mtdream
TY 4 Stroke Master
We NEED every Sledders help, and businesses supported by sledders...
You can join ARRA to help, and others like SAWS, but what is really needed is phone calls to the senators and congressmen from EVERY yes EVERY state in the United States...Here are a few key data points...
let your Member of Congress know that you oppose H.R. 980, the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." H.R. 980 would designate 23 million acres of land in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, as Wilderness. This means each of these 23 million acres would be made permanently off-limits to motorized and mechanized recreation, including off-highway motorcycles, ATVs, 4x4s, snowmobiles and mountain bikes.
Wilderness bills like H.R. 980 that designate mammoth tracks of land as wilderness without regard for current recreational opportunities and without input from the local and recreational communities are unacceptable to recreationists.
Only 2 of the 71 cosponsors on the legislation come from a state that would be impacted.
Much of the land that would be designated as wilderness does not meet the criteria in the 1964 Wilderness Act.
This legislation has no regard for local processes and decisions on how the land is appropriately managed.
Please take time to do at the very least join ARRA or Saws and send letters...but it is HIGHLY preferable to CALL your senators and congressman and let them know what you think...and that you hope they will OPPOSE this bill...
When calling here are some talking points...
1- This will have a dramatic affect on tourism, and will impact jobs in your state (if calling states with senate delegation that is imacted)
2- We need your help to shut this and other such bills down, as they are counter productive to leveraging a higher and greater good of our federal lands.
3- Much of the land that would be designated as wilderness does not meet the criteria in the 1964 Wilderness Act.
4- This legislation has no regard for local processes and decisions on how the land is appropriately managed.
5- As outdoorsmen, we love spending time in our forests, and our sport is needing yoru help.
Be kind, be professional , And most importantly, MAKE THE CALL!!! they track calls, they dont track emails...
Link to phone and address for you , and your [url=https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml]congressmen
It is imperative that you are respectful, succinct and focused...screaming and cursing at the people answering the phones will not help us...
For our friends coming out west...this will destroy the majority of the areas you like to come out here for, and will be devastating to local economies
Here is a macro map...
Here is a map of some of the Gallatin/Yellowstone area taht you have seen some of my pics from...
You can join ARRA to help, and others like SAWS, but what is really needed is phone calls to the senators and congressmen from EVERY yes EVERY state in the United States...Here are a few key data points...
let your Member of Congress know that you oppose H.R. 980, the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." H.R. 980 would designate 23 million acres of land in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, as Wilderness. This means each of these 23 million acres would be made permanently off-limits to motorized and mechanized recreation, including off-highway motorcycles, ATVs, 4x4s, snowmobiles and mountain bikes.
Wilderness bills like H.R. 980 that designate mammoth tracks of land as wilderness without regard for current recreational opportunities and without input from the local and recreational communities are unacceptable to recreationists.
Only 2 of the 71 cosponsors on the legislation come from a state that would be impacted.
Much of the land that would be designated as wilderness does not meet the criteria in the 1964 Wilderness Act.
This legislation has no regard for local processes and decisions on how the land is appropriately managed.
Please take time to do at the very least join ARRA or Saws and send letters...but it is HIGHLY preferable to CALL your senators and congressman and let them know what you think...and that you hope they will OPPOSE this bill...
When calling here are some talking points...
1- This will have a dramatic affect on tourism, and will impact jobs in your state (if calling states with senate delegation that is imacted)
2- We need your help to shut this and other such bills down, as they are counter productive to leveraging a higher and greater good of our federal lands.
3- Much of the land that would be designated as wilderness does not meet the criteria in the 1964 Wilderness Act.
4- This legislation has no regard for local processes and decisions on how the land is appropriately managed.
5- As outdoorsmen, we love spending time in our forests, and our sport is needing yoru help.
Be kind, be professional , And most importantly, MAKE THE CALL!!! they track calls, they dont track emails...
Link to phone and address for you , and your [url=https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml]congressmen
It is imperative that you are respectful, succinct and focused...screaming and cursing at the people answering the phones will not help us...
For our friends coming out west...this will destroy the majority of the areas you like to come out here for, and will be devastating to local economies
Here is a macro map...
Here is a map of some of the Gallatin/Yellowstone area taht you have seen some of my pics from...
LoneViper
Pro
Please take heed in what Dream says, we're from Montana but as you can see there are other surrounding states being affected also and these affects are huge. Here in Montana, we are bombarded nearly monthly by a new conservation group with their own agenda and the funds to match.
As you can see by the maps, almost all proposed new wilderness is in an area that will close off all access to ajacent lands. Alot of the proposed ares do not fit the cryteria of the wilderness act some areas especially around Yellowstone Park are designed to expand a buffer area around the park.
I have to ask myself just how much wilderness the state of Montana really needs, Our forrests are dieing from Bark Beatle infestations, we are encuring more and larger fire seasons and the Forrest Service doesn't have the means to manage what they have now.
They figure Montana is the last best place and it is going to be protected no matter what. I say enough is enough, please take a minute and make the call. In the long run it is for all of our good.
As you can see by the maps, almost all proposed new wilderness is in an area that will close off all access to ajacent lands. Alot of the proposed ares do not fit the cryteria of the wilderness act some areas especially around Yellowstone Park are designed to expand a buffer area around the park.
I have to ask myself just how much wilderness the state of Montana really needs, Our forrests are dieing from Bark Beatle infestations, we are encuring more and larger fire seasons and the Forrest Service doesn't have the means to manage what they have now.
They figure Montana is the last best place and it is going to be protected no matter what. I say enough is enough, please take a minute and make the call. In the long run it is for all of our good.
skidooboy
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
i took the time to sign the montana petition, and i am a saws member, and i emailed and called my state rep mike rogers from michigan on this closure bill. come on guys, alot of us go out there, it might not be there next season. please do something, or dont complain when you get there, that your favorite areas are out of bounds. i have done my part what have you done. even if you dont live there but support snowmobiling, sooner or later these groups are comming for your area. help us now to help yourselves later. a new york rep started this, do you think she is going to stop out west? what if this was tug hill, the u.p/northern lower of michigan, northern wisconsin, the arrowhead of minnesota, new england? it is comming, help support this grass roots level fight to tell the greenies we have the right to be there as well. ski
LoneViper
Pro
Thanks Ski!
NE-NYTRO
Newbie
just wrote an email letter to my Senator to express my displeasure with HR 980
