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I would love to vote for the local project, but:<br>
1) Message delivery failed.<br>
2) I don't feel like giving up my private information to the website to
enable my voting ( I get PLENTY of spam as it is) <cue music from
Monty Python SPAM skit>.<br>
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ACM<br>
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AZTech wrote:
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cite="mid:ea3a710c0905061813p17141296r98a8da0d17c6102@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Since many of us have hiked along portions of the Arizona
Trail at least once during our caching adventures, I thought the
following may be of interest to the list:<br>
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The Arizona Trail is one of five finalists to win the Greater Outdoors
Project grant. You can help the Arizona Trail win by voting online (<a
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href="http://www.greateroutdoorsproject.com/vote" target="_blank">http://www.greateroutdoorsproject.com/vote</a>
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or texting the word "trail" to 39668 every day until midnight ET on May
31, 2009. The organization that receives the greatest number of votes
will be awarded a $50,000 grant and be featured in an upcoming Redwood
Creek advertising campaign.<br>
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Project Description:<br>
The Arizona Trail is a continuous, non-motorized 817-mile scenic trail
across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. It links deserts, mountains,
canyons, forests, communities and people. The trail was envisioned in
the early 1980s by Dale Shewalter, a
Flagstaff, Arizona, school teacher, who convinced others to join him in
making it a reality. The Arizona Trail Association was formed to
coordinate the planning, development, management, and promotion of the
Arizona Trail for the recreational and educational <br>
experiences of non-motorized trail users. <br>
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Today, 95 percent of the trail is complete, thanks
to the efforts of countless volunteers, government agency partners, and
small and large businesses. The last five percent of unconstructed
miles are some of the most
difficult with many in remote central Arizona south of Superior, in the
aspen-clad San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff, and in the rugged
Rincon Mountains east of Tucson. The grant would be used to build some
of the most difficult remaining miles. Due to the remote location in a
rugged wilderness area, these miles must be constructed by hand. Not
only will the grant help complete the trail, it will allow access into
backcountry near Tucson and protect a sensitive riparian area as well.
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For more information, visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.aztrail.org">www.aztrail.org</a>. <br>
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Current Vote Status:<br>
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1 - Arizona Trail Association 6,866 votes<br>
2 - Friends of New Orleans City Park 4,620 votes<br>
3 - WildEarth Guardians 2,912 votes<br>
4 - Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey 2,870 votes<br>
5 - National Forest Foundation 1,555 votes<br>
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