<FONT COLOR="Yellow">Here are the sites that I use most frequently. Some of them also have mailing lists and alert lists. I would encourage you to visit them and explore the sites and get on a few (if not all) mailing lists. (warning: this may give you upwards of 100 e-mails a day, usually 35-40.)This is by no means a full list, just a list I compiled from the resources I use the most. Please add any sites to this thread that you feel are helpful. They are in no particular order.</FONT c>

California Association of 4WD Clubs (http://www.cal4wheel.com/)

United Four Wheel Drive Ass. (http://www.ufwda.org/)

Blue Ribbon Coalition (http://www.sharetrails.org/)

Tread Lightly (http://www.treadlightly.org/)

Free Our Forests (http://www.freeourforests.org/greeting.htm)

Off-Road.Com (http://www.off-road.com/orcland.html)

Outdoor Wire (http://www.outdoorwire.com)

Land Use Network (http://www.off-road.com/landuse/landuse.htm)
<FONT COLOR="Yellow">(They have a mailing list section down towards the bottom. This will link you to all their lists. The one called "Land Use" (either real-time or digest mode) is the most informative, widely used list I have found. You will notice that a lot of my posts come from the "LUN", this is the list.)</FONT c>

American Land Rights Association (http://www.landrights.org/)

BLM (http://www.blm.gov)

Forest Service (http://www.fs.fed.us/index.html)

http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/vader.gif<FONT COLOR="yellow">From the dark side</FONT c>http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/vader.gif

http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/flipoff.gif sierra club (http://www.sierraclub.org)

http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/flipoff.gif california wilderness coalition (http://www.calwild.org)

http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/flipoff.gif earth first (http://www.earthfirst.org/)

http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/smilies/flipoff.gif pew charitable trusts (http://www.pewtrusts.org/)

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Peter S. Di Primo
V.P. - Ventura County Axle Snappers 4WDC
www.axlesnappers.com (http://www.axlesnappers.com)
Yellowsub1962@aol.com

Cool, thank you very much for this info.

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Ian, all the way from sunny South Florida where women are in bikinis all year long!

http://fedpage.doi.gov/fedpagedoi.html
here is another. Mainly for CA.

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CAUTION

Allow me to add my web site for info on getting involved in land use and getting connected to other sites: www.goldrush.net/~jeepndel/. (http://www.goldrush.net/~jeepndel/.)
check it out.
DEL

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Del Albright
Blue Ribbon Coalition
CA4WDC

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Get the latest and greatest Roadless Inititive information here http://roadless.fs.fed.us/

From http://roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/rule/rule_fedreg.html
Since the publication of the FEIS, the agency has received comments
on the FEIS and the preferred alternative. Generally, these comments
mirror comments received on the NOI and DEIS. The majority of these
respondents asked for the prohibitions to immediately take effect on
the Tongass National Forest, and for additional prohibitions on off-
highway vehicle use, grazing, and mining activities. Some respondents
provided additional information on potential environmental and economic
effects, which the agency has reviewed and determined fall within the
range of effects disclosed in the FEIS. These comments were considered
by the agency in the development of the final rule and are in the
project record.
... Most of the respondents in this second group maintained that the
proposed rule did not prohibit enough development activities. They
stated that the final rule should immediately ban timber harvest, other
commodity production, and motorized recreation from roadless areas
1,000 acres or larger, and that the agency should not defer
conservation of roadless areas to future land management planning
processes.
...
Dated: January 5, 2001.
Dan Glickman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-726 Filed 1-5-01; 3:45 pm]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P

Great info. Thanks, Sub. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Not to be discouraging, but the LUN has pretty heavy volume - so be prepared...

I was on it for a few years, now I just get most of the important ones here <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> and through another list I am on that forwards on ones of major national importance and east coast related items...

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It seems everytime this get buried, someone needs it, I'll try to kick it to the top every few weeks or so, just to keep it on the front page <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> ....

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Since there's a few new faces popping up, I though this might come in handy <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"></font c>

Thanks Peter, good refresher for everyone

Thanks Peter. I wondered where you got all your links and information. This thread is a great idea.

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Here is another site I found the other day:
http://www.ruralcleansing.com

Crowdog

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Here's another one I just found:

National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition (http://www.nesarc.org/)

Crowdog

Add the following link to your research folder:
http://www.guidestar.com/search/

This site archives tax returns for non-profit organizations. When you find you intended research target (say the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity or the Earth Island Institute) you can lookup the true financial background of the organization, including the principle leadership on the .pdf images of the IRS form 990 on file.

Read these tax filings, with close attention to Part III (statement of program service accomplishments) and you can get an idea of how twisted the "education" basis for a non-profit can be interpreted. Compare this with the reporting in Part VIII (relationship of activities to the accomplishments of excempt purposes) and you can perceive a clear picture of the organizations intent.

Oh, on these tax statements the names and addresses of the officers are listed (just in case you want to send them a letter of encouragement).

Another good search is to use the simple word "forest" to reveal the many forest preservation organizations on file. A cross reference of the membership and research into the false claims for tax exempt status could result in finding some RECCO Act violations...

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If you want to follow the money that the greenie organizations get, here is a search engine:
http://209.190.208.154/crc/searchdatabase.asp

Type in the name of the organization (eg. Sierra Club) and it will come back with who donated to them. You can also look at a grantmaker (like Turner Foundation) to see who they donated to. This is where I found out that Ted Turner is supporting the Center for Biological Diversity.

Crowdog

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

[ 10-14-2001: Message edited by: Crowdog ]

I have added an bunch of environmental issue articles to my web site at: Environmental Issues (http://www.crowley-offroad.com/environmental%20issues.htm)

Let me know what you think.

Crowdog

I have to get something off my chest.

I'm guilty of being one of those four wheelers, who gets involved with land issues, then doesn't.... Then gets involved again, then doesn't, etc., etc., etc.

Back and forth I go...lately I've been feeling really guilty about it.

I figured alot of it has to do with how I'm doing financially. If I'm doing good at work and making money - I'm all over the current land issues, but when times are tight (like they have been for the last few years) I kinda drop out.

Well, times are decent right now and I'm involved again. I gotta sign up with LUN again too.

Sorry if I bored anyone.

BTW, Thanks for the links!!

<font color="yellow">Joe, I totally understand how you feel. I finally got to the point wheree I had enough of the Eco-Nazi BS. I've been a member of BRC and CA4WDC for several years, but I felt I had to do more. I donated a little bit here and there when I had it, but just as importantly - I started showing up at work days and trail projects all over the state. Finacially its not always possible to contribute, but you can always find time to help in some way. Writing letters, working on a trail, going to meetings.... these things seem like so little at the time, but mean so much in the big picture. Mike and I have driven up to Rubicon (535 mileseach way), slept in his Acura, worked on the trail and returned home - all in 36 hours... I write between 2 and 20 letters a week to various people and organizations. I forward everything important to others in my local area, and so on....

Sometimes you just need to step back and take a bit of time off. I have been "lurking" in the background for about a month now, due to some personal issues. I'm getting straightened out now and ready to focus more on the current issues, though I have been active the whole time. Just do what you can, we can't ask for anything more. Help out others when they need it and someone will be there to help you when you need it <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">...</font c>

Environmental News Service (http://www.ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2001/2001L-03-09-06.html)

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one more site...I haven't got the chance to fully explore it, but it seems to be well worth the time toe search around...

http://www.undueinfluence.com/

BTT again. This stuff is too important to let it get too far down the list.

btt for a friend who was looking for this info.

Why is this not a sticky? I forget :D.

As that is an old list, here are some updated urls:

http://www.4x4wire.com
http://www.muirnet.net
http://www.muirnet.net/4x4voice

I have many others that can be accessed through muirnet.net/4x4voice ....