YellowSub1962
07-14-2002, 08:28 AM
Motorhome News Alert on Sierra Club vs. RV's
The November 2001 issue contained an article warning RVers that the BLM, in
response to a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club, poised to close 26000
acres of public land to camping (BLM may ban camping on California Desert
Area," Motorhome News). People should understand that this is only the tip
of the iceberg, and that the Sierra Club and the environmental community in
general are no friends of the RVing public.
These organizations are pursuing an agenda designed to remove people from
the public lands. One of their favorite tools is the Endangered Species Act,
which is so broad in its application that they can always come up with an
animal, an insect or a weed to terminate human use of any area.
The Sierra Club spends much of its $450 million dollar annual budget on
litigation and legislative activities targeting recreational diversity on
public lands. The massive ressourses they have available leave no scheme, no
matter how harebrained , outside the realm of reality. A perfect example is
their current quest to decommission the Glen Canyon Dam and drain Lake
Powell, thereby squandering an investment worth hundreds of billions of
ddollars and wasting enough electricity to run all of Los Angeles, while
annuaally depriving 3 million people , including many RVers, of an
extraordinary recreational experience.
Sadly, major philanthrophic organizations, such as the Pew Charitable Trusts
and the Ford Foundation are pouring many millions of dollars each year into
these antihuman organizations, further hastening the day when we shall all
become trespassers on our public lands.
All RVers should give some serious thought to a future without public land
access for camping and recreation. We might keep this in mind when
considering our next contribution to the Sierra Club and other so called
environmental organizations. From Rainer Huck, Salt Lake City, Utah.
:usa:
The November 2001 issue contained an article warning RVers that the BLM, in
response to a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club, poised to close 26000
acres of public land to camping (BLM may ban camping on California Desert
Area," Motorhome News). People should understand that this is only the tip
of the iceberg, and that the Sierra Club and the environmental community in
general are no friends of the RVing public.
These organizations are pursuing an agenda designed to remove people from
the public lands. One of their favorite tools is the Endangered Species Act,
which is so broad in its application that they can always come up with an
animal, an insect or a weed to terminate human use of any area.
The Sierra Club spends much of its $450 million dollar annual budget on
litigation and legislative activities targeting recreational diversity on
public lands. The massive ressourses they have available leave no scheme, no
matter how harebrained , outside the realm of reality. A perfect example is
their current quest to decommission the Glen Canyon Dam and drain Lake
Powell, thereby squandering an investment worth hundreds of billions of
ddollars and wasting enough electricity to run all of Los Angeles, while
annuaally depriving 3 million people , including many RVers, of an
extraordinary recreational experience.
Sadly, major philanthrophic organizations, such as the Pew Charitable Trusts
and the Ford Foundation are pouring many millions of dollars each year into
these antihuman organizations, further hastening the day when we shall all
become trespassers on our public lands.
All RVers should give some serious thought to a future without public land
access for camping and recreation. We might keep this in mind when
considering our next contribution to the Sierra Club and other so called
environmental organizations. From Rainer Huck, Salt Lake City, Utah.
:usa: