This is a cut and paste from another site. Please Read! Thanks, Greg
As many of you are aware the Snohomish County ORV Committee,
> Stumpjumpers and others have been working for several years to get
> Reiter Trails designated as an official ORV area. In the past the
> major stumbling block was that Reiter was not zoned for ORV use by
> Snohomish County. With your help the County passed an ORV ordinance
> into law last year. The next obstacle is the Department of Natural
> Resources saying that it does not have the funding to conduct an
> assessment of the area to determine suitability for ORV use. We all
> know Reiter is suitable but these are the hoops that have to be jumped
> through.
>
> In the Governors proposed budget to the legislature this year, among
> other things, Reiter is specifically named as a funded project. We
> want to ensure that Reiter is on the budget as a line item while the
> House and Senate committees rework the budget. This is the first of
> several emails regarding Reiter that will be sent during this
> legislative session. I know there are a lot of people to contact but
> it is very important that each of you contact your legislators and the
> legislators in charge of producing the budget. We must show them
> through a deluge of email, letters, phone calls and attendance to the
> ORV Rally on March 9th, that the ORV community is firmly behind Reiter
> as an official ORV area. .
>
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> SAMPLE LETTER (Note: a personal letter is better than a form letter)
>
> Dear <Representative, Senator, Committee Members>
>
> Motorized recreation is very important to my family and I. Currently
> there are no legal ORV areas in King or Snohomish Counties. Reiter
> Trails, near Gold Bar, WA in Snohomish County has been a de facto ORV
> area for over 30 years. I would like to see it preserved for years to
> come as an official ORV area. The Department of Natural Resources is
> requesting funding in this years budget to conduct an assessment and
> inventory of the Reiter area. Reiter is mentioned in the Governors
> proposed budget but it is lumped under Sustainable Public Access.
> Please ensure that the Reiter assessment and inventory is a specific
> line item (not lumped under sustainable public access) in the State
> budget for the DNR. Also note that Snohomish County Executive Aaron
> Reardon and the Snohomish County Council would like to see an ORV area
> developed in the County. County officials have had discussions with
> the DNR about a possible partnership in the development and operation
> of an ORV area at Reiter. The County budgeted $350,000 for a trailhead
> at Reiter but cannot move forward without the assessment the DNR
> requires.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> <your name and address>
>
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> Step 1: Contact your legislators (Senate and House)
>
> Don't know who your legislators are? Click the link below to find out.
> Once the page opens select the "Find Your District" tab.
> http://www.leg. wa.gov/legislatu re/
>
> Step 2: Contact the House Appropriations committee members.
>
> (Copy and paste all of these email addresses in the “TO”
> box in your email editor)
>
sommers.helen@ leg.wa.gov,dunshee.hans@ leg.wa.gov,alexander.gary@ leg.wa.gov,bailey.barbara@ leg.wa.gov,haler.larry@ leg.wa.gov,anderson.glenn@ leg.wa.gov,buri.david@ leg.wa.gov,chandler.bruce@ leg.wa.gov,cody.eileen@ leg.wa.gov,conway.steve@ leg.wa.gov,darneille.j@ leg.wa.gov,dunn.jim@ leg. wa.gov,ericks.mark@ leg.wa.gov,fromhold.bill@ leg.wa.gov,grant.william@ leg.wa.gov,haigh.kathy@ leg.wa.gov,hinkle.bill@ leg.wa.gov,hunt.sam@ leg. wa.gov,hunter.ross@ leg.wa.gov,kagi.ruth@ leg.wa.gov,kenney.phyllis@ leg.wa.gov,kessler.lynn@ leg.wa.gov,kretz.joel@ leg.wa.gov,linville.kelli@ leg.wa.gov,mcdermott.joe@ leg.wa.gov,mcdonald.joyce@ leg.wa.gov,mcintire.jim@ leg.wa.gov,morrell.dawn@ leg.wa.gov,pettigrew.eric@ leg.wa.gov,priest.skip@ leg.wa.gov,seaquist.larry@ leg.wa.gov,sullivan.pat@ leg.wa.gov,walsh.maureen@ leg.wa.gov,schual-berke.shay@ leg. wa.gov
>
> http://www1. leg.wa.gov/ House/Committees /APP/members. htm
>
> Step 3: Contact the Senate Ways and Means committee members.
>
> (Copy and paste all of these email addresses in the “TO”
> box in your email editor)
>
prentice.margarita@ leg.wa.gov,fraser.karen@ leg.wa.gov,pridemore.craig@ leg.wa.gov,zarelli.joseph@ leg.wa.gov,brandland.dale@ leg.wa.gov,carrell.michael@ leg.wa.gov,fairley.darlene@ leg.wa.gov,hatfield.brian@ leg.wa.gov,hewitt.mike@ leg.wa.gov,hobbs.steve@ leg.wa.gov,honeyford.jim@ leg.wa.gov,keiser.karen@ leg.wa.gov,oemig.eric@ leg.wa.gov,parlette.linda@ leg.wa.gov,rasmussen.marilyn@ leg.wa.gov,regala.debbie@ leg.wa.gov,roach.pam@ leg.wa.gov,rockefeller.phil@ leg. wa.gov,schoesler.mark@ leg.wa.gov,tom.rodney@ leg.wa.gov,kohl-welles.jeanne@ leg.wa.gov
>
> http://www1. leg.wa.gov/ Senate/Committee s/WM/members. htm
>
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>
> House and Senate Email addresses
> http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ memberemail/ Default.aspx? Chamber=H
>
> For more info on the work of the Snohomish County ORV committee and
> Stumpjumpers on Reiter Trails ORV Area please visit
>
> http://www.stumpjum pers.org/ reiter/ReiterTra ilsUpdate10- 06.htm
>
> Thanks for your support!!!
>
> Rick Rice
> Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club
> legislative@ stumpjumpers. org <mailto:legislative@ stumpjumpers. org>
>
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