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(Re: "CADIZ WATER GRAB" This Letter to the U.S. DOI Is Being Directed to Organizations, Businesses '& the Like' Right Now, Rather Than Individuals, So Please Share This To Those U Feel Would Like To Add Their Name. They Can Email David Lamfrom from National Park Conservation Association [email at top] To Sign On... Also, Can Any1 forward this to the Agua Caliente Tribal Organizations &/Or Any Others U Know Of A.S.A.P..~?~ Thank You ~!~ BTW You Can Email Me For the Email w/PDF If U Like, Especially for Those Not On FB: [email protected] yahoo dot com ) Thank U Sunny of 350 Joshua Tree & the J. Tree-Huggers -= ;) =- From: "David Lamfrom" Date: Jun 19, 2017 9:36 AM Subject: Letter opposing Cadiz: 95 current signers, need more! Friends, Please see the embedded (or attached) letter and the current list of signers. Thank you so much to each of you who supported this effort by signing on and recruiting other signers. Please review the list below and see if there are any groups who should be a part of this effort who are not. Feel free to forward this email to them, or to connect with me so that I can reach out. Thank you again for your support on this important effort! TEXT OF LETTER June XX, 2017 Honorable Ryan Zinke Secretary of the Interior U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street Washington, D.C. 20240 Re: California Tribes, Hunters, Businesses, Recreationalists, and National Park Visitors Oppose Cadiz Water Project Dear Secretary Zinke, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members across the country, we write to express our opposition to the Cadiz Water Project, proposed by Cadiz Inc. in California’s Mojave Desert. Our organizations represent diverse constituencies of California desert’s national parks and public lands, including campers and hikers, hunters, tribal members, rockhounds, gateway community businesses, and wildlife enthusiasts. We are united in our opposition to the Cadiz Water Project that threatens our way of life and our ability to enjoy our public lands. The Cadiz Water Project proposes to pump 16 billion gallons of water each year for 50 years from a rural Mojave Desert aquifer for sale to urban, coastal markets. Cadiz Inc. does not have approval from the Metropolitan Water District, which manages the aqueduct required for the project and previously rejected this project due to environmental harm. Additionally, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service, two of the most respected science-focused agencies in the nation, have found Cadiz Inc.’s aquifer recharge rate to be grossly exaggerated. The USGS concluded that the aquifer’s recharge rate is nearly 10 times less than what Cadiz Inc. has estimated, and reaffirmed their analysis on May 5, 2017, writing “We are not aware of new information that would change our recharge estimates.” The National Park Service recently stated Cadiz Inc.’s recharge rates “are not reasonable and should not even be considered.” The Trump administration should accept the expert findings of its own agencies. Cadiz Inc. has asked the Trump administration to waive federal review of this project, but doing so would negatively impact the rural communities and stakeholders who use this landscape in many ways. The aquifer supports remote springs Native American tribes from the California desert identify as sacred. These springs are critical for wildlife such as bighorn sheep and support recreational activities including wildlife viewing and hunting. The affected landscape includes both the Mojave Trails National Monument and the Mojave National Preserve, the third largest national park site in the lower 48 states. Our national parks and public lands should be protected and left in a better condition for future generations. Cadiz Water Project proposes the opposite, and in doing so, undermines the multiple-use offerings of this region developed over decades of careful work by local stakeholders. We urge you to defend the California desert from the harmful Cadiz Water Project. Sincerely, SIGNERS: 1. Amargosa Conservancy 2. Amigos de los Rios 3. API Forward Movement (Formerly API Obesity Prevention) 4. Arroyo Seco Foundation 5. Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council 6. Audubon California 7. Audubon Center at Debs Park 8. BackCountry Pictures, Inc. 9. Barstow Democratic Club 10. Basin and Range Watch 11. Bike San Gabriel Valley (Bike SGV) 12. BoxoProjects 13. Bruce Hucko Photography 14. California Coastal Protection Network 15. California Desert Coalition 16. California Desert Conservancy 17. California League of Conservation Voters 18. California Native Plant Society 19. California Wilderness Coalition 20. Campbell House 21. Center for Biological Diversity 22. Center for Food Safety 23. Chuck Kimmerle Photography 24. Climate Action PS 25. Coalition to Protect America's National Parks 26. Community Nature Connection (MRCA’s educational arm/nonprofit) 27. Conservation Lands Foundation 28. Council of Mexican Federations (COFEM) 29. Coyote Corner 30. Death Valley Natural History Association 31. Defenders of Wildlife 32. Dominion Outfitters 33. EcoFlight 34. Environmental Justice Coalition for Water 35. Environmental Water Caucus 36. Evelin Mendoza, concerned citizen, Coachella, CA 37. Food and Water Watch 38. Friends of the River 39. Great Leap 40. Green Latinos 41. Guy Tal Photography 42. Harley Goldman Photography 43. Harrison House Music, Arts, and Ecology 44. Hispanic Access Foundation 45. Humane Society of the United States 46. Inland Empire Waterkeeper 47. International Dark-Sky Association, High Desert Region Chapter 48. International Park Advisors 49. Jeffrey Jenkins, PhD 50. Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater 51. Lani Miller, MD, Environmental Activist, Palm Springs, CA 52. Latino Outdoors 53. Los Angeles Audubon Society 54. Los Angeles Waterkeeper 55. Marge Doyle, Board of Directors, Morongo Basin Healthcare District 56. Michael Gordon Photography 57. Moab Photography Symposium 58. Mojave Desert Land Trust 59. Mojave National Preserve Conservancy 60. Mojave Project 61. Morongo Basin Conservation Association 62. Morongo Basin Democratic Club 63. Multicultural Communities for Mobility 64. National Parks Conservation Association 65. Native American Land Conservancy 66. Natural Resources Defense Council 67. Newberry Community Services District 68. Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress 69. Orange County Coastkeeper 70. Pastor Frank Ruiz, Indio 71. Por La Creacion: Faith- Based Alliance 72. Project Bobcat 73. Rebecca Hernandez, PhD 74. Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous People 75. San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society 76. San Diego Coastkeeper 77. San Diego Democrats for Environmental Action 78. San Gabriel Mountains Forever Coalition 79. Sierra Club, San Gorgonio Chapter 80. Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep 81. Southern California Desert Video Astronomers 82. Southern California Watershed Alliance 83. Steve and Ruth Rieman, professional sculpture 84. Stitch Art Studio 85. Story of Stuff Project 86. Tecopa Artist Group 87. Tecopa Hot Springs Resort 88. The Country Kitchen 89. The Wilderness Society 90. Tourism Economics Commission 91. Transition Habitat Conservancy 92. Transition Joshua Tree 93. Twentynine Palms Inn 94. Vet Voice Foundation 95. Wholly H2O 96. 350 Joshua Tree