I am not sure the impact on wheelin, but more wilderness and bureaucracy can't be a good thing. IPAMS is sending the letters. Their primary concern is increased delay in permiting oil and gas development on publics lands, but as we know, all user groups must work together. Industry and recreation.

From IPAMS

"Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will attempt to push an 11th hour omnibus public lands package through Congress during a lame duck session in mid-November. S. 3213 would put into law the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), restricting the development of energy resources on federal lands, creating more than a million acres of wilderness, and adding another layer of bureaucracy to public lands administration. "

Here is a link to the IPAMs site:

http://www.bipac.net/alert.asp?g=ipams

Then click this link

"Tell your Senator to Vote No on the National Landscape Conservation System Bill in S. 3213, The Public Lands Omnibus Bill "

Messages Sent

Message delivered to:
Senator Wayne Allard
U.S. Senate
521 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-6471 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator John Barrasso
U.S. Senate
307 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-1724 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Robert F. Bennett
U.S. Senate
431 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-1168 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Tom Coburn MD
U.S. Senate
172 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-6008 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator John Cornyn
U.S. Senate
517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-2856 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Larry Craig
U.S. Senate
520 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-1067 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Pete V. Domenici
U.S. Senate
328 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-3261 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Mike Enzi
U.S. Senate
379-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-0359 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Orrin G. Hatch
U.S. Senate
104 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-6331 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Senate
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-0776 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator James M. Inhofe
U.S. Senate
453 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-0380 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator Mary L. Landrieu
U.S. Senate
724 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 224-9735 via fax

Message delivered to:
Senator David Vitter
U.S. Senate
516 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 205100001
Fax: (202) 228-5061 via fax

Thank you for taking the time to write!

done

Thanks for the support! Response has been slow so far, only 475 letters sent, few from the Western Slope, so any of you GJ or Montrose wheelers, be sure to get involved.

Thanks,