TCH
09-18-2009, 10:19 PM
See article below post.
It might be way out in Utah, but it will affect us one day. If this happens in Utah, where will be next. Tuttle? Lake Mac? The Prairie? The Black Hills? Colorado trails? I have learned that Utah is just the beginning and plans are in the works to close trails all over the US. The San Rafael Swell is on the list of places to shut off to ORVs.
This is where a Land Use officer would be a great benefit for P4W. Someone who can speak for us at the level where these closures are being fought against. Someone who can keep P4W members informed about what's happening on the national scene concerning trail closures. There are places to write and have yourself heard but we need someone to find those places and keep us informed.
P4W must be more active about this issue or we may face having no where to wheel.
Tom
Utah Shared Access Alliance
www.usaall.org (http://www.usaall.org/)
www.takebackutah.org (http://www.takebackutah.org/)
PO BOX 50592
Provo, Utah 84605-0592
801-830-9112
We have been warning you and thousands of others that this day would come. On October 1, 2009 a congressional committee will consider a wilderness bill that would turn 9.4 million acres of Utah public land into Congressionally designated wilderness. This is a major step towards the closing of nearly 40% of all the land that BLM manages in Utah. This may seem surreal but it is actually happening. We must stop this bill. With your help we can do it. Please read this email in entirety, forward it to friends, and act on its call for help. With enough of you getting involved we guarantee we can either stop this bill or minimize the damage that it will cause.
The Deseret News printed this article this morning: House panel to consider bill on Utah wilderness. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705330758/House-panel-to-consider-bill-on-Utah-wilderness.html
If you would like to read the bill in it's entirety go here: Library of Congress H.R. 1925. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01925:|/bss/111search.html| (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01925:%7C/bss/111search.html%7C)
If you would like to read the propaganda from our opposition and the main proponents of the bill go here www.suwa.org (http://www.suwa.org/). Be sure to take some anti-nausea medication these guys spin things pretty hard.
Sincerely,
Michael Swenson
Utah Shared Access Alliance
What is Wilderness Designations
Wilderness Isn't some cute fuzzy term that means wild places and the great out of doors. It is a legal term and formal designation that means a place where man has no lasting impact or signs and where man is very limited to where he can go and what he can do. This means NO motorized OR mechanized access. That means even Mountain bikes are not allowed. Don't believe me? check out this sign I personally took a pic ture of: NO MOUNTAIN BIKES http://www.takebackutah.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3152. It really means no management. It means no development. In some remote places this may be a good thing. In Utah BLM manages about 22 million acres and if 9.4 of them are locked up in wilderness it means the public can forget about using and fully enjoying over 40% of the mostly desert land that BLM manages. NONE of Utah's congressmen or senators support this bill. BLM itself has recommended to congress 1.9 million acres be designated. But the environmentalists don't care. They are asking for more than 400% more acres! I'm sure the mountain areas will be the next target of these greedy groups. To learn more about wilderness go to this article written by one of our board members: The Truth About Wilderness http://www.takebackutah.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3066&smid=7416&ArticleID=1980&reftab=3065&t=The-Truth-About-Wilderness:-An-Analysis-of-Limitations-Placed-on-Recreation-through-Wilderness-Designation.
It might be way out in Utah, but it will affect us one day. If this happens in Utah, where will be next. Tuttle? Lake Mac? The Prairie? The Black Hills? Colorado trails? I have learned that Utah is just the beginning and plans are in the works to close trails all over the US. The San Rafael Swell is on the list of places to shut off to ORVs.
This is where a Land Use officer would be a great benefit for P4W. Someone who can speak for us at the level where these closures are being fought against. Someone who can keep P4W members informed about what's happening on the national scene concerning trail closures. There are places to write and have yourself heard but we need someone to find those places and keep us informed.
P4W must be more active about this issue or we may face having no where to wheel.
Tom
Utah Shared Access Alliance
www.usaall.org (http://www.usaall.org/)
www.takebackutah.org (http://www.takebackutah.org/)
PO BOX 50592
Provo, Utah 84605-0592
801-830-9112
We have been warning you and thousands of others that this day would come. On October 1, 2009 a congressional committee will consider a wilderness bill that would turn 9.4 million acres of Utah public land into Congressionally designated wilderness. This is a major step towards the closing of nearly 40% of all the land that BLM manages in Utah. This may seem surreal but it is actually happening. We must stop this bill. With your help we can do it. Please read this email in entirety, forward it to friends, and act on its call for help. With enough of you getting involved we guarantee we can either stop this bill or minimize the damage that it will cause.
The Deseret News printed this article this morning: House panel to consider bill on Utah wilderness. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705330758/House-panel-to-consider-bill-on-Utah-wilderness.html
If you would like to read the bill in it's entirety go here: Library of Congress H.R. 1925. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01925:|/bss/111search.html| (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01925:%7C/bss/111search.html%7C)
If you would like to read the propaganda from our opposition and the main proponents of the bill go here www.suwa.org (http://www.suwa.org/). Be sure to take some anti-nausea medication these guys spin things pretty hard.
Sincerely,
Michael Swenson
Utah Shared Access Alliance
What is Wilderness Designations
Wilderness Isn't some cute fuzzy term that means wild places and the great out of doors. It is a legal term and formal designation that means a place where man has no lasting impact or signs and where man is very limited to where he can go and what he can do. This means NO motorized OR mechanized access. That means even Mountain bikes are not allowed. Don't believe me? check out this sign I personally took a pic ture of: NO MOUNTAIN BIKES http://www.takebackutah.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3152. It really means no management. It means no development. In some remote places this may be a good thing. In Utah BLM manages about 22 million acres and if 9.4 of them are locked up in wilderness it means the public can forget about using and fully enjoying over 40% of the mostly desert land that BLM manages. NONE of Utah's congressmen or senators support this bill. BLM itself has recommended to congress 1.9 million acres be designated. But the environmentalists don't care. They are asking for more than 400% more acres! I'm sure the mountain areas will be the next target of these greedy groups. To learn more about wilderness go to this article written by one of our board members: The Truth About Wilderness http://www.takebackutah.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3066&smid=7416&ArticleID=1980&reftab=3065&t=The-Truth-About-Wilderness:-An-Analysis-of-Limitations-Placed-on-Recreation-through-Wilderness-Designation.