upstate rider
04-01-2003, 08:24 AM
National News affecting OHV access to federal public lands:
US House Resolution 652, the National Forest Ecosystem Protection Act,
was introduced by Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) [another of the OHV-hater
states as you will recall].
HR 652 would: 1) Eliminate all commercial grazing on National Forests;
2) Eliminate all recreation (except primitive recreation ie. hiking) in
areas adjacent to Wilderness Areas; 3) Require the Forest Service to
prepare an Environmental Assessment; a) for study for wilderness
suitability for all primitive lands extending from existing designated
Wilderness Areas; b) to discuss ecological advantage of closing all
"unimproved roads" in the study area; 4) Authorize appropriations to:
a) spend $5 million to purchase private property within designated
Wilderness Areas in the West; b) spend $100 million to purchase private
property within primitive areas extending from existing designated
Wilderness areas in the East; 5) Close all unimproved, unmapped, and
non-system roads in primitive areas extending from existing designated
Wilderness areas.
Write to the two committees considering the bill and ask them to take no
action on House Resolution 652. The committees are: House Committee on
Agriculture, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, 1301 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC
20515 and House Committee on Resources, Chairman Richard Pombo, 1324
Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515.
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US House Resolution 652, the National Forest Ecosystem Protection Act,
was introduced by Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) [another of the OHV-hater
states as you will recall].
HR 652 would: 1) Eliminate all commercial grazing on National Forests;
2) Eliminate all recreation (except primitive recreation ie. hiking) in
areas adjacent to Wilderness Areas; 3) Require the Forest Service to
prepare an Environmental Assessment; a) for study for wilderness
suitability for all primitive lands extending from existing designated
Wilderness Areas; b) to discuss ecological advantage of closing all
"unimproved roads" in the study area; 4) Authorize appropriations to:
a) spend $5 million to purchase private property within designated
Wilderness Areas in the West; b) spend $100 million to purchase private
property within primitive areas extending from existing designated
Wilderness areas in the East; 5) Close all unimproved, unmapped, and
non-system roads in primitive areas extending from existing designated
Wilderness areas.
Write to the two committees considering the bill and ask them to take no
action on House Resolution 652. The committees are: House Committee on
Agriculture, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, 1301 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC
20515 and House Committee on Resources, Chairman Richard Pombo, 1324
Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515.
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