Amen! FYI...Steve and I wrote letters this weekend and I faxed and emailed more today...so they've heard from us! PLEASE take a minute to do your part and write your Commissioners!! Sometimes it only takes one voice...and that voice could very well be yours!! Don't wait for someone else to do...if you need additional information or facts please email me and I'll try to help you out. Time is of the essence...after January 18th they will entertain no further comments and a decision will be made. Please also visit www.state.tn.us/twra/sandhillproposal.html and voice your opinions there as well. Feel free to forward this email..and encourage anyone you know to do the same. Thanks, Cyndi Routledge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Anglin" <sang905@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 10:19 AM Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: NPR Commentator Julie Zickefoose on TN's Crane hunt proposal > This article is SO well written. Thanks, Vickie, for providing the link. > > Multiple addresses of TN officials involved in this issue are provided in > this article. I can't help but copy and paste the following compelling > section: > > *UPDATE: As of Tuesday, October 19, Mike Chase had received exactly ONE > letter in protest. And that was from Janet McKnight. He called her to > thank > her for writing. My screed should arrive today. So then he'll have two > letters of protest. This is a well-publicized thing-better now, thanks to > 10,000 Birds. And yet even Tennessee's birders remain silent-perhaps happy > to passively enjoy birds without bothering to question their state's > management choices. Birders, if you don't act, you've no room to complain > about the outcome of this proposal. Think about training your binoculars > on > a family group of sandhill cranes kiting into a cornfield, hearing shots, > and seeing two crumple to the ground. If that thought bothers you, WRITE. > > Sylvia Anglin > Nashville > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Viclcsw@xxxxxxx> > To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:20 AM > Subject: [TN-Bird] NPR Commentator Julie Zickefoose on TN's Crane hunt > proposal > > >> You may already know Julie Zickefoose as artist, writer, birder and NPR >> commentator. TN's Janet McKnight alerted her to the hunt proposal in >> TN. >> As >> a result, she wrote a commentary on hunting cranes in one of the most >> read >> birding blogs on the internet. Read what she has to say and if you >> haven't already responded, give thought to your own response to the call >> for >> comment on TWRA's proposal to hunt TN's sandhill cranes. >> >> Most of all, use your voice. >> >> Here is the link to her comments and to the many responses she has >> already >> received. >> >> _http://10000birds.com/shooting-sandhills-in-tennessee.htm_ >> (http://10000birds.com/shooting-sandhills-in-tennessee.htm) >> >> Vickie Henderson >> Knoxville, TN >> Knox County >> >> =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== >> >> The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with >> first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. >> You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds >> you report were seen. 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