WILDERNESS BILL IS BACK!!!!! (read this NOW)

[YellowSub1962]

THIS IS A GAG alert. DO NOT send the enclosed sample letter, but instead fax/call/write/ whatever a letter that says the opposite. Tell Feinstein that you are tired of losing YOUR LAND! tell he NO MORE WILDERNESS!!

Also - DO NOT use any form letters from the GAG sites...they can get "misused" against us to say the least....






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* Your WILDALERT for Friday, February 14, 2003
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California has some of the most spectacular wilderness areas in
America: Yosemite, Death Valley, Trinity Alps, Ventana and many more.
But many other areas on California's public lands, just as deserving
of permanent protection, remain at risk from logging, mining, oil
drilling and dirt bike and other off-road vehicle abuse.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will soon reintroduce the California Wild
Heritage Act, which would forever protect 2.5 million acres of
wilderness and 400 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers in California. We
need your help to encourage Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to cosponsor
the California Wild Heritage Act.

You can take action immediately from
<http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws>http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws

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BACKGROUND
Sen. Boxer introduced the California Wild Heritage Act in the last
Congress and will soon reintroduce it. The bill would protect
spectacular California landscapes such as:

* the King Range, the longest undeveloped coast in the lower 48 states;
* the White Mountains, second largest roadless area in our national
forests and home to ancient bristlecone pines, Earth's oldest living
organisms;
* Feather Falls, sixth highest waterfall in the country; and,
* the Clavey River, the most intact watershed in the Sierra Nevada range.

In all, Sen. Boxer's bill would add 2.5 million acres to the National
Wilderness Preservation System and 400 miles to the National Wild and
Scenic River System. Just as important, the bill would protect
important plant and animal species, recreational opportunities,
drinking water for California communities and economic benefits
derived from tourism.

These places are still wild today, but are far from safe. Today, only
one major California river and its tributaries, the Smith River,
flows freely from its headwaters to the sea. And a 1998 survey by the
California Wilderness Coalition found that over the last 20 years in
California, we've lost 675,000 acres of wild lands, an area nearly
the size of Yosemite National Park. The activities that devoured the
wildness of those lands and waters continue to threaten the areas
included in Sen. Boxer's wilderness bill: logging, mining, oil
drilling, dirt-bike and other off-road-vehicle abuse.

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BROAD, DEEP SUPPORT
Over 200 conservation, hunting and angling and community groups
support Sen. Boxer's bill. So do 450 businesses and 130 local elected
officials. The California Legislature has endorsed the measure, as
have the San Francisco, San Diego and San Luis Obispo City Councils,
and the Boards of Supervisors in Santa Cruz and Marin Counties. The
Los Angeles Times, Oakland Tribune, and the San Mateo County Times
have also written in support of the measure.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been a solid friend of the environment
again and again. She was the champion of the 1994 California Desert
Protection Act and more recently the defender of the Sierra Nevada
range and the California Spotted Owl. The California Wild Heritage
Act will need her support if it is to pass in Congress.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO
Please take a moment to call or fax Sen. Feinstein. Thank her for her
strong environmental record in the U.S. Senate and for her recent
efforts to protect the Sierra Nevada range and the California Spotted
Owl and her leadership in protecting the California Desert. Tell her
we need her leadership again and urge her to support the California
Wild Heritage Act.

You can send that message to Sen. Feinstein immediately from
<http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws>http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws
.

If you prefer to send your own letter, feel free to draw from the
sample letter below; please use your own words when you can. And if
you've visited any of the spectacular areas that are part of the
California Wild Heritage Act, please say so. You can mail or fax your
comments to:

Senator Dianne Feinstein
One Post Street
Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-393-0707
Fax: 415-393-0710

Thank your for your help on this important issue and thank you for
being part of WildAlert, our online community
of wilderness advocates!

SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Senator Feinstein:

California's wildlands and rivers are some of the most spectacular in
the world. They provide clean drinking water to our communities,
homes for plants and animals, unmatched recreational opportunities
for millions and tourism dollars to our economy. Sadly, we are
steadily losing important pieces of our forests, deserts, rivers and
coast.

As the champion of the California Desert Protection Act and defender
of the Sierra Nevada Framework and the California Spotted Owl, you
know how important it is for us to preserve California's wilderness
for future generations. The California Wild Heritage Act will provide
that protection for some of our most precious remaining wild lands
and rivers.

Support for the bill is unparalleled in its depth and diversity. Over
200 conservation and outdoors groups have endorsed the legislation.
So have 450 businesses, 130 local elected officials, the California
Legislature, San Francisco, San Diego and San Luis Obispo City
Councils and boards of supervisors in Santa Cruz and Marin Counties.

I thank you for the leadership you've provided over the years on
important land conservation issues and write now to ask your help
again. Please help protect California's spectacular wild lands and
rivers by supporting the California Wild Heritage Act.

Sincerely,

(Your name)

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THANKS!
We are so grateful for your activism on behalf of our nation's wild
places. Recently, we have been sending additional messages to you, a
reflection of the level of activity surrounding our national lands
that is taking place in Congress and within the federal agencies. We
need your help more than ever, but we're also aware that too many
messages can lead to subscriber burnout. Please be assured that we
will return to once- weekly messages whenever it is possible to do
so. Thanks for your patience, your passion, and your action!

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WORDS TO INSPIRE
The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.
-Sarah Brown

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CONTACT US
If you have a question, comment or complaint, please email us at this
address: <mailto:action@tws.org>action@tws.org

You can take action on this alert either via email (please see
directions below) or via the web at:
<http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws/inbseszp7wnm>http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws/inbseszp7wnm

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this campaign.
<http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws...d/inbseszp7wnm>http://ga1.org/campaign/feinwild_tws...d/inbseszp7wnm

We encourage you to take action by April 19, 2003

Ask Sen. Feinstein to Protect Cal Wilderness

[GEARSINMYHEAD]

We need to access the California Wilderness
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California's wildlands and rivers are some of the most spectacular in the world. That's why tons and tons of Californians live here and operate Off Highway Vehicles on this land. Reality Check- We also help preserve it. There are lots of motorheads out there and we need our places to play too. Granted we don't think skyscrapers should be built on this land but rather fair access to OHV's granted. You suck and so does the rest of your Whole Foods shoppin H2 Drivin Butt Buddies. Stop using this political BS to gain voter approval with Mall shoppers when you know you'll never leave your damn desk to use the land and start thinking about all the OHV users that will no longer have a place to enjoy their sport after this is approved. Take Very Good Care now.

Sincerely Yours Beyaaatch,

RIAN SNOWBARGER
2601 BARBERS POINT ROAD
UNIT D
ALAMEDA, CA 94501

[YellowSub1962]

Originally posted by GEARSINMYHEAD
We need to access the California Wilderness
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California's wildlands and rivers are some of the most spectacular in the world. That's why tons and tons of Californians live here and operate Off Highway Vehicles on this land. Reality Check- We also help preserve it. There are lots of motorheads out there and we need our places to play too. Granted we don't think skyscrapers should be built on this land but rather fair access to OHV's granted. You suck and so does the rest of your Whole Foods shoppin H2 Drivin Butt Buddies. Stop using this political BS to gain voter approval with Mall shoppers when you know you'll never leave your damn desk to use the land and start thinking about all the OHV users that will no longer have a place to enjoy their sport after this is approved. Take Very Good Care now.

Sincerely Yours Beyaaatch,

RIAN SNOWBARGER
2601 BARBERS POINT ROAD
UNIT D
ALAMEDA, CA 94501

since you feel this is a joke, consider this a warning and a request to delete your post. You have contributed nothing useful to this board as of late and are already on thin ice.

You will be an example.

what your are an example of is up to you:

stop being a jackass and start contributing (or at least STFU when you don't have anything useful to say)

OR

post one more useless post and say buh-bye.....

the choice is yours.

[Roxywheels]

Originally posted by YellowSub1962


since you feel this is a joke, consider this a warning and a request to delete your post. You have contributed nothing useful to this board as of late and are already on thin ice.

You will be an example.

what your are an example of is up to you:

stop being a jackass and start contributing (or at least STFU when you don't have anything useful to say)

OR

post one more useless post and say buh-bye.....

the choice is yours.

I agree....consider this your last warning. To date you have been a total moron in your posts and this is WAY out of line. I look forward to banning you.

[Keith Strong]

Originally posted by YellowSub1962


You have contributed nothing useful to this board as of late and are already on thin ice.

Well said

[YellowSub1962]

[CJ]

Isn,t this the thing she was using to try and drain Hetch Hechy so it could go back to the way it was?
I hate Fienstine.

[rockmup]

And we wonder why we are not heard. Its because they only hear the fools like gearsinmyhead. What an ass hole!

[Toy 4Runner Man]

We will never be heard by this bi**h! The only way she will ever hear us, is to vote her out of the damm office she nows holds! reguardless of who says what, she will go her own merry way, and follow where the money is. It is truly too bad that we (off highway recerationist) don't have the funds, nor the lack of morals to bribe the Democrats in power, like the green groups do.

Don't get me wrong, It is extermely bad when idiots pull stupid stunts, and give us negative press. But, if there wasn't such large amounts of $ coming from the greenies, things wouldn't be so damm bad.

Jody

Originally posted by rockmup
And we wonder why we are not heard. Its because they only hear the fools like gearsinmyhead. What an ass hole!

[Alabamatoy]

Originally posted by YellowSub1962
lotsa greenie bullshit deleted....

OK, so what are you asking me to do to turn this crap around?

Writing Feinstein is a waste of time. As someone who wants to visit Kalifornia for some new 4X4 adventure, I would like to be able to do something more challenging than Mullholland Drive and Lombard Street. But I aint a citizen of the state, so....

Whadya want me to do about it?

[DEnd]

Write a letter to your senators and ask them not to support this bill when it is reintroduced! Also you can write The California Senators and ask them not to support it as it will close some trails that you would very much like to visit and if they are closed then you and hundreds of thousands others will have no reason to visit their lovely state.

[crash]

We are fighting the VERY same battle here in our state (WA), but we were able to at least be heard by getting a meeting with pattty murreys representatives so we were heard. So at least a few of us got off our ass and DID something..

[jdjanda]

Originally posted by Alabamatoy
OK, so what are you asking me to do to turn this crap around?

Writing Feinstein is a waste of time. As someone who wants to visit Kalifornia for some new 4X4 adventure, I would like to be able to do something more challenging than Mullholland Drive and Lombard Street. But I aint a citizen of the state, so....

Whadya want me to do about it?

Yes you should still write, make it clear to elected officials of CA that you want to spend tourist dollars in this state and enjoy many forms of outdoor activity. Also present your views as an outsider.

My 2 cents.....

[YellowSub1962]

Originally posted by DEnd
Write a letter to your senators and ask them not to support this bill when it is reintroduced! Also you can write The California Senators and ask them not to support it as it will close some trails that you would very much like to visit and if they are closed then you and hundreds of thousands others will have no reason to visit their lovely state.

what he said

also throw in the fact that this bill affects everyone adn ALL states... if you're driving here from Alabama, I would think you're goingto spend a couple grand in some other states along the way (gas- food- lodging- supplies)...then when you get there and stay for a week or 2 I'm sure you'll spend thousands of dollars on the CA economy.... everyone knows you don't go wheelin' alone, so I'm sure that figure needs to be multiplied 5 times or more depending on how many other "rigs" come with you....

doing anything productive is better than nothing...

[YellowSub1962]

From Chris Vargas - Warrior's Society (good guys):

Below is the alert that will be sent out to my lists requesting they
petition Senator Feinstein to NOT cosponsor the CWC and Boxer's wilderness
bill.

I suggest you modify the message for your particular recreation or property
rights activist organizations and ask them to circulate it.

If we all just gathered one page of signatures we would counter any campaign
by the CWC. The PDF petition file is available by request. Thanks to Larry
Thompson and John Stewart for helping out with the editing of the petition
and the alert (and the CWC for providing a template - their alert - to
refute them).

THE CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS COALITION IS LOBBYING SENATOR FEINSTEIN - YOUR
CALLS AND FAXES NEEDED TO OPPOSE THIS

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will soon reintroduce the California Wild Heritage
Act, which would severally affect our access to 2.5 million acres of forest
and 400 miles of rivers in California. We need your help to discourage Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) from cosponsoring the California Wild Heritage Act.

In the latest release from the California Wilderness Coalition, they are
pushing their supporters through the use of petitions, calls, letters and
faxes to lobby Senator Feinstein to cosponsor the Wilderness Bill. They
began this push at the beginning of the year and will continue it through
April 19th.

They are out getting signatures from the general public to support
wilderness when the general public does not understand how this will affect
their access and the management of their public lands to prevent wildfires.
They are hoping to get 100,000 signatures to present to Senator Feinstein.

We need your help to let Senator Feinstein know that there are many others
who understand the ramifications this bill will have on the management of
our forests to protect against devastating fires and our access to them. We
also need to stress the need for the use of other designations that would
protect our access.

To date, the senior senator from California has been withholding support.
This push could change that stance. Please consider this a high priority
item to generate your own letter and promoting your own petition gathering
signatures in opposition to the bill and asking your local bike shop to do
the same. You can make a big difference! If we all just gathered one page of
signatures we would counter any campaign by the California Wilderness
Coalition. Feinstein's mailing address is located at the bottom of the
petition.

A pre-prepared petition can be printed off our web site at:

http://www.warriorssociety.org/Wilde...20Petition.pdf


A sample letter and her contact info are below. While this wilderness bill
may not pass through congress this session, it will become a campaign issue
during the election year cycle.

Even if you intend to gather signatures on a petition - as icing in the cake
please fax or call Senator Feinstein and ask her not to cosponsor the bill.

SAMPLE LETTER (YOU CAN MAKE PETITIONS OUT OF THIS STATEMENT AND FAX OR MAIL
THEM TO SENATOR FEINSTEIN)

Dear Senator

I thank you for the leadership you've provided over the years on important
land conservation issues. I also appreciate and support your hesitancy in
cosponsoring the California Wild Heritage Act sponsored by fellow California
Senator Barbara Boxer.

I ask that you do not cosponsor this bill, which would drastically affect
our ability to manage our forests to protect against devastating fires, as
well as restrict our ability to recreate in them.

Sincerely,

(Your name)

Senator Dianne Feinstein
One Post Street
Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-393-0707
Fax: 415-393-0710

* Write a Letter to the Editor of your local paper!

Writing a letter to the editor (LTE) is a simple and effective way to
inform the general public - and more importantly, your elected officials

- About the importance of protecting California's remaining wild lands
and rivers by management methods not allowed by wilderness, such as
protection against devastating fires. Many forests are in need of projects
to remove diseased trees that add to the fire danger. There have been
several great stories around the state you can write a LTE in response to.

- Protecting wild places by use of proper fire management that is not
allowed under wilderness is good for the economy. Visitors to our forests
and other public lands generate an additional $44 per acre per year of
spending in nearby communities.

- Protecting our wilderness and wild rivers from devastating fires
protects the homes of plants and wildlife - including hundreds of threatened
and endangered species.

- The effect this bill will have in closing off trails and roads we
have historically had recreational access to.

- Mention your favorite area or trail, why you love it, and how
this wilderness bill will affect your access to it.

Please take five minutes to send off a quick (200 words or less) LTE to
your local paper(s). You can use the talking points below, and be sure to
include your name, address, and phone number (to confirm you are the author,
should they want to print it).

You can easily find the contact information for your local newspaper at :

http://capwiz.com/awc/dbq/media/?com...arch&state=ca,

but here are a few major outlets:

Sacramento Bee - opinion@sacbee.com - fax 916-321-1996

SF Chronicle - letters@sfchronicle.com - fax 415-896-1107

LA Times - letters@latimes.com - fax 213-237-4712

Monterey Co. Herald - mheditor@montereyherald.com - fax 831-372-8401

San Jose Mercury News - letters@sjmercury.com - fax 408-288-8060

San Diego Union-Tribune - letters@uniontrib.com - fax 619-293-1440

Contra Costa Times - jarmstrong@cctimes.com - fax 925-933-0239


The Warrior's Society
A Tax-Exempt Organization under 501 C (4) if the IRS Code
www.warriorssociety.org

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