Post by cdaxena on Jul 13, 2010 22:52:33 GMT -5
Go to the Presidents Great Outdoors Initiative and promote my post at the link below:
ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/0/EE5FC787E86D32E1862577600005D764?OpenDocument
The goal to reconnect American youth to the great outdoors can best be done by providing more places for them to enjoy their favorite forms of outdoor recreation.
I object to spending over $2 billion of my tax dollars locking the majority of the public out of more of their public lands through inappropriate Wilderness and Monument designations. Wilderness and Monument are the most restrictive forms of land designation and reduces access to most people.
The initial Wilderness Act envisioned about 20 million acres as suitable. Today we have over 120 million acres of Wilderness where public access is restricted. The majority of the public have been forced onto smaller and smaller areas outside of Wilderness. In order to encourage Americans to enjoy the outdoors we do not need more Wilderness areas, we need less.
The goal to reconnect Americans especially youth with the outdoors can best be done by providing more places for them to enjoy their favorite forms of outdoor recreation. We need to revert some of these lands back to Multiple Use in order to promote access for urban youth and all Americans.
Off Road Vehicle use is by far the most popular form of recreation, followed by Mountain Biking. Multiple Use lands are where the majority of people recreate, as well as where much of our timber and beef products come from, but these lands have been closed at an alarming rate. The President must protect these precious lands by designating them permanently as Multiple Use. The Initiative must preserve Multiple Use lands as Multiple Use for current and future generations to enjoy these and all other forms of recreation.
The Presidents is interested in local involvement in his plan, yet no multiple use groups have been included or invited. The initial plan has clearly been created by a small segment of special interest groups who seek to limit access to our public lands. The President needs to include the two largest forms of recreation as a priority in his plan to reconnect Americans with the Outdoors. That would be Off Highway Vehicle recreation and Mountain Biking. More areas need to be opened to people who enjoy these most popular ways to enjoy the outdoors.
The proposed Wildlife Corridors along with the proposed Wilderness and Monument designations would harm rural areas, push people out of their homes and force them into cities. This destruction of our Rural Communities, also known as the United Nations Wildlands Project, is detrimental to the interests of all Americans and should not be supported in any way by the Outdoors Initiative.
ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/0/EE5FC787E86D32E1862577600005D764?OpenDocument
The goal to reconnect American youth to the great outdoors can best be done by providing more places for them to enjoy their favorite forms of outdoor recreation.
I object to spending over $2 billion of my tax dollars locking the majority of the public out of more of their public lands through inappropriate Wilderness and Monument designations. Wilderness and Monument are the most restrictive forms of land designation and reduces access to most people.
The initial Wilderness Act envisioned about 20 million acres as suitable. Today we have over 120 million acres of Wilderness where public access is restricted. The majority of the public have been forced onto smaller and smaller areas outside of Wilderness. In order to encourage Americans to enjoy the outdoors we do not need more Wilderness areas, we need less.
The goal to reconnect Americans especially youth with the outdoors can best be done by providing more places for them to enjoy their favorite forms of outdoor recreation. We need to revert some of these lands back to Multiple Use in order to promote access for urban youth and all Americans.
Off Road Vehicle use is by far the most popular form of recreation, followed by Mountain Biking. Multiple Use lands are where the majority of people recreate, as well as where much of our timber and beef products come from, but these lands have been closed at an alarming rate. The President must protect these precious lands by designating them permanently as Multiple Use. The Initiative must preserve Multiple Use lands as Multiple Use for current and future generations to enjoy these and all other forms of recreation.
The Presidents is interested in local involvement in his plan, yet no multiple use groups have been included or invited. The initial plan has clearly been created by a small segment of special interest groups who seek to limit access to our public lands. The President needs to include the two largest forms of recreation as a priority in his plan to reconnect Americans with the Outdoors. That would be Off Highway Vehicle recreation and Mountain Biking. More areas need to be opened to people who enjoy these most popular ways to enjoy the outdoors.
The proposed Wildlife Corridors along with the proposed Wilderness and Monument designations would harm rural areas, push people out of their homes and force them into cities. This destruction of our Rural Communities, also known as the United Nations Wildlands Project, is detrimental to the interests of all Americans and should not be supported in any way by the Outdoors Initiative.