Rock Canyon will get to keep its rocks
This message was just sent to me on Facebook via the Save Rock Canyon group:
THE NEWS YOU ALL WANTED TO HEAR!
The focus weve all been working on is to "Save the canyon."That focus is now going to be "preserve the canyon."
A meeting was held in recent weeks by key officials concerning the issue.The resolve out of this meeting was that Rock Canyon will not be mined.Two major things are in the works – private negotiations with the mining company and a court case regarding ownership of the mining claim. Either one of these may result in a resolution of the conflict.
Grassroots awareness continues to be very important. We would like to encourage people to get onto the PreserveRockCanyon.com website and learn the facts of the issue still. Also, take the Rock Canyon Usage Survey available on that site. The survey will be a valuable tool to document usage and notify people if other attempts to resolve the conflict are not successful.
Getting bloggers and Facebookers to LINK to the PreserveRockCanyon.com website will help get surveys completed and collect email addresses for needs down the road. It will also provide a way for the public to get access to the history, mining permits, and what issues to address when writing a letter.
SO WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP
Currently, information about the conflict is being distributed from a booth at the Provo Farmers’ Market and through “pass-along cards” given to people using the canyon.
If there’s breaking news, it will be placed on both the Facebook site (Save Rock Canyon) and the website.
Recently a few other grass roots organizations have sprouted in the canyon issue.The Rock Canyon Alliance,PreserveRockCanyo
"Save Rock Canyon" on facebook.com are the main voices in this issue.If an event is planned up the canyon,we will notify you through here.If it wasn't sent to you through a message on here from the group,we have no part in it.We will not support any bad publicity in the cause of this canyon.
A rumored event on July 5th has sprouted.WE ARE NOT INVOLVED.there seems to be some bad press concerning the nature of the event planners and when more information arises,we plan to contact them so they might be updated as to what is happening now."Save Rock Canyon" is not the war cry that needs to be spread now.Weve all worked hard on this issue.and we need to maintain a positive direction.Were doing what we set out to do so let's continue to work hard on this!
