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Urge Your Senator to Vote No on Restrictive Land Use Bill! Again!


Once again ARRA needs your help to defeat the National Landscape Conservation System Act!
As you may recall, ARRA asked for your help before the holidays to keep the Senate from considering omnibus land use legislation and you responded. Now, we need your help once more as Senate Leaders are preparing the legislation for consideration yet again. ARRA thanks Senator Coburn (R-OK) for standing up and opposing passage of this measure last session and we urge you to join him in opposition this year.
Please click the Take Action button below to send a letter to your Senators urging them to vote against omnibus legislation, S. 22, that includes 150 public lands measures including the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Act. The bill would create more than a million acres of wilderness while authorizing dozens of studies for potential parks, protected rivers and historical landmarks in addition to statutorily establishing the NLCS.
It is more important than ever for you to urge your Senator to vote against NLCS legislation in light of the recent launch of a Department of Interior (DOI) investigation of the existing NLCS division of the Bureau of Land Management. DOI initiated the investigation after reviewing emails and other documents that show extensive coordination between top NLCS officials and lobbyists for environmental groups as federal law generally prohibits federal employees from using appropriated funds or their official positions to lobby Congress.
Now is not the time to statutorily establish the NLCS or to restrict additional lands to responsible recreation. Please click the Take Action button below to urge your Senators to vote no on this omnibus lands bill.

Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
U.S. Senate

Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Please Oppose S. 22
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
As a constituent and a member of Americans for Responsible Recreational Access I write to urge you to oppose S. 22, omnibus land use legislation that includes the National Landscape Conservation System Act.
The bill would statutorily establish the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) and I am concerned that this would result in legitimate forms of recreation being locked out from large swaths of public lands. In addition, now is not the time to pass NLCS legislation in light of the recent launch of a Department of Interior (DOI) investigation of the existing NLCS division of the Bureau of Land Management.

In addition, the more than 1000 page bill cobbles together 150 separate pieces of land use legislation. Please oppose this package in favor of allowing the new Congress to more closely examine and consider these bills.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

[MrMindless]

linky:
http://www.arra-access.com/campaign/advocacy_nlcs_two/

[AussieLocker]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: URGENT Oppose Omnibus Land Grab Act
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:35:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Horgan
To: howler4x4@verizon.net

Two minutes of your time is urgently needed to preserve access to your
public lands. In a last minute move the newly elected Congress may vote
as early as Tomorrow-Sunday without adequate public input on Omnibus
Land Bill S22. This massive land grab bill that will lock up millions of
additional acres of public land, close thousands of miles of recreation
trails, harm already struggling rural economies, further reduce
renewable resource harvesting, be detrimental to forest health by
eliminating all forest management, restrict property rights and
hamstring energy exploration in the United States. Click the link below
& your letter will be sent directly to the decision makers. Please take
a few minutes to help convince them to vote against the S.22 Land Grab Act.
**
http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID1


If there were awards for bad legislation this bill might take first,
second & third, but unless more people speak up it is likely to pass.
Please take two minutes to submit a pre drafted letter to legislators
opposing this bill.
Thanks to the thousands who have already submitted their letters, but
letters are still needed from those who have not yet written. If you are
not sure if you have taken action please submit a letter, the program
will tell you if you already sent a letter.
Please share this email with your lists and post it on blogs.

~Thanks your friends at www.SaveTheTrails.us

[AussieLocker]

From EC4WDA...this Bill Is Going To Pass and the implications are deadly for our sport on a National Level:

 For the 5-6 of you who take the future of our sport seriously, here\'s something to chew on, something to act on.
For the other several thousand, who don\'t care.. no need to read any further. We\'re only talking about 26 million acres and it probably won\'t affect you anyway.

Talk soon,

David Brill
Land Use Chair: East Coast 4WD Assoc.
V.Chair/Land Use Chr. Region D/Northeast of EC4WDA
President, Eastern 4 Wheelers
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Blue Ribbon Coalition
NAMRC
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Guilford, CT

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Horgan
To: e4wbrill@aol.com
Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 2:48 pm
Subject: URGENT-Stop Closure 26 Million Acres this week

Dear David,

Urgent Action Required-Omnibus Federal Land Grab Bill Number S. 22 will close 26 million acres or maybe more to multiple use on BLM lands as well as designate over 2 million acres of Wilderness. Unbelievably in a rare Sunday session the Senate voted to skip any debate and have a vote this week on this huge bill. After the final Senate vote this bill may be forced on a fast track vote in Congress. It is extremely important that you take action now to help defeat this bad bill.

-----Please call your Congressman as well as your Senators. They must be deluged with calls now at (202) 224-3121.
To find the name of your Senator & Congressman just enter your zip code at http://www.sharetrails.org/rapid_response/  They must know in no uncertain terms that rural America opposes this massive Wilderness and land grab bill.


Here are five things you should ask them when you call your Congressman & Senator:

Ask them how they are going to vote on the Omnibus Land Grab Act S.22

Urge your Senator to oppose the Omnibus Land Grab Act S.22

Urge your Congressman to oppose the Omnibus Land Grab Act under whatever new bill number they give it

Also ask them to oppose all Omnibus Bills that put a bunch of bills together because that is bad legislation. Each bill should be considered individually, but S.22 contains over 150 different bills.

That you will hold them accountable if they vote for this huge bad bill

Even though S 22 is likely to pass the Senate, it is important  your Senator hear from you. Your calls are important not only to try to defeat S 22, but for future bills like it.

-----Please call your Senators and Congressmen immediately.  

You must let your Senators and Congressman know you will hold them responsible for their vote on S 22.  This is the largest land grab in 20 years.  They must know they will be held accountable.

Please forward this message to as many people as possible as quickly as possible.

Below is more information but if your time is=2
0limited please just make the calls instead of reading more

-----See Washington Times news article below.

-----Also see the Energy and Environment Daily article below.

You must urge your Senator to oppose all Omnibus Bills that put a bunch of bills together.  That means that nearly all Senators and Congressman don?t read the whole bill.  This bill is between 1,000 and 2,000 pages.  So the Senators and Congressmen only pay attention to the parts they are interested in.

A lot of bad stuff passes this way because bills they might ordinarily oppose, they ignore because they are part of this larger package.

This is a really bad way of doing business.  You must let your Senators and Congressmen know you not only oppose S 22 but the use of huge omnibus packages the bunch bills together.

Using the omnibus bill approach, most Senators and Congressmen have no idea what is in the rest of the bill.  They are not doing their job and they are letting you down.
-----You can read the Washington Times article below to see how Senator Murkowski of Alaska is supporting the bill even though it does great damage to Alaska because of one provision in the bill that she likes.  She is ignoring the National Landscape Conservation System part of the bill which affects so much more of Alaska.  This is just an example
of how usually friendly Senators and Congressmen end up voting for bills that hurt their states when the vote on these Omnibus Bill packages.
Each bill should be considered individually.  S 22 has over 150 different bills included.

 

150 Bill Omnibus Federal Land Grab Bill Is Back
-----This bill is one of the largest land grabs in history.  Just one bill, the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) covers 26 million acres and will lock you out of BLM multiple-use and energy lands.  It will add dozens of new National Heritage Areas that will eventually be a land use control noose around the necks of local people and rural America.
You can see a map of the National Landscape Conservation System at www.landrights.org.

Senator Diane Feinstein plans to add 6,000,000 more acres to it on the floor of the Senate.

Majority Leader Harry Reid is buying votes by putting every bill he can find in the package to buy off opposing Senators.  Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho is helping Harry Reid, Democrat Majority Leader in the Senate.  Has your Senator sold his heart and soul?

Senator Crapo is planning to vote for the bill and is leading the charge to get other Senators to vote for it.

He tried to sell us out on the Endangered Species Act a number of years ago and we stopped20him.  Now we must do it again.

It appears you cannot trust Senator Mike Crapo?s heart to protect your private property and access and use of Federal lands.
-----This may be the largest land grab bill in the last 20 years.
 Your immediate action is needed by making calls, faxing, e-mailing your Senators and Congressmen as well as your friends and neighbors is critical to stop this bill. Call both your Senators (202-224-3121) and Congressman

~This alert was compiled by:
Chuck Cushman
American Land Rights Association
(360) 687-3087ccushman@pacifier.com

 

-----Washington Times Article Monday, January 12, 2009

Massive lands bill clears filibuster

Senate Democrats flexed their new legislative muscle Sunday, using the first vote of the new Congress to break a Republican filibuster from the previous session of Congress, and advance a wide-ranging land-conservation measure.

The omnibus land bill would preserve more than 2 million acres of land, establish new layers of bureaucracy in the Bureau of Land Management, and designate former President Bill Clinton\'s childhood home a national historic site.

The bill\'s supporters, who had been stymied last year by a Republican filibuster, said the measure was long overdue.

Read entire article here:   ht
tp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/massive-lands-bill-clears-filibuster/

-----Energy and Environment Daily Article
7. PUBLIC LANDS: In rare Sunday vote, Senate moves past Coburn\'s filibuster on omnibus (01/12/2009) Noelle Straub, E&E reporter

In a rare Sunday session designed to rebuke one senator for his delaying tactics, the Senate yesterday voted overwhelmingly to move forward with an omnibus package of more than 160 public lands, water and resources bills.

The 66-12 vote easily overcame a filibuster by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who was trying again to prevent the Senate from taking up the measure that had slipped from the schedule last year due largely to his objections.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said the package, S 22, \'reflects possibly the most significant conservation legislation passed by the Senate in the past decade.\'

House Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) said the omnibus would pass the House soon if the Senate approves it. \'It will come back here and we will do something quick over here to pass it,\' he said Friday, adding that it will not need to go back through committee.

Coburn said yesterday was the first time in 40 years the Senate held a vote on the first weekend of a new session. Reid regularly threatens to keep the Senate in over the weekend as a way to encourage se
nators to cut deals more quickly, but yesterday was one of the rare instances where he carried through with the threat.

Read entire article at: http://www.eenews.net/eed/2009/01/12/

In two minutes you can submit a letter opposing the Omnibus Act at http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID=31

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Please also consider supporting these campaigns as it will help our cause on these massive acts:
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