ARRA Alert: Please Help Defeat Senate Bill 1139

[Jim Cook]

We need help with the defeat of this flawed piece of legislation, before it leaves the Senate.


Click on the link below for the interactive version that will
allow you to send mail to your congressperson:
http://www.arra-access.com/campaign/s1139

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Urge Your Members to Oppose the National Landscape Conservation
System Act - S. 1139

Please click the Send This Message button to send a letter to your
Member of Congress urging opposition to the National Landscape
Conservation System Act. Legislation (S. 1139) has been
introduced in both Houses of Congress that will statutorily create
a bureaucracy to manage specially designated BLM lands. If
enacted, this legislation will almost certainly mean a loss of
recreational opportunities on public lands. This bureaucracy
would be tasked to "restore" the over 106 million acres of
wilderness that is already off-limits to OHV, mountain bike and
other forms of recreation as well as areas that currently can
allow all types of recreational uses like wilderness study areas.
You can bet they will "restore" these areas by limiting access and
that they will be looking to add more land to "manage" through
excluding legitimate forms of recreation. Please do not miss this
opportunity to weigh in on such an important issue!

Please click the Send This Message button to send a letter to your
Member opposing S. 1139.

As a constituent of a Member on the appropriate committee you have
an important role to play as Members most value input from the
people who can vote for them. Click below to oppose the National
Landscape Conservation System Act.
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Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

As a constituent and a member of Americans for Responsible
Recreational Access I write in opposition to S. 1139, the National
Landscape Conservation System Act.

(Edit Letter Below)
S. 1139 would statutorily establish a bureaucracy to manage
specially designated BLM lands in restrictive fashion that runs
counter to the multiple-use manner in which the BLM has
traditionally managed its lands. The bill would eschew existing
management requirements in favor of management objectives designed
to deny access for many recreational uses. In addition, the
legislation would require that specially designated BLM lands be
managed in accordance with any law or regulation "relating to"
that unit. This is troublesome as the language is vague and would
invite lawsuits to establish which laws "relate" to the management
of particular lands. Also, the legislation would legally place
Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) in the National Landscape
Conservation System with the same management goals as other
specially designated lands. As it currently stands motorized and
mechanized recreation can be provided for on WSAs, as they are not
officially designated as Wilderness Areas. If enacted, this
legislation would likely make WSAs de facto Wilderness areas as
the NLCS would have a mandate to manage WSAs in the same fashion
as other specially designated lands. Thank you for your
consideration.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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Thanks in advance for your help.

Good Riding to You!

Jim