From time to time today, we have received some messages indicating that we have filled up the park service e-mail box beyond capacity! If you send a message and it is returned as undeliverable, please try sending it again at a later time to send it to the following alternative e-mail address: regina_jones-brake@nps.gov . We are truly impressed and grateful with the strong turnout from AANR members, clubs, and friends to this call to action.
Assateague Action Update
October 2nd, 2009Help Get A Nude Beach
October 2nd, 2009Years ago, there was a nude zone on the Maryland portion of the Assateague National Seashore. For the past four years AANR and AANR-East volunteers have designated a day to help clean up the beach at Assateague. This annual event shows how much nudists care about this wonderful beach area, earning the respect of beach officials and local residents in the process.
AANR and AANR-East have been diligently working to restore a nude beach on the Assateague National Seashore. Now is the time that you can help most. The seashore is revising its General Management Plan (GMP) and is taking comments from the public. If enough people write an e-mail or letter requesting a nude beach, officials will consider it in the plan.
Please send a polite message right now to ASIS_GMP@nps.gov. Tell them who you are and why nudity is important to you. If you’re from Virginia or Maryland, be sure to include that information in your e-mail, but all are invited to write because we all pay federal taxes.
While an e-mail is the most immediate way to contact officials, you can also share your comments by sending a letter to:
Assateague Island GMP Team
7206 National Seashore Lane
Berlin, MD 21811
Let’s really pour on the messages so that AANR’s credible voice of reason for nude recreation can be heard.
Wild Horses Shouldn’t Keep You Away!
September 18th, 2009
| For over four years AANR has been working to re-establish a nude beach section on the Maryland end of Assateague National Seashore. On behalf of our members who enjoy skinny-dipping in a safe and positive environment, AANR has lobbied legislators and Federal and State officials, funded a test case, and created an outreach program that includes members, clubs, and interested individuals through social networking sites like Facebook.
We now have an opportunity to share with officials of the National Park Service the message that nudists will continue to be positive stewards of the environment and good partners if they will help us create a designated section for nude bathing at Assateague. The National Park Service Assateague National Seashore officials are in the process of developing a general management plan for the barrier island for the next 20 years and are soliciting public input in the process. Public meetings are scheduled for September 21st, 22nd and 23rd at three locations in Maryland near Assateague Island. All meetings are scheduled from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. If you are interested in participating in one or more of these meetings, either as part of the audience or to convey positive messages about nude recreation as an official use at Assateague (Maryland), please contact the AANR East Government Affairs Chair, Audrey Weber, at 703-244-6615 or governmentaffairschair@aanr-east.com |
