Post by cdaxena on Mar 12, 2008 12:22:22 GMT -5
From: "Liberty Matters News Service" <Liberty_Matters_News_Service@mail.vresp.com>
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:44:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT ACTION: HR 2016: 26 Million Acres in Jeopardy
March 11, 2008
URGENT ACTION: Contact Your Congressmen To Stop HR 2016
HR 2016; 26 Million Acres in Jeopardy
On Wednesday, March 12, the House Resource Committee will meet to mark up HR 2016 in preparation for a full House vote. HR 2016, the National Landscape Conservation System, would place 26 million BLM acres under the watchful eye of the National Park Service and could lead to the end of multiple use of those lands that Americans have enjoyed for many years. Proponents say the legislation merely codifies a system that former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt put into place in 2000, and would not change current management practices. However, in his opening remarks before the House Subcommittee on Parks, Forests and Public Lands in June 2007, Rep Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ranking Member, expressed reservations about the bill, saying: "This appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to insert restrictive National Park Service management methods in order to lock up public lands which were intended to be multiuse…ome of these lands are remarkable, but were created at the whim of special interest groups by a sympathetic president." Section 3 of HR 2016 reads; "In order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations, there is established in the Bureau of Land Management the National Landscape Conservation System." The term "values" is troublesome, believes Mr. Bishop, as The National Park System (NPS) has struggled with the definition for years. "In the NPS a value is now interpreted to include such subjective things as sound-scapes, view-sheds and the occasional smell-shed." He continued; "After this bill has become law, we should expect an onslaught of bills for new units of the National Landscape Conservation System." The Senate companion bill is S 1139. "We should consider this proposal carefully because the special interests have already put 'multiuse' in jeopardy," Bishop said.
Wildlands Project in "Coma" in Washington State
A Seattle Democrat, Sen. Ken Jacobsen, has authored legislation designating the northeastern corner of Washington state as part of the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y), a migratory path for grizzly bears and wolves. Y2Y is part of the dream of radical environmentalists to cleanse America of every trace of civilization and return her to the glory days before 1492. The two thousand-mile corridor would extend from Yukon Territory, through the corner of Washington, consume two-thirds of Idaho, half of Montana and end in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. That is just the beginning of their plan. Our vision is simple: we live for the day when Grizzlies in Chihuahua have an unbroken connection to Grizzlies in Alaska; when Gray Wolf populations are continuous from New Mexico to Greenland…Our vision is continental: from Panama and the Caribbean to Alaska and Greenland, from the Arctic to the continental shelves… - The Wildlands Project Mission Statement. The Blue Ribbon Coalition, an outdoor recreation group says: "Jacobson's legislation here would codify a very dangerous shift already taking place in state wildlife agencies. Agencies originally chartered to manage wildlife for the benefit of the sporting public are moving closer to the agenda of these radical wildlands groups, where predators are used to manage wildlife and man (hunters) are all but removed from the equation." The Senate passed S 5318 (30-19) February 13, 2008. Republican Rep. Joel Kretz, whose district is the site of Y2Y, is not happy. "The plan to auction off the Seventh District to be part of the Yukon to Yellowstone wildlife corridor is pure idiocy," Kretz said. "Property values would plummet and dangerous wildlife would be free to attack children, pets and livestock," he continued. "Folks that own their land would basically be renting it from an out-of-town environmental group." The Nature Conservancy, along with other environmental groups, has already been in Olympia asking the government for $5.5 million to buy land in the Seventh District for the corridor. Fred Grant, president of Stewards of the Range, sent a letter to Rep. Kretz on behalf of Stewards, the American Land Foundation, Liberty Matters, and Owyhee County pointing out "The Y2Y corridor concept is nothing more than an expanded ecosystem plan for restricted human use…An objective of Y2Y…is removal of the obstacle of private property rights to an all encompassing 'nature protection' program. The recommended expansion of use of conservation easements, the recommended purchase of private property to remove property right limitations, to complete emphasis on turning back the clock on human activities, is central to success of the corridor." (click here to read the entire letter) The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on S 5318, February 27, and due to the testimony against the bill and many letters the Committee received opposing Y2Y, there will be no vote on the measure in the near future. S 5318 is officially "in a coma," said Rep. Kretz's spokeswoman.
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To:
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:44:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT ACTION: HR 2016: 26 Million Acres in Jeopardy
March 11, 2008
URGENT ACTION: Contact Your Congressmen To Stop HR 2016
HR 2016; 26 Million Acres in Jeopardy
On Wednesday, March 12, the House Resource Committee will meet to mark up HR 2016 in preparation for a full House vote. HR 2016, the National Landscape Conservation System, would place 26 million BLM acres under the watchful eye of the National Park Service and could lead to the end of multiple use of those lands that Americans have enjoyed for many years. Proponents say the legislation merely codifies a system that former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt put into place in 2000, and would not change current management practices. However, in his opening remarks before the House Subcommittee on Parks, Forests and Public Lands in June 2007, Rep Rob Bishop (R-UT), Ranking Member, expressed reservations about the bill, saying: "This appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to insert restrictive National Park Service management methods in order to lock up public lands which were intended to be multiuse…
Wildlands Project in "Coma" in Washington State
A Seattle Democrat, Sen. Ken Jacobsen, has authored legislation designating the northeastern corner of Washington state as part of the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y), a migratory path for grizzly bears and wolves. Y2Y is part of the dream of radical environmentalists to cleanse America of every trace of civilization and return her to the glory days before 1492. The two thousand-mile corridor would extend from Yukon Territory, through the corner of Washington, consume two-thirds of Idaho, half of Montana and end in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. That is just the beginning of their plan. Our vision is simple: we live for the day when Grizzlies in Chihuahua have an unbroken connection to Grizzlies in Alaska; when Gray Wolf populations are continuous from New Mexico to Greenland…Our vision is continental: from Panama and the Caribbean to Alaska and Greenland, from the Arctic to the continental shelves… - The Wildlands Project Mission Statement. The Blue Ribbon Coalition, an outdoor recreation group says: "Jacobson's legislation here would codify a very dangerous shift already taking place in state wildlife agencies. Agencies originally chartered to manage wildlife for the benefit of the sporting public are moving closer to the agenda of these radical wildlands groups, where predators are used to manage wildlife and man (hunters) are all but removed from the equation." The Senate passed S 5318 (30-19) February 13, 2008. Republican Rep. Joel Kretz, whose district is the site of Y2Y, is not happy. "The plan to auction off the Seventh District to be part of the Yukon to Yellowstone wildlife corridor is pure idiocy," Kretz said. "Property values would plummet and dangerous wildlife would be free to attack children, pets and livestock," he continued. "Folks that own their land would basically be renting it from an out-of-town environmental group." The Nature Conservancy, along with other environmental groups, has already been in Olympia asking the government for $5.5 million to buy land in the Seventh District for the corridor. Fred Grant, president of Stewards of the Range, sent a letter to Rep. Kretz on behalf of Stewards, the American Land Foundation, Liberty Matters, and Owyhee County pointing out "The Y2Y corridor concept is nothing more than an expanded ecosystem plan for restricted human use…An objective of Y2Y…is removal of the obstacle of private property rights to an all encompassing 'nature protection' program. The recommended expansion of use of conservation easements, the recommended purchase of private property to remove property right limitations, to complete emphasis on turning back the clock on human activities, is central to success of the corridor." (click here to read the entire letter) The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on S 5318, February 27, and due to the testimony against the bill and many letters the Committee received opposing Y2Y, there will be no vote on the measure in the near future. S 5318 is officially "in a coma," said Rep. Kretz's spokeswoman.
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PO Box 1207
Taylor, Texas 76574