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Crowdog · 06-16-2002, 09:42 PM

Wilderness Bill Update

Our goal is to defeat this bill!

It would be easy for us to continue to appease the mainstream environmental groups who are supporting this bill, and ignore the tactics they have used, as some other mountain bike organizations have done. The groups that are pushing this bill believe that cooperation with the mountain bike community amounts to “stop us if you can”. After years of appeasement the net result has been the non-compliance with the Park City agreement. If they cared about the mountain bike community they would have worked with us prior to attempting designating our riding areas as wilderness. Appeasement does not work, it only defers defeat.

The only way to get their respect and support for alternative designations is to defeat this bill. The Warrior’s Society supports areas that truly qualify for wilderness but feel that until the anti-mountain bike policies of the mainstream environmental organizations change we will continue to be locked out by the “wilderness only” attitude of these organizations. We must stop the banning of mountain bikes under the guise of “stopping development.”

Randall Danta, a respected leader of the Sierra Club and a mountain biker, attempted to initiate policy changes within the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club that would embrace mountain biking. His proposal was met with severe opposition, if not down right derision and attacks on of our sport in a Sierra Club publication.

The attitude of the mainstream environmental groups is opposite of that of the Nature Conservancy, which does not look for ways to lock people out, but get then into our natural areas in a responsible manner. They carry on the legacy of John Muir. If you are a mountain biker and member of the Sierra Club, your money would be better spent supporting the Nature Conservancy www.nature.org

In about half of the areas in the bill Wilderness designation would eliminate significant bicycling opportunities. The bill would prohibit bicycling in important riding areas near Lake Tahoe and Donner Pass, around Mammoth Mountain, in the northern Coast Range and southern Sierras, and north and east of Los Angeles.

WRITE U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN

1. Senator Feinstein has not yet endorsed the bill and is concerned about not only our access but also the economic effects this bill would have. The first action you can take is to contact U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Senator Feinstein's support is crucial to the advancement of Senator Boxer's bill. Senator Feinstein is carefully examining the proposal and is listening to her constituency. The time to influence her is now!

Due to security concerns, mailed letters are not the best way to convey your concerns. It takes as much as a month between mailing and the opening of a letter by congressional staff. Please send a fax or place a telephone call, then follow with a mailed letter.

Honorable Dianne Feinstein -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS

Fax: (202) 228-3954

Phone: (202) 224-3841

331 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Fax a copy of your message to Senator Boxer.

Honorable Barbara Boxer -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS

Fax: (415) 956-6701

Phone: (202) 224-3553

112 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510-0505

If You Can Do More -- WRITE the HOUSE SPONSORS of the companion bill, YOUR CONGRESSMAN, and LOCAL NEWSPAPER

2. WRITE A HOUSE SPONSOR OF THE BILL -- U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) will introduce companion bills in the House for northern California and U.S. Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA) will do the same for southern California. They, too, are examining the details of Senator Boxer's proposal. Fax your letter to:

Honorable Mike Thompson -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS

Fax: (202) 225-4335

Phone: (202) 225-3311

119 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0501

Honorable Hilda Solis -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS

Fax: (202) 225-5467

Phone: (202) 225-5464

1641 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20515-0531

3. WRITE YOUR CONGRESSPERSON -- To find the name and address of your member of Congress visit http://www.congress.org. Ask your member to speak to Representatives Thompson and Solis about bicycling and the Wilderness bill.

4. WRITE YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER -- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. To learn the address of your local paper, visit: http://newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/ca/.

Messages to television and radio stations, web news sources and discussion groups are also appropriate. Letters to media should be short -- around 200 words. Reasoned discussion is always preferable to inflamed rhetoric. The goal is to persuade others, not to yell.

POINTS TO MAKE IN YOUR LETTER

* State your concern that some of California's best trails will be closed to bikes through Wilderness designations. If you have specific knowledge of areas in Senator Boxer's proposal that overlap great riding, provide that information.

* Mountain bikers support conservation and would support alternative designations such as the Backcountry Designation http://www.sharetrails.org/backcountry.htm

* California is the birthplace of mountain biking and home to 2.5 million off-road cycling enthusiasts. We are an important constituency that generates millions of tourism dollars for the state of California. Bicycling adds more than $2 billion annually to the state's economy.

* Citizens need detailed maps of all proposed Wilderness areas to carefully examine this geographically based proposal.

LONG PROCESS AHEAD -- STAY TUNED

To pass, this bill must go through a committee process in the Senate, then a vote of the full Senate. The bill must go through a similar process in the House of Representatives. Once both bills make it through their respective chambers, they must then go to a conference committee to iron out the differences. If the bill doesn’t‚ pass by November, the entire process must start again next year.

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vova · 06-16-2002, 10:41 PM

Good information. This shit is getting out of hand

Crowdog · 06-17-2002, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vova
Good information. This shit is getting out of hand

More info:
http://www.crowley-offroad.com/protest_rally.htm

06-16-2002, 09:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Crowdog Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Member # 2787 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 2,422	Warrior Society - Wilderness Area Update Wilderness Bill Update Our goal is to defeat this bill! It would be easy for us to continue to appease the mainstream environmental groups who are supporting this bill, and ignore the tactics they have used, as some other mountain bike organizations have done. The groups that are pushing this bill believe that cooperation with the mountain bike community amounts to “stop us if you can”. After years of appeasement the net result has been the non-compliance with the Park City agreement. If they cared about the mountain bike community they would have worked with us prior to attempting designating our riding areas as wilderness. Appeasement does not work, it only defers defeat. The only way to get their respect and support for alternative designations is to defeat this bill. The Warrior’s Society supports areas that truly qualify for wilderness but feel that until the anti-mountain bike policies of the mainstream environmental organizations change we will continue to be locked out by the “wilderness only” attitude of these organizations. We must stop the banning of mountain bikes under the guise of “stopping development.” Randall Danta, a respected leader of the Sierra Club and a mountain biker, attempted to initiate policy changes within the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club that would embrace mountain biking. His proposal was met with severe opposition, if not down right derision and attacks on of our sport in a Sierra Club publication. The attitude of the mainstream environmental groups is opposite of that of the Nature Conservancy, which does not look for ways to lock people out, but get then into our natural areas in a responsible manner. They carry on the legacy of John Muir. If you are a mountain biker and member of the Sierra Club, your money would be better spent supporting the Nature Conservancy www.nature.org In about half of the areas in the bill Wilderness designation would eliminate significant bicycling opportunities. The bill would prohibit bicycling in important riding areas near Lake Tahoe and Donner Pass, around Mammoth Mountain, in the northern Coast Range and southern Sierras, and north and east of Los Angeles. WRITE U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN 1. Senator Feinstein has not yet endorsed the bill and is concerned about not only our access but also the economic effects this bill would have. The first action you can take is to contact U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Senator Feinstein's support is crucial to the advancement of Senator Boxer's bill. Senator Feinstein is carefully examining the proposal and is listening to her constituency. The time to influence her is now! Due to security concerns, mailed letters are not the best way to convey your concerns. It takes as much as a month between mailing and the opening of a letter by congressional staff. Please send a fax or place a telephone call, then follow with a mailed letter. Honorable Dianne Feinstein -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS Fax: (202) 228-3954 Phone: (202) 224-3841 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax a copy of your message to Senator Boxer. Honorable Barbara Boxer -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS Fax: (415) 956-6701 Phone: (202) 224-3553 112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-0505 If You Can Do More -- WRITE the HOUSE SPONSORS of the companion bill, YOUR CONGRESSMAN, and LOCAL NEWSPAPER 2. WRITE A HOUSE SPONSOR OF THE BILL -- U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) will introduce companion bills in the House for northern California and U.S. Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA) will do the same for southern California. They, too, are examining the details of Senator Boxer's proposal. Fax your letter to: Honorable Mike Thompson -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS Fax: (202) 225-4335 Phone: (202) 225-3311 119 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-0501 Honorable Hilda Solis -- PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS Fax: (202) 225-5467 Phone: (202) 225-5464 1641 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-0531 3. WRITE YOUR CONGRESSPERSON -- To find the name and address of your member of Congress visit http://www.congress.org. Ask your member to speak to Representatives Thompson and Solis about bicycling and the Wilderness bill. 4. WRITE YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER -- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. To learn the address of your local paper, visit: http://newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/ca/. Messages to television and radio stations, web news sources and discussion groups are also appropriate. Letters to media should be short -- around 200 words. Reasoned discussion is always preferable to inflamed rhetoric. The goal is to persuade others, not to yell. POINTS TO MAKE IN YOUR LETTER * State your concern that some of California's best trails will be closed to bikes through Wilderness designations. If you have specific knowledge of areas in Senator Boxer's proposal that overlap great riding, provide that information. * Mountain bikers support conservation and would support alternative designations such as the Backcountry Designation http://www.sharetrails.org/backcountry.htm * California is the birthplace of mountain biking and home to 2.5 million off-road cycling enthusiasts. We are an important constituency that generates millions of tourism dollars for the state of California. Bicycling adds more than $2 billion annually to the state's economy. * Citizens need detailed maps of all proposed Wilderness areas to carefully examine this geographically based proposal. LONG PROCESS AHEAD -- STAY TUNED To pass, this bill must go through a committee process in the Senate, then a vote of the full Senate. The bill must go through a similar process in the House of Representatives. Once both bills make it through their respective chambers, they must then go to a conference committee to iron out the differences. If the bill doesn’t‚ pass by November, the entire process must start again next year. ----------------------------------------------------- __________________ UTVGuide.net

06-16-2002, 10:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
vova Does yer dewg bite? Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 196 Location: Los Gatos - Ca - U.S.A Posts: 8,227 Blog Entries: 2	Good information. This shit is getting out of hand __________________ 85' Toyota truck/runner. 60/14 bolt, 4.3L, 39.5's. 07' Turner RFX for exercise. (Ride hard or ride cross country) In loving memory of Madelyn Rose Ekhilevsky 04/17/04 - 12/08/08

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