[Az-Geocaching] Greater Outdoors Project grant - Vote for the Arizona Trail!

[AZcachemeister]

I would love to vote for the local project, but:
1) Message delivery failed.
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>.

ACM
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AZTech wrote:
> 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:
>
> 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 
> (http://www.greateroutdoorsproject.com/vote
> ) 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.
>
> Project Description:
> 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
> experiences of non-motorized trail users. 
>
> 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.
>
> For more information, visit www.aztrail.org <http://www.aztrail.org>. 
>
>
> Current Vote Status:
>
> 1 - Arizona Trail Association 6,866 votes
> 2 - Friends of New Orleans City Park 4,620 votes
> 3 - WildEarth Guardians 2,912 votes
> 4 - Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey 2,870 votes
> 5 - National Forest Foundation 1,555 votes
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