At the request of some politicians, TVA has extended the public comment period on the draft "Policy Governing the Tennessee Valley Authority's Retention, Disposal and Planning of Interests in Real Property" through November 28. The original comment period on the draft policy closed in early November. This issue is very important to Tennessee birders because it will help to determine whether and how public lands on TVA reservoirs (those on the Tennessee River and its tributaries) will be available for residential, commercial, and industrial development. The draft land use policy issued by the TVA board for public review is available at http://www..tva.gov/river/landandshore/land_policy.htm <http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/land_policy.htm> . It would halt residential and some commercial development of these important public lands, and greatly restrict industrial development on them. At the recommendation of the TOS Conservation Policy Committee, the TOS Board of Directors unanimously approved a strong endorsement of this draft policy. A copy of this TOS position statement is available at http://www.tnbirds.org/ConsvPolicy.htm. If you have not already sent your comments to TVA on this draft policy, I urge you to do so. As stated on the TVA web site, TVA is only accepting comments by email during this extended comment period. The email address is landpolicyhearing@xxxxxxx Chuck Nicholson Norris, TN =================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. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________