Posted on 01/24/2007 10:17:35 PM PST by george76
Millions of acres of prime recreational opportunities in Montana are threatened with closure. Your action could mean the difference between a "closed" sign and a "trail open" sign. Please take a moment to read the information below and act on the action items.
the U.S. Forest Service is planning a de-facto Wilderness management regime on all "Recommended Wilderness Areas" (RWA).
Under normal circumstances, the "Recommended" Wilderness classification is just that: a recommendation. The decision of "whether Wilderness" is supposed to be left to Congress and the American People.
Sadly, the Northern Region of the U.S. Forest Service seems to think they, not Congress, have the authority to manage these lands -- as Wilderness! New Forest Plans state that RWAs will now become closed to all motorized use, including winter snowmobile use.
Why you should care:
The US Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) manages 25 million acres of public national forest and grasslands in Montana, North Dakota, northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and northwest South Dakota.
New Forest Plans, under the guidance of the Northern Region Forester, dictate that large areas will be classified as RWAs. Thousands of acres of prime recreational lands will be included as RWAs in these new Plans. The new plans direct that RWAs will now become closed to winter snowmobile use and all other forms of motorized recreation.
Only Congress has the authority to create designated Wilderness, but these RWAs are being treated as de-facto wilderness under the Region 1 Forester's direction as soon as they are created. This unlawful policy must be stopped immediately.
(Excerpt) Read more at sharetrails.org ...
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "put wolves in Yellowstone Park" and created a recovery area 300 miles around the park, then "tied all the dollars to Yellowstone and openly admitted they knew wolves would leave."
There are some real criminals working inside F&WS. They violate the rights of citizens under color of authority and never face prosecution. The people who should be prosecuting them are spineless and/or privately condone their criminal behavior. As taxpayers, we are paying these people to abuse our rights while having to recourse to stop them.
we have literally hundreds of vehicles in our area with the bumper sticker in green and white "BEWARE OF THE GREEN GESTAPO"
the Fish and Wildlife Service shouldn't be able to walk away from the financial responsibility of introducing Canadian wolves.
Small families who lose livestock take a huge financial hit.
Ed Bangs, the wolf recovery coordinator for the FWS, knows exactly what they are doing...removing working ranchers and farmers off their private land.
We need more of these :
"BEWARE OF THE GREEN GESTAPO"
In defiance of the National Park Service, officials with San Juan County, Utah, have opened a dirt road in Canyonlands National Park that had been closed for 2 1/2 years.
"As far as the county is concerned, the road is open," said Paul Henderson, chief of interpretation and visitor services with the Southeast Utah group, which includes Canyonlands, Arches, Hovenweep and Natural Bridges. "As far as the Park Service is concerned, it’s closed."
The San Juan County commissioners see opening the road as another salvo in a battle to preserve multiple uses on public lands and protect rural counties against the power of the federal government.
"We don’t think that our road surfaces are subject to the wishes of some unelected environmental faction that wants to control them." |
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— Bill Redd |
Pee on the urban sissies.
Deer populations are way up.
So are bears, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions...
"There are some real criminals working inside F&WS."
And the National Park Service. I once got cited for not having a bear cannister while hiking in a NP. I reviewed the law and found that I wasn't required to have a bear cannister while I was hiking, and had three choices while camping: hanging, NP provided bear box, or carried canister. We had used the first two. I served as my own attorney and won my case. However, the aggravation of being accosted by an arrogant NP Ranger destroyed the wilderness adventure!
"BEWARE OF THE GREEN GESTAPO"
How can I get a sticker or two!
Making the ranchers financially insolvent sets them up for the "greenies" to buy their land at fire sale prices. The land is subsequently put into "trusts" or "wild land" designation. The land becomes off limits to both the previous owner and the public. Much of that money is siphoned out of federal tax revenues to make the land purchase. Special legislation gives the "green groups" a favored financial position in the land acquisition. FWS and the greenies are thick as thieves.
Ever notice that Federal Wilderness Areas aren't handicapped accessible?
I often wonder why the ADA laws are not followed ?
and where are the disabled activists ?
Those in wheel chairs would likely want to see the 'wild' areas too.
First order of business : boot BS out of the governor's office, get a fighter for MONTANA in there. Then take on these outsiders and boot THEM out. Is our beloved MONTANA just another nut-less entity, or what?
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