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Save Fisher's Peak

John,

Right now, we have a chance to

* create an enormous area of public land that would be rugged,
gorgeous, and uniquely accessible all at the same time.
* strengthen the economy of a small, rural city and much of the
surrounding area.
* provide a template for similar projects across the country.

But you have to act quickly, because the clock is ticking.

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At The Trust for Public Land, we create parks and protect land
for people. We recently worked out a deal with the old mining town of
Trinidad, Colorado: In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, we
would raise the money to buy 19,000 acres just south of town to
protect important wildlife habitat and make the property publicly
accessible for outdoor recreation.

We call this project Fisher's Peak, after the majestic
mountain that rises up from the northern end of the parcel.
Fisher's Peak - the project - is uniquely important
for several reasons.

1. Combining this parcel with the abutting Sugarite Canyon State
Park in New Mexico and two adjacent Colorado state wildlife areas adds
up to what would be more than 55 square miles of contiguous, publicly
accessible land.

2. The Fisher's Peak property has four exits off I-25 and 60
miles of interior ranch roads; it could offer accessible outdoor
recreation opportunities to people who use wheelchairs, and those
facing other challenges as well.

3. If this project succeeds, Colorado would get a huge new
addition of public land that would protect important wildlife habitat
and open the southeastern part of the state to outdoor recreation in
a way it has never been before.

4. If this project succeeds, it would serve as a living laboratory
for transitioning local resource extraction-based economies into
recreation-based economies.

Because this is such an incredible opportunity, we took out $20
million in bridge loans to buy the property. Now we have to raise the
money to pay off those loans. If we don't, we'll be forced
to sell the property to a private buyer. The land will remain closed
to the public, it would be vulnerable to reckless development at any
time, and all our work will have been for nothing.

The fate of this project is hanging in the balance right now. If
we can't raise the funds we need to seal the deal soon, the
whole thing will collapse.

So I'm turning to people like you - people who
understand the importance of protecting and preserving public lands
- to help make this happen. Won't you please join us
today?

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When you become a member of The Trust for Public Land, you will do
more than help make Fisher's Peak a reality. You'll also
help us conserve working farms, ranches, and forests; lands of
historical and cultural importance; rivers, streams, coasts, and
watersheds; and other special places where people can experience
nature close at hand.

I can't emphasize the national importance of this project
enough. It would show funders and public agencies around the country
that if you have a great landscape and open it to the public, the
tourists will come. They'll be able to see that it will
revitalize their economies in a way coal mining, fracking, etc. never
will. We would prove that if you conserve what you've got,
you'll actually do better economically than if you develop it.

So you see, there's a lot more riding on this than the $20
million.

Your membership gift will help to turn locations all across the
country from extraction to preservation and conservation. We owe
future generations no less.

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Sincerely,

Jim Petterson
Colorado State Director

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