[CANUFNET] Update on campaign to save centenary elm on Parliament Hill

[Naomi Zurcher]

Hi Debra:

Thanks for sharing your petition. I have signed and posted your email / petition to the Trees for the Cities listserv.

Hopefully, you get some very good traction.

All the best
Naomi

> On Mar 5, 2019, at 12:12 PM, Debra Huron via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon, 
> 
> I am writing to let you know about the latest actions by a coalition of 4 groups in Ottawa around a continued strong desire to see a centenary elm tree on Parliament Hill celebrated and preserved. This is an urban tree of great significance. 
> 
> Today's advocacy onslaught consists of
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> * a new press release <http://greenspace-alliance.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PRESS-RELEASE-final-March-5.pdf>.
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> * a letter <http://greenspace-alliance.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Letter-to-Parliamentarians-final.pdf> to members of a House of Commons Committee, and the Speakers of House and Senate,
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> * an update to our online petition <http://bit.ly/2tNqcTY>, launched in early February. It now has 225 signatures. We're hoping this push today will get signatures up to 500. 
> 
> Your support is welcome: it's as simple as forwarding the petition link to colleagues, friends and family across Canada.
> 
> On a related topic:  I'd like to know how many people on this listserv would be interested in having a national listserv for advocacy issues around trees? Please write to me directly if you're interested in pursuing this. I've been talking with folks on Vancouver Island who floated the idea. I think it's a good idea. If enough people are interested, we can perhaps make it happen. 
> 
> best wishes, Debra
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