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Press RoomBLUERIBBON COALITION FOUNDER STEPS BACK IN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORContacts:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POCATELLO, ID (September 27) — BlueRibbon Coalition founder Clark Collins has stepped back into the Executive Director position he held since the organization's founding until January of this year. Former Public Lands Director, Bill Dart, who was promoted to the Executive Director position in January, resigned on September 24th."I have resigned as Executive Director of the BlueRibbon Coalition, effective immediately," stated Bill Dart. "I have thoroughly enjoyed serving BlueRibbon members and urge continued support of BlueRibbon's mission 'to preserve our natural resources FOR the public instead of FROM the public.'" Jack Welch, BlueRibbon President, accepted Mr. Dart's resignation on behalf of the BlueRibbon Board, and stated "We thank Bill for his many fine efforts on behalf of the organization and wish him well." Clark Collins, a co-founder of BlueRibbon who presently serves as its Director of Development and served as Executive Director between 1987 and 2003, will act as BlueRibbon's interim Executive Director pending further action by the BlueRibbon Board of Directors. ### An additional statement from Bill Dart is available at: http://www.sharetrails.org/releases/media/index.cfm?story=349 The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible use of public and private lands, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,100 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. www.sharetrails.org |

