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December 16, 2014 Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Re: Establishing the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Dear President Obama: On behalf of The Conservation Alliance and the undersigned member businesses, we are writing to convey our strong support for the protection of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region in Northern California. Unfortunately, the gridlock in Congress has stalled the locally supported effort to protect this unique and underappreciated landscape and the time to act is now. The Berryessa Snow Mountain region stretches from Putah Creek below Lake Berryessa across remote stretches of Cache Creek north to Snow Mountain. The area is a wonderful outdoor playground easily reachable from Sacramento and the Bay Area. This largely undiscovered national treasure is home to a wealth of recreation opportunities, a wide range of plants and animals and beautiful scenic views. Protecting Berryessa Snow Mountain will reap benefits for California and the nation’s outdoor recreation economy. Each year, the outdoor industry supports more than six million American jobs, generates $646 billion in direct consumer spending and contributes $80 billion in federal, state and local taxes. Designating the Berryessa Snow Mountain region a national monument would help strengthen the local economy and further bolster California’s active outdoor recreation economy that generates $85.4 billion in consumer spending, 732,000 jobs, $27 billion in wages and salaries, and $6.7 billion in state and local tax revenue. There is a long history of public support for protecting Berryessa Snow Mountain, locally and statewide. Years of attempts by California’s Congressional Delegation, including Representatives Thompson and Garamendi and Senator Boxer, have demonstrated the overwhelming public interest in protecting Berryessa Snow Mountain, but have not succeeded due to a gridlocked Congress. Accordingly, we are asking that you use your authority under the Antiquities Act to designate Berryessa Snow Mountain as a National Monument. Sincerely, cc: Senator Barbara Boxer

Representative Mike Thompson Representative John Garamendi Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Sally Jewell, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Michael Boots, Acting Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality

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