Hello all,

I would like to forward this information along to you so that you may help save our wild rivers... please pass this along to all who can help! It's just a quick call to make your voice heard...

Thank you!

Join the 10,000 Voices for BC Rivers. Find out how powerful one voice can be.

On Thursday March 26, join thousands of British Columbians in standing up for BC's rivers. People from around the province will be contacting their MLA and the Premier calling for a moratorium on private power projects. Contact the Premier and your MLA to let them know how much you want to keep our power public and our rivers wild!

Whether you like to swim in them, look at them, drink form them, or float down them, BC's wild rivers and streams are a natural heritage that we all enjoy. In 2002 the BC government banned BC hydro from developing new sources of green power, decreeing that all new hydro-power must come from private companies. This has led to a gold rush mentality, with private operators staking almost 600 creeks and rivers throughout BC. Each one of these projects involves building river diversions, dams, powerhouses and many kilometers of roads and transmission lines.

There is a right way and a wrong way to generate green power, and unfortunately, at this time in BC it is being done the wrong way. The BC government's rush to develop private hydro-power has resulted in chaotic situation where cumulative impacts are ignored, regional planning is non-existent, our energy security is jeopardized and local governments have been silenced.

The 10,000 Voices campaign calls for a moratorium on new power generation projects in British Columbia unil they meet all four of these criteria:

1) regionally planned
2) environmentally appropriate
3) acceptable to First Nations and
4) publicly owned.

We like our rivers wild and our power public. We hope you do too. On Thursday March 26, join the 10,00 Voices for BC Rivers.

Take Action on Thrusday March 26th! Phone your Member of Legislative Assembly and the Premier. Stand up for our rivers and streams.

Premier Gordon Campbell: 604-660-3202, premiergov.bc.ca

To Find your Local MLA, visit: leg.bc.ca/MLA/3-1-1.htm


Spread the word. Want to get more involved? Tell your family and friends to join 10,000 Voices for BC Rivers. Email them, set us as your FAcebook status, or host an information night. Get in touch with us and we'll send you a short film, some information on river diversion projects around the province, and flyers for the 10,000 Voices. Contact us: call Toll Free 1-800-661-9453. In the lower mainland, call 604-683-8220, or email us at: andrewwildernesscommittee.org