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>FYI and ACTION!!
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>Larry Shepherd
>MnUSA WEB Monitor
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> >From: LandRights Network <alra@pacifier.com>
> >Subject: Help President Bush Restore Access To Forests!
> >Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:49:49 -0700
> >Organization: American Land Rights Association
> >
> >American Land Rights Association - Land Rights Network
> >PO Box 400 - Battle Ground WA 98604
> >Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973 - Email: <alra@pacifier.com> -
> >http://www.landrights.org
> >Legislative Office: 508 First St SE - Washington DC 20003
> >Phone: 202-251-3473 - Fax: 202-543-7126 - Email: landrightsnet@aol.com
> >
> >Help President Bush Restore Access to Forests!
> >
> >Give Us Our Land Back!
> >
> >Access for the People!
> >
> >President Bush and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman have ALMOST
>decidedto restore common sense to the Forest Service!
> >
> >They have ALMOST decided to unlock President Clinton's massive 58
>million
> >acre Forest Service land grab!
> >
> >They need YOUR HELP. They need to hear from YOU.
> >
> >Every looneybin leftwing preservationist tree-hugging nutcase outfit in
>the United States is screaming their heads off! Lock up all the land, make
>it all wilderness is what they say!
> >
> >YOU need to let Bush and Veneman know that they are doing the RIGHT
>THING by restoring recreational and commercial access to the Forest Service
>lands locked up in a last minute land grab by Clinton!
> >
> >President Bush is doing the job for us so far, he is KEEPING his
>campaign >promises, and so is Secretary Veneman. They deserve our help.
>So give it to them!
> >
> >Since March 13, when the 58 million acre lockup was supposed to take
>effect, the leftwing preservationists have been hammering away, complaining
>about the delay. Bush and Veneman need backup! They need to hear from
>you, and to know that restoring access is what the people want!
> >
> >
> >Here is an excerpt from the Sierra Club's latest newsletter:
> >
> >"The battle to save America's roadless areas is far from over! In a
>stinging blow to our nation's wild forests, President Bush is seeking to
>indefinitely suspend the implementation of the U.S. Forest Service's
> >Roadless Forest Protection Rule - a policy that should have taken affect
>on March 13, 2001."
> >
>One of our members had it right when he sent me a note:
> >
> >ATTENTION Private property owners, oil, gas and mineral explorationists,
>ranchers, farmers, forestry advocates, recreationists, families, small
>business owners, hunters, fishermen and lots of others:
> >
> >You're in a race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >This is a team game. Don't allow the Greens to divide and conquer you.
>
>To win, all users must stand together.
> >
>Here is part of recent congressional testimony, as reported by Energy and
> >Environment Daily:
> >
> >Wendy Gramm, director of regulatory studies at the George Mason
>University Mercatus Center, testified that according to the center's study
>of Federal Register pages, increased regulatory activity is not unusual in
>election years, jumping an average 29 percent in years when whole
>administrations
> >turn over.
> >
> >In the closing days of the Clinton administration, however, Gramm said
>the
> >"Cinderella effect" was even larger, with Federal Register pages
>increasing 51 percent during the post-election quarter last year compared
>to the same quarters of the three preceding years.
> >
> >Gramm also faulted the U.S. Forest Service's roadless rule, saying the
>agency failed to show that a universal ban on road construction on some
>58.5 million acres of National Forest land is "either necessary or
> >appropriate for protecting ... water quality, wildlife and recreation."
> >
>And here is more:
> >
> >The Forest Service has indicated that between 308 million and 1.37
>billion
> >tons of coal would become unavailable under the rule in roadless areas of
>the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests in Colorado, and
>the Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah and Colorado, said Greg Shaefer of
>Arch Coal, which operates several mines that would be affected by the rule.
> >
> >The Forest Service also estimated the impacts on mineral leasing under
>the rule to be a loss of $127.8 million in total income from coal and
>phosphate mining, and 3,095 jobs.
> >
> >ACTION ITEM from the Washington Legal Foundation:
> >
> >Last Friday, the Washington Legal Foundation filed a formal petition with
> >the Department of Agriculture to repeal the rule. Suggest you add to
>your action item list to have your members contact Ann Veneman and to
>"approve the Washington Legal Foundation's petition to repeal the Roadless
>Rule."
> >
> >This is a great idea. Definitely contact Agriculture Secretary Veneman,
>President Bush, and your Senators and Congressman and ask them to approve
>the Washington Legal Foundation's petition to repeal the Roadless Land Grab
>and restore access to the public's public lands.
> >
> >Make sure you send a message to both your Senators and Congressman. The
>Greens are all over them trying to undercut the President and Secretary
>Veneman.
> >
> >THESE ARE THE CRITICAL ACTION ITEMS
> >
>*****Call, fax and e-mail the White House TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
>AND 4TH. Urge President Bush to find a way to overturn the Forest Service
>Roadless Rule. The Forest Service Roadless Rule MUST BE OVERTURNED.
>Thank President Bush for taking all legal steps to bring fairness back to
>National Forest management. Ask him to support repeal of the Roadless
>Rule. Urge him to stand firm. Tell him not to pull back from the effort
>to overturn the Roadless Rule.
> >
> >E-mail AND Fax President George W. Bush
> >
> >President's FAX: (202) 456-2461
> >
> >president@whitehouse.gov
> >
> >Phone: (202) 456-1111
> >
> >*****Fax and e-mail Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman urging her to
>work
> >with states, counties, user groups and exploration companies to keep
>access
> >to the affected 58 million acres for everyone.
> >
> >E-mail AND Fax Secretary Ann Veneman
> >
> >FAX: (202) 720-4732
> >FAX: (202) 720-5437
> >
> >Ann.veneman@usda.gov
> >
>*****Call, fax and e-mail both your Senators and your Congressman both
>Tuesday and Wednesday urging them to support President Bush as he seeks to
>make these 58 millions acres available for multiple-use, exploration,
>development and access.
> >
>All Senators and Congressmen may be called at the Capitol Switchboard at
>(202) 224-3121. When you call, ask for their fax and e-mail address if you
>don't already have them.
> >
>*****Send copies of your faxes and e-mails to your local newspapers, radio
>and TV stations.
> >
>Please forward this message to at least five other people.
> >
> >Your whole list if possible.
>