you can help stop H.R. 5151

[Richard Cheese]

HR 5151, a federal house of reps bill that would create and expand wilderness areas; establish new conservation areas; create and add to wild and scenic designations; designate new national scenic trails; add new national and historic park units and nearly a dozen new national heritage areas, is bad for us off-roaders

All told, the bill will create more than a million acres of wilderness, restrict the development of energy resources on various federal lands, and place millions of acres under new or enhanced federal control and further restrict many forms of use and access to public lands.

it would change the way the BLM does multi use recreation

Congressional leaders say they will ram through an omnibus public lands package after the elections in a "lame duck" Congress. The Roundtable is rallying Westerners to oppose this huge federal land grab. Take action here right now!

This bill, H.R. 5151, includes more than 150 bills that would: create/expand a number of wilderness areas; establish new conservation areas; create/ add to wild and scenic designations; designate new national scenic trails; add new national and historic park units and nearly a dozen new national heritage areas.

In total, this package would create more than a million acres of wilderness, restrict the development of energy resources on various federal lands, and place hundreds of thousands of acres under new or enhanced federal control and further restrict many forms of use and access to public lands.

Not only that, but this bill would lock in, by statute, the Clinton Administration-inspired "National Landscape Conservation System" (NLCS) within the BLM. The bill would give federal land managers the ability to alter the long-standing multiple use management philosophy of the BLM by elevating the purposes to “conserve, protect, restore” above other purposes for NLCS units. This could mean agriculture, energy exploration and production and other economic uses could become imperiled on huge swathes of Western public lands. See a state-by-state analysis of federal lands impacted by NLCS.

Please take 60 seconds and send a pre-drafted communication to your elected official here.

Thank you for helping to stop this very bad legislation.

send letters/faxes to your elected officials HERE

[Jakster884]

HR 5151, a federal house of reps bill that would create and expand wilderness areas; establish new conservation areas; create and add to wild and scenic designations; designate new national scenic trails; add new national and historic park units and nearly a dozen new national heritage areas, is bad for us off-roaders

All told, the bill will create more than a million acres of wilderness, restrict the development of energy resources on various federal lands, and place millions of acres under new or enhanced federal control and further restrict many forms of use and access to public lands.

it would change the way the BLM does multi use recreation

send letters/faxes to your elected officials HERE

I just sent my letter for support. No mo closures

[sandawg]

HR 5151, a federal house of reps bill that would create and expand wilderness areas; establish new conservation areas; create and add to wild and scenic designations; designate new national scenic trails; add new national and historic park units and nearly a dozen new national heritage areas, is bad for us off-roaders

All told, the bill will create more than a million acres of wilderness, restrict the development of energy resources on various federal lands, and place millions of acres under new or enhanced federal control and further restrict many forms of use and access to public lands.

it would change the way the BLM does multi use recreation

send letters/faxes to your elected officials HERE

e-mail sent!!!

[draggindre]

emails sent

[indasand]

emails sent

Ditto:

Thanks sandawg for the kick in the Azz I missed this post ha ha ha

[sandawg]

Ditto:

Thanks sandawg for the kick in the Azz I missed this post ha ha ha

Western Business Leaders and Multiple Use Advocates Back Senate Leadership Down on Omnibus Lands Bill

Lakewood, CO (Nov. 17, 2008) -- Calling it the "right thing to do," the Western Business Roundtable -- a non-profit business trade association comprised of organizations doing business in the Western U.S. -- reacted positively today to news that Congress will postpone consideration of the “Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008,” a huge package of bills that would place millions of acres of federal lands under enhanced federal control.