Help Save Draper's Bluff - and Reopen Illinois Climbing on Private Land!!

Please go to this link:

http://www.ilclimbers.org/2010/04/21/drapers-bluff-access/

Do your part to reopen Illinois climbing access!! You can take action (as described) whether you are in-state or out-of-state. Let's reopen one of the best crags in the Midwest!

Here's a link to the proposed language.

I just wrote my letters. Here's some modified text of what I used (the proposed letter language had a couple typos):

Dear Senator Forby,

Although I am not an Illinois resident, I frequently travel to your area for rocking climbing as well as other outdoor activities. I truly appreciate the beautiful natural areas your region has to offer and I was very disappointed when I heard about the closure of one your area’s best climbing destinations because the law that had protected private owners no longer made it legally and financially feasible for them to allow the general public onto their land.

Responsible landowners have changed their access policies and restricted all access for fear of civil liability from recreational use of their land.

While I may not be an Illinois resident, I would like to think that my frequent travel, dining and lodging have had a positive impact on your area and I strongly urge you to vote in support of HB6072 so that I, and others like myself, will find reasons for visiting your state even more frequently. There is a large St. Louis outdoor recreational user group that has ceased visiting Southern Illinois and we would immediately resume our trips if this bill were to pass. Please support it!

Sincerely,

Calvin Hwang
St. Louis, Missouri