In a message dated 4/11/00 5:28:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TCarruthers@... writes:

<< EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, PLEASE READ THIS!
IT EFFECTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN BETHEL & THE REGION!

WE NEED YOUR BODY TONIGHT!

Hope I got all you Hat City peoples attention.

If you love Hiking, Cross Country Skiing, Mt Biking, Climbing....
Safe and Abundant Drinking Water......
You'll Love an Open Space in Bethel called "Terre Haute"

TERRE HAUTE is unfortunately on the Chopping Block!

TONIGHT 4/11/00 at 6:30PM

PLEASE show your support by showing up in the front hall
at the front door of the Bethel Municipal Center. There will
be a Press conference at 6:45pm

PLEASE spread the word about this to at least 5 friends.

We need you at 6:30 to approx 7:30 for a Press conference.
No need to comment, we just need you there.


PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ONTO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN

Thank you in advance for your support.

Read Below for more information.

PROTECT TERRE HAUTE

The proposed Bethel golf course has serious implications for Bethel,
Danbury and, in fact, the entire region. While a golf course might
have less impact on other sites, the consequences at Terre Haute would be
severe.

PRESERVATION ADVOCATES FOR TERRE HAUTE (PATH) REPRESENT AN ALL
VOLUNTEER, GRASS ROOTS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PERMANENT
PRESERVATION OF TERRE HAUTE IN ITS PRESENT PRICELESS,
IRREPLACEABLE AND NATURAL STATE. OUR VISION WOULD:

* Protect public drinking water
* Avoid devastating site alterations
* Involve no funding or financial risks
* Protect the several thousand-acre corridor of forested wildlife habitat
and the unique wildlife diversity
* Permit low impact recreation to continue for all, as opposed to golf for
a minority
* Ensure a legacy for future generations

Public Drinking Water Supply

* The site is Bethel Water Department land - designated to protect the
water supply - and includes Mountain Pond, which drains into Eureka
Reservoir.

* An 11/17/99 CT Fund for the Environment letter to First Selectman
Elect Judith Novachek stated that construction and operation "would
result in unacceptable risks of contamination to Bethel's public
drinking water supply."

* Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers are required for
satisfactory golf course management. The golf course authority proposes
the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM does not eliminate
pesticide use and has no effect on the other contaminants.

* Large-scale soil disturbances increase contamination from polluted
stormwater runoff. The introduction of sediments in a drinking watershed
can have a grave effect. Also, once the landscape is stripped of its
natural vegetation, the soil is subject to intensive erosion, which
introduces phosphorous into watercourses. Phosphorous is particularly
harmful to water quality because it can cause extensive algal growth,
or eutrophication.

* Irrigation requirements would draw heavily on the water supply
during April-October: nearly 1 million gallons per week with average
rainfall and 2.2 million with extreme drought.

Site Alterations

* Terre Haute is extraordinarily steep - the elevation change is
equivalent to a 50-story building - and is composed of extensive
ledge. Accordingly, site alterations for a golf course would be
devastating. One consultant called the project the "most challenging"
he had ever seen.

* Clearing of 100 acres of trees is proposed.
* Rock blasting is projected for 80,000 cubic yards - equivalent to 108
average four-bedroom homes.
* Considerable incidental blasting, bulldozing and grading are virtual
certainties.

Regional Ecological Implications
* More than half of the site, including Mountain Pond
and Eureka Reservoir, lies within Danbury.

* A UCONN land cover map demonstrates dramatically that
Terre Haute is part of a several thousand-acre corridor of forested
wildlife
habitat - including Tarrywile Park, Wooster Mountain State Park,
Pine Mountain, Hemlock Hills and Bennett's Pond.

* Some believe that the "animals will come back".
The truth is that forest interiors (such as the corridor
described above) and the species most dependent on them
(e.g., songbirds) are rapidly declining, while forest edges
and their species are abundant. Wildlife likely to benefit
from golf course development include common predators,
cowbirds (parasites), geese (a golf course is an optimum habitat!) and
deer.



HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP!
* Forward an email message (e.g., "Yes, I share some of these concerns!"
or something similar) to ctpathorg@...

* Express opposition to the golf course in letters
(include home address and telephone numbe >>

EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, PLEASE READ THIS!
IT EFFECTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN BETHEL & THE REGION!

WE NEED YOUR BODY TONIGHT!

Hope I got all you Hat City peoples attention.

If you love Hiking, Cross Country Skiing, Mt Biking, Climbing....
Safe and Abundant Drinking Water......
You'll Love an Open Space in Bethel called "Terre Haute"

TERRE HAUTE is unfortunately on the Chopping Block!

TONIGHT 4/11/00 at 6:30PM

PLEASE show your support by showing up in the front hall
at the front door of the Bethel Municipal Center. There will
be a Press conference at 6:45pm

PLEASE spread the word about this to at least 5 friends.

We need you at 6:30 to approx 7:30 for a Press conference.
No need to comment, we just need you there.


PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ONTO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN

Thank you in advance for your support.

Read Below for more information.

PROTECT TERRE HAUTE

The proposed Bethel golf course has serious implications for Bethel,
Danbury and, in fact, the entire region. While a golf course might
have less impact on other sites, the consequences at Terre Haute would be
severe.

PRESERVATION ADVOCATES FOR TERRE HAUTE (PATH) REPRESENT AN ALL
VOLUNTEER, GRASS ROOTS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PERMANENT
PRESERVATION OF TERRE HAUTE IN ITS PRESENT PRICELESS,
IRREPLACEABLE AND NATURAL STATE. OUR VISION WOULD:

* Protect public drinking water
* Avoid devastating site alterations
* Involve no funding or financial risks
* Protect the several thousand-acre corridor of forested wildlife habitat
and the unique wildlife diversity
* Permit low impact recreation to continue for all, as opposed to golf for
a minority
* Ensure a legacy for future generations

Public Drinking Water Supply

* The site is Bethel Water Department land - designated to protect the
water supply - and includes Mountain Pond, which drains into Eureka
Reservoir.

* An 11/17/99 CT Fund for the Environment letter to First Selectman
Elect Judith Novachek stated that construction and operation "would
result in unacceptable risks of contamination to Bethel's public
drinking water supply."

* Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers are required for
satisfactory golf course management. The golf course authority proposes
the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM does not eliminate
pesticide use and has no effect on the other contaminants.

* Large-scale soil disturbances increase contamination from polluted
stormwater runoff. The introduction of sediments in a drinking watershed
can have a grave effect. Also, once the landscape is stripped of its
natural vegetation, the soil is subject to intensive erosion, which
introduces phosphorous into watercourses. Phosphorous is particularly
harmful to water quality because it can cause extensive algal growth,
or eutrophication.

* Irrigation requirements would draw heavily on the water supply
during April-October: nearly 1 million gallons per week with average
rainfall and 2.2 million with extreme drought.

Site Alterations

* Terre Haute is extraordinarily steep - the elevation change is
equivalent to a 50-story building - and is composed of extensive
ledge. Accordingly, site alterations for a golf course would be
devastating. One consultant called the project the "most challenging"
he had ever seen.

* Clearing of 100 acres of trees is proposed.
* Rock blasting is projected for 80,000 cubic yards - equivalent to 108
average four-bedroom homes.
* Considerable incidental blasting, bulldozing and grading are virtual
certainties.

Regional Ecological Implications
* More than half of the site, including Mountain Pond
and Eureka Reservoir, lies within Danbury.

* A UCONN land cover map demonstrates dramatically that
Terre Haute is part of a several thousand-acre corridor of forested
wildlife
habitat - including Tarrywile Park, Wooster Mountain State Park,
Pine Mountain, Hemlock Hills and Bennett's Pond.

* Some believe that the "animals will come back".
The truth is that forest interiors (such as the corridor
described above) and the species most dependent on them
(e.g., songbirds) are rapidly declining, while forest edges
and their species are abundant. Wildlife likely to benefit
from golf course development include common predators,
cowbirds (parasites), geese (a golf course is an optimum habitat!) and
deer.



HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP!
* Forward an email message (e.g., "Yes, I share some of these concerns!"
or something similar) to ctpathorg@...

* Express opposition to the golf course in letters
(include home address and telephone number) to The News-Times
(Opinion Page Letters, 333 Main St., Danbury, CT 06810) and
The Bethel Beacon (The Editor, PO Box 302, Bethel, CT 06801)
and in calls to The News-Times' "Whaddya Say" column (825-3146).

* If you are a Bethel resident, express opposition in a letter to
Ms. Judith Novachek, First Selectman,
Bethel Municipal Center
1 School St., Bethel, CT 06801.

* Talk with friends, neighbors and associates and urge them to take the
above actions also.

PATH, PO BOX 122, BETHEL, CT 06801; EMAIL: ctpathorg@...; WEBSITE:
www.ctpath.org


Thanks very much for your interest and consideration!