Advocacy / Mill Mtn Easement Survey

I filled out my survey... have you?!

This is NOT an April Fools Day Joke.
Please speak your bicycling oriented mind regarding a potential Conservation Easement on Mill Mountain.
It should take no more than 5-10 minutes of your day but may impact generations to come.
Deadline is Friday April 02, 2010

Roanoke City is considering a Conservation Easement with regards to Mill Mountain and is seeking public input via survey.
Link to details and survey are below, but first please consider these points.

Definitions:
'Preservation' as a resource management term can imply keeping things 'as is' with no more human intervention... only changes by Mother Nature. This type of resource management can severely impact the ability to maintain, improve, or expand outdoor / natural-recreation opportunities, such as trails available for bicycling.

'Conservation' as a resource management term implies 'wise goal-base-use' land management with appropriate techniques / tools. Using Recreation-oriented Conservation Management can greatly ease managers and maintainers ability to maintain, improve, and expand as-appropriate natural-recreation opportunities.

Requests:
I urge you to support bicycling on Mill Mountain by expressing your concern in the survey's 'Comments Box' that "Any Conservation Easement on Mill Mountain allow for the ability to easily maintain, improve, and expand as appropriate the natural-recreation opportunities of Mill Mountain, in particular, single-track mountain biking and road bicycling opportunities." And yes, you may choose to cut and paste the above quoted sentence if it speaks what is on your mind :-)

Thanks for taking 5 minutes..
The link is here at http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N283DJ4X335LGONEN Just read the info, scroll down, and click the link to take the survey.
---If the above link does not work for you, please google "mill mountain easement survey" and chase links as appropriate.

Sincerely,
David Tompkins

Roanoke Valley Mountain Bike Patrol Leader
www.roanokevalley-nmbp.blogspot.com

Advocacy Representative
East Coasters Bike Shop - Roanoke, VA