The Spiral Jetty environs is being threatened, by petroleum interests no less. Hop and skip through the emails below for details and
If you want to send a letter of protest to save the beautiful, natural Utah environment around the Spiral Jetty from oil drilling, the emails or calls of protest go to Jonathan Jemming 801-537-9023 [log in to unmask] Please refer to Application # 8853. Every letter makes a big difference, they do take a lot of notice and know that publicity may follow. Since the Spiral Jetty has global significance, emails from foreign countries would be of special value.
. Feb 13 is verdict time.
Thank you,
Stephen Vincent
http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
Subject: Fwd: Spiral Jetty Oil Drilling
Dear Friends,
We have now won a stay of execution until February 13th. Nancy Holt and those of us who feel Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty is a national monument that needs to be saved and the environs protected, please call or email Jonathon Jemmings, and ask him to deny Application 8853 permission to drill the "West Rozel Field Prospect" near the "Spiral Jetty".
I think if we each ask ten more people to write to him, Mr. Jemmings and the Utah state officials will eventually be so over-whelmed by the world's outrage that we might be able to prevent this disaster. I remember when I asked my friends in the art world for help in saving Gordon Matta-Clark's Office Baroque in Belgium, it snowballed into a thousand letters from people around the world willing to help a fellow artist. Your letters have already had an impact. Hopefully, additional letters from your friends will influence the Utah vote positively.
With much heartfelt gratitude,
Jane Crawford
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Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
83 Georgetown Road
Weston, CT 06883
t: 203 / 544 - 8875
f: 203 / 544 - 9737
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Subject: Spiral Jetty Oil Drilling
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:34:46 -0800
From: "Nancy Holt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Nancy Holt" <[log in to unmask]>
Spiral Jetty Oil Drilling Dear Friends,
Yesterday I received an urgent email from Lynn DeFreitas, Director of Friends of the Great Salt Lake, telling me of plans for drilling oil in the Salt Lake near Spiral Jetty. See Attachments. The deadline for protest is tomorrow, Wednesday, at 5PM. Of course, DIA has been informed and are meeting about it today.
I have been told by Lynn that the oil wells will not be above the water, but that means some kind of industrial complex of pipes and pumps beneath the water and on the shore. The operation would require roads for oil tank trucks, cranes, pumps etc. which produce noise and will severely alter the wild, natural place.
If you want to send a letter of protest to save the beautiful, natural Utah environment around the Spiral Jetty from oil drilling, the emails or calls of protest go to Jonathan Jemming 801-537-9023 [log in to unmask] Please refer to Application # 8853. Every letter makes a big difference, they do take a lot of notice and know that publicity may follow. Since the Spiral Jetty has global significance, emails from foreign countries would be of special value.
They try to slip these drilling contracts under the radar, that’s why we found out so late, not through notification, but from a watchdog lawyer at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the group that alerted me to the land leasing for oil and gas near Sun Tunnels last May.
Thank you for your consideration of this serious environmental matter.
Be well,
Nancy
From Lynn DeFreitas [log in to unmask]:
We now need to direct our energy to Jonathan Jemming, who is the
> coordinator/advisor for the Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office. His phone is 801-537-9023
> and his email is [log in to unmask]
>
> The specific application number is # 8853. Although I don't know what this
> short hand means, it was designated as a short time turnaround - category 4.
>
> Please remember to include the application number in your messages.
>
> I have left a phone message on Mr. Jemming's line and will be sending an
> email reiterating my request for the extension. My intiution tells me that
> if Mr. Jemming receives multiple requests, he is more likely to grant us an
> extension.
>
> Please do what you can. I know how busy you all are.
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