnewjersey.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
