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From: <dcooper
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: [Landuse] war on the west moves east, north and south


> The War on the West has moved East, South, North...
> Sheila Davis ^ | August 14, 2002 | Sheila Davis
>
>
> Posted on 08/14/2002 12:25 PM Pacific by countrydummy
>
>
> Letter to the Editor
>
> The environmental war on the west that destroyed whole
> communities is here in the east , southeast , far south,
> as well as the north. That means basically that the
> environmental war is everywhere now in these great
> United States!
>
>
> What is this war? It is a well orchestrated
> environmental movement using federal regulations that is
> destroying the livelihoods of rural Americans all across
> the country. The main weapons of this war is such
> wonderful propaganda and rhetorical terminology such
> as "preservation and conservation"
>
>
> From these two words alone come some of the most
> horrific instances of governmental abuse of private
> property rights ever in our history!
> Using "preservation", this movement has been and
> continues to destroy and deprive families and
> communities of their livelihoods, heritages, and of
> course any dreams for the future and the future
> financial independence of rural Americans."
>
>
> As with "preservation" "conservation" is just as
> destructive when folks all over the country continue to
> send their hard earned dollars to such politically
> powerful and "correct" organizations such as The Sierra
> Club, The Nature Conservancy and The Audubon Society
> believing that these non-governmental organizations are
> just a group of benign benevolent folks trying to save
> the Earth! Why? Because these groups use their influence
> with Congress to pass further land-use restrictions,
> commonly referred to as Land Use Management Plans. These
> plans have all sorts of terminology designed only to
> strip private land owners of either their lands
> completely or the value that their lands have.
>
>
> For example, homes and business are being taken using
> eminent domain to "protect and conserve "viewsheds,
> soundsheds and a new one, night skysheds! These "sheds"
> are one of the favorite abuses of the National Park
> Service. Other examples of these weapons include the
> Endangered Species Act which can/does and has taken
> thousands to millions of acres (and communities) off
> local tax bases to "protect" these species. The Clean
> Water Act, with resulting TMDL (Total Maximum Daily
> Loads) in WV alone will basically strip Tucker County (
> and this is just the beginning) of all private land
> ownership, thus destroying the economy of the county.
> Now our forests in WV and VA have been added to a list
> of "endangered forests"....this will bring about "NO-
> USE" of these lands by humans!
>
>
> These instances are occurring all over WV, as well in
> all of our bordering states , being done a little at a
> time so as not to bring to much public awareness to each
> situation in fear that some of us will finally start
> adding 2 + 2 and seeing the whole picture for what it
> really is! The destruction of private property ownership
> and the associated rights it conveys.
>
>
> Viewsheds will take out all the landowners along the New
> River near Hinton, WV. Simply put as Lori Sprague of the
> National Park Service told Fox News in an interview, "If
> in fact, this is going to be a scenic parkway, then we
> feel the scenic qualities should be
> protected." "Wherever you happen to be at that point in
> time, and what you see from there is your viewshed."
>
>
> Maine, New York State, Tennessee, and so on and so on
> are facing these same issues with unique "coastal
> regulations" these are basically all the
> same........Land Use Management Plans! Now folks in
> southwest Florida are under direct attack! Their homes
> will all be flooded to supposedly restore the
> Everglades......the Everglades natural flora and fauna
> can't take the amount of this kind of increased water!
> It never had it! But the landowners will all be gone!
>
>
> How then is this a war? Is not the destruction of the
> Constitutional right to private land ownership and the
> pursuit of happiness it allows for with the ever
> increasing destruction of these inalienable rights not
> an attack, one that would and does constituent a war?
> Ask all the families out west that have already lost
> their homes, heritages, towns, livelihoods? Many of them
> fought and lost because the same tactics are being used
> here in the east, north, and the south.....a little at a
> time. This does not mention the falsification of records
> to obtain their lands illegally. That is another story!
>
>
> Sheila Davis Sisters of the River Hinton, WV 25969
> Http://www.newriverfriends.org email:
> country357@stargate.net Phone: (304) 466-3676






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