Posted on 02/19/2010 7:51:55 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has formally objected to a process being developed by the Obama Administration to potentially designate as many as 13 million acres of public and private land as National Monument. The designation, currently being considered by the Department of Interior (DOI), would occur with no public debate.
"As the nation's largest organization advocating for the rights of America's estimated 20 million motorcyclists, the AMA is delivering the message that any measure to restrict our right to recreate responsibly on public land must be considered in the light of day," said AMA Vice President for Government Relations Ed Moreland. "It is government's responsibility to protect our lands for the people, not from the people, and that requires an open and fair venue for public discourse."
According to a document recently obtained from the DOI, the department is considering new National Monument designations totaling 13 million acres in 11 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
A letter to the DOI from the AMA, objecting to this particular National Monument designation process, can be accessed at: AmericanMotorcyclist.com/legisltn/DOI_Nat_Monument_2-18-10.pdf. The DOI document identifying the areas being considered for Wilderness designation can be downloaded at: AmericanMotorcyclist.com/legisltn/documents/doi_internal_document.pdf.
Compounding the potential National Monument designations, many of the affected areas are also being considered by Congress for Wilderness. While the AMA supports the appropriate designation of Wilderness areas as defined by the 1964 Wilderness Act, the Association opposes any process that does not allow full public debate on the disposition of public land.
"Any designation that restricts the public's right to enjoy public lands must be debated publicly," Moreland said. "We owe it to ourselves and future generations to individually deliberate the designation of each tract and collect input from all affected user groups, local and state elected officials and Congress before any designations are made."
The AMA urges its members, and all motorcycle and ATV (all-terrain vehicle) riders, to contact their elected representatives and voice support for the public debate on the disposition of public land. Contact information for all federal elected officials can be found at AmericanMotorcyclist.com > Rights > Issues & Legislation.
AMA Objects to Unilateral Action by the Administration for National Monument Designations Without Public Debate
would not fit per FR rules.
For decades government policy has encouraged (aka forced) people to move to major cities. This makes people easier to control.
The next step is to make it more difficult to use the less populated regions. The eventual goal is to make vast tracks of America off limits to people.
The list, ping
This is the type of thing that causes REVOLUTION’s
Not in the land of the sheeple. Sorry just ain’t going to happen. Our overlords are firmly in control, even Fox’s Bill O’ Reilly demeaned the Oath Keeper’s because the Oath Keepers are willing to sacrifice themselves to defend the Constitution.
If they do this, it will get ugly here in AZ where we pride ourselves on being able to enjoy ourselves on Public Lands.
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