[BCNnet] Re: Rescue the Rivers

[Gmurphy6@aol.com]

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>  The Nature Conservancy's Nature News, June 26, 2002
>  _____________________________________________
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>  Rescue the Rivers!
>  
>  Dear Nature Lover,
>  
>  Rivers provide us with water to drink and irrigate our fields, with fish 
for 
> food and sport, and they are the source of recreation like swimming and 
> boating. Our naturally occurring wetlands and riverside ecosystems are also 
a 
> tremendous source of biological diversity.
>  
>  But we have already lost more than 50% of the wetlands, rivers and streams 
> in the U.S. Our freshwater resources are facing a range of threats 
including 
> dams, runoff, invasive species and development.
>  
>  Now there's an easy way for you to help - for free.
>  
>  Just go to the Rescue the Rivers page and click on the "Nature Valley - 
> Rescue the Rivers" button:
>  
>     <A HREF="http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a14464a60082a67072712a0">
http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a14464a60082a67072712a0</A>
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>  
>  Nature Valley Granola Bars will donate $1 to the Conservancy (up to 
$125,000)
>  on your behalf each time you click.
>  
>  While you're there you can:
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>  - Learn ways to conserve water in your own home 
>  - Take our Rivers Quiz 
>  - Find out about our work on rivers you can visit 
>  - Learn more about The Nature Conservancy's Freshwater Initiative 
>  
>  This money will help The Nature Conservancy continue to protect freshwater 
> sites around the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.

>From Virginia Murphy
Belleville, Illinois
Gmurphy6@AOL.com
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