North Carolina Senator Walter H atrovent. Dalton Contact information: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&nUserID=30

North Carolina Representative Bob England contact information: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=418

North Carolina Senator Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr dilantin. (represents Buncombe County and owns land in the Hickory Nut Gorge) contact information: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&nUserID=119

North Carolina House of Representatives If you are represented by another person, you can find them here.  Please write them a letter or email.  A letter or email to the House leadership is also needed.

North Carolina Senate  If you are represented by another person, you can find them here.  Please write them a letter or email.  A letter or email to the Senate leadership is also needed.

Here are important points to remind our elected officials:

  • Chimney Rock is one of the most identifiable landmarks in North Carolina.
  • The flora and fauna of the park are rich, diverse and irreplaceable.  The park contains rare and indigenous plants, unusual geological formations and a variety of native wildlife. Chimney Rock Park already has more than 3.5 miles of well maintained nature trails and many structures the North Carolina Parks will need for the future Hickory Nut Gorge State Park.
  • Chimney Rock Park offers the only available property that has US Highway access and land form the Rocky Broad River to the an elevation of over 2200 feet.
  • The local, state and regional economies depend on the 250,000+ tourist that come to see Chimney Rock Park.
  • Quote from the Daily Courier (7/19/2006); "It would be a disaster unprecedented in Rutherford County to see all that the Park has become and all that it still might be regulated to our memories."
  • Quote from the Asheville Citizen Times (7/21/2006); "Losing Chimney Rock Park to private development would severely harm the economy of the Hickory Nut Gorge and be a sad end to a remarkable legacy of family stewardship."
  • Don't forget to thank them for buying land here in the Hickory Nut Gorge for the new state park and successfully placing funds for the park in the current budget.

If you have time, please copy us any emails, letters or notes you send. We would like to archive all the work done in regard to saving Chimney Rock Park.  Thank you for all your help!  savechimneyrock@aol.com

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