Subject: Alert Obama Great Outdoors
Taking Initiative
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Land Rights
Network
American Land
Rights Association
PO Box 400 –
Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone:
360-687-3087 – Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
Web Address: https://www.landrights.org
Legislative
Office: 507 Seward Square SE – Washington, DC 20003
Alert, Obama
Great Outdoors Meeting In Seattle, Thursday, July 1st.
Alert – Alert
-- Alert
Private
property, multiple-use, recreation and rural community advocates must attend.
This is a big
deal. You do not want to miss out or find out later that you lost rights
because you failed to go to this listening session.
-----There is
a concept in law called “laches” or “sleeping on your rights.” If you fail to
participate in a planning process, you may be prevented from asserting your
rights in court later.
These
listening sessions are the beginning of the Obama Great Outdoors Initiative
that will involve massive new land use controls nationwide. Only the
environmental groups and Congress are getting notified ahead of time to the
best of our knowledge.
This
listening session is about the plan that is part of the battle between the
House Natural Resources Committee and the White House and Interior Departments
over the release of secret documents describing the full extent of the Obama
Great Outdoors Initiative.
We have included
below the background information from the House Natural Resources Committee
effort to get the Obama Administration to give up the secret documents about
the whole Obama Great Outdoors Initiative.
-----It is
critical that the Seattle listening session be attended by ranchers, miners,
forestry advocates, recreation advocates, private property rights allies, rural
community advocates and anyone concerned about the spread of big government and
the Obama land use control plans.
Below we have
listed the information so you can attend the Seattle listening session along
with background information. This will be the only listening session in the
Northwest so you need to go.
You do not
have to sign up in advance although that is good if you can. The information to
sign up by e-mail and fax are listed below.
Please accept
our apology for the late notice but the Obama Administration has so far been
doing everything it can to keep these listening sessions secret until the last
minute except for the environmental groups. So your attendance is critical.
Three
listening sessions were recently held in Montana with limited advance
announcement distribution. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) was involved but did
little or nothing to make sure his constituents learned about the listening
sessions. The meetings were held hundreds of miles from the people most
directly affected. This whole plan appears to be a bait and switch effort to
develop land use controls across America. It is vital that you attend the
Seattle meeting.
The three
listening sessions in Montana had virtually no notice to private property and
multiple-use groups. The result was that many people who support grazing,
mining, logging, recreation, private property and rural communities were not
there. That must not happen again. Montana residents should call Senator Baucus
at (202) 224-3121 to let his staff know how they feel about being left out.
Washington
residents can call Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) at
the same (202) 224-3121 to express their concern that these listening sessions
be handled fairly and openly and that all affected groups get notified. You can
call any Senator at that same number.
It is vital
that your side of the issue be represented. This is about the Obama America’s
Great Outdoors Initiative, Treasured Landscapes and National Monument programs.
Millions of acres of private land will be purchased under threat of eminent
domain if this program goes forward. Red tape and strangling regulations will
in your future if you do not stand up and oppose the Obama America’s Great
Outdoors Initiative now. The time to fight back is now, not later. You must hit
them early. You cannot miss this meeting.
-----Here is
a recent Interior Department release:
Invitations
to the America’s Great Outdoors public listening and learning session for
Washington were sent to stakeholder groups today (read environmental groups).
As you can see from the sample invitation below, the event will be held on
Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Seattle, Washington.
On April 16,
the President established the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative to promote
and support innovative community-level efforts to conserve outdoor spaces and
reconnect Americans to the outdoors.
The
Initiative is led by Secretaries Salazar and Vilsack, CEQ Chair Sutley, and EPA
Administrator Jackson, who recently sent a letter to each Member and Senator to
inform Congress about the Initiative.
Senior
Administration officials are visiting sites and participating in listening and
learning sessions around the country, in communities where diverse coalitions
are working together in innovative ways to protect and restore outdoor spaces.
These
sessions are intended to engage the full range of interested groups, including
tribal leaders, farmers and ranchers, sportsmen, community park groups,
foresters, business people, educators, state and local governments and
recreation and conservation groups. Special attention is being placed on
bringing young Americans into the conversation.
For more
information, or to add your suggestions on this initiative, please visit: https://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
Please feel
free to contact me or my colleague Nate Hundt with questions.
Lara Levison
Office of
Congressional and Legislative Affairs Department of the Interior
202-208-7693
Join the
Conversation about America's Great Outdoors
Americans
have a proud tradition of working together - from the ground-up - to conserve
farmland and open space for future generations, restore rivers and streams,
protect areas for hiking and biking, preserve beaches and coastlines, conserve
wildlife habitat for fishing and hunting, and restore the cultural and historic
sites that tell America's story. In fact, community-driven efforts to conserve
America's land, water, and wildlife are a major reason why we are blessed with
the parks, refuges, forests, and open spaces that we enjoy today.
Starting with
the White House Conference on the Great Outdoors held on April 16, President
Obama launched a national dialogue about conservation in America. As part of
this dialogue, we are bringing together ranchers, farmers and forest
landowners, sportsmen and women, state and local government leaders, tribal
leaders, public-lands experts, conservationists, youth leaders, business
representatives, and others to learn about some of the smart, creative ways
communities are conserving outdoor spaces.
NOTICE OF A
PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION ON THE PRESIDENT’S AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS INITIATIVE
In April, at
the White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors, President Obama
established the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative to develop a conservation
and recreation agenda worthy of the 21st century and to reconnect Americans
with our great outdoors.
The President
understands that protecting and restoring the lands and waters that we love and
reconnecting people to the outdoors must be community driven and supported.
The President
directed the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to lead
this effort and to listen and learn from people all over the country. Please
join senior representative of these agencies for a public listening session and
discussion on land conservation, recreation, and reconnecting Americans to the
great outdoors.
In the
Northwest many citizens and organizations are deeply involved in the
conservation of working farms, forests, lakes, and rivers, scenic lands, and
historic areas, and in celebrating and enjoying the region’s rich outdoor and
cultural heritage.
This public
listening session and discussion is an opportunity for leaders of the America’s
Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from you about solutions for building a 21st
century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting all Americans with
the outdoors.
Please join
us – here are the details:
Listening
Session and Discussion Information:
When:
Thursday, July 1, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
What: Public
Listening Session on President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
Where:
Franklin High School
3013
South Mount Baker Blvd, Seattle, Washington, 98144 https://www.franklinquakers.org/school_info/directions.htm
Who:
Representatives from DOI, USDA, EPA, and CEQ will be present to hear your
thoughts and to participate in a conversation with you about land conservation,
recreation, and reconnecting Americans to the great outdoors.
Please
register. The event is free and open to all, but please let us know if you will
attend. (Editor’s note: it is not necessary to register ahead of time but
helpful.)
Register: If
you can let us know if you plan to attend so we can plan accordingly. Register
by 10 pm, Monday June 28 by sending your name, telephone number and primary
area of interest:
· Working
land, open space, and landscape conservation
· Outdoor
Recreation
· Youth
engagement and environmental education.
· General
You may
register through: https://www.discovernw.org/ago-signup.htm.
<https://www.discovernw.org/ago-signup.htm./>
or send a fax
to (206) 220 4159.
More Info:
You can find more information on the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative and
submit comments on-line at:
https://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
We hope you
will participate and look forward to hearing from you.
*Please
Register:* The event is free and open to all, but please let us know if you
will attend so we can plan accordingly. Register by sending an e-mail to cindy_chance@partner.nps.gov
<mailto:cindy_chance@partner.nps.gov>
You do not
have to register in advance. Or send a fax to:
(206)
220-4159
Subject:
Register for July 1st Listening Session. Please include name, telephone number
and primary area of interest (a. Working land and open space conservation; b.
Recreation and public access; or c.
Citizen
Stewardship, including youth engagement and environmental education). Send your
telephone number and primary area of interest:
*
Working land and open space conservation
* Recreation
and public access
* Citizen
Stewardship, including youth engagement and environmental education
*More Info:*
You can find more information on the America's Great Outdoors Initiative and
submit comments on-line at:
www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
<https://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/>.
We hope you
will participate and look forward to hearing from you.
https://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/
-----Background
Information:
House Natural
Resources Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE CONTACT: Jill Strait or Spencer Pederson Wednesday June 16, 2010
202-226-2311
Bipartisan
Committee Vote Calls for Interior Department to Release Secret National
Monument Documents
WASHINGTON
D.C. – The House Natural Resource Committee today approved, with favorable
recommendation, a Resolution of Inquiry (H.
Res. 1406)
introduced by Ranking Member Doc Hastings and National Parks, Forest and Public
Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop to direct the Department of
Interior to turn over to Congress the missing pages and related documents of an
“internal memo”
detailing
plans to potentially designate 13 million acres of new National Monuments.
“We now have
a strong bipartisan agreement that the Interior Department needs to reveal to
the public exactly what plans are underway to unilaterally lock-up millions of
acres of land across the country by designating them as National Monuments,”
said Ranking Member Hastings. “I hope the Department takes today’s actions by
the Committee seriously and discloses the documents that we have requested
promptly and without further delay. If not, they can be assured that
Republicans will continue this fight until Interior turns over all the missing
pages.”
Background
Additional
Views
The Honorable
Doc Hastings
House
Resolution 1406
This is the
second Resolution of Inquiry offered by Reps. Hastings and Bishop. On May 5,
2010 the Democrat Majority voted down a motion to favorable report the first
Resolution of Inquiry, H. Res. 1254, out of Committee.
To date, only
pages 15-21 of the “internal memo” have been revealed. Despite repeated
requests, DOI continues to withhold pages
1-14 and
pages 22 and higher. While DOI has turned over 383 pages of emails and
documents, they continue to purposely withhold 2,016 of related documents.
The proposed
National Monument designations would lock-up millions of acres of land without
public knowledge or input, threatening the livelihood of rural Americans and
communities in the Western United States. It could kill jobs, block recreational
opportunities and restrict access to American energy resources. This is why
local communities such as Siskiyou County, CA and Otero County, NM have passed
Resolutions and Ordinances opposing any National Monument expansions.
# # #
https://republicans.resourcescommittee.house.gov
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conservation initiative
By Juliet
Eilperin and Scott Wilson
Washington
Post Staff Writers
Saturday,
April 17, 2010; A02
President
Obama launched the America's Great Outdoors initiative Friday, an attempt to
reshape U.S. conservation policy at a time when the nation is facing new
environmental threats but the government is hard-pressed to afford new spending
programs.
In a brief
speech at the Interior Department, Obama said he intends to build on "a
breathtaking legacy of conservation that still enhances our lives." He
said the tradition began with Theodore Roosevelt, whom he described as
"one of my favorite presidents,"
although he
added, "I will probably never shoot a bear."
Obama said
the nation's growing population, pollution and other factors are "putting
a rising strain on our lands." He said government cannot address
conservation issues alone, and he urged private industry, local communities,
Native American leaders and volunteers to help protect the outdoors.
"Even in
times of crisis, we're called to take the long view to preserve our national
heritage, because in doing so, we fulfill one of the responsibilities that
falls to all of us as Americans and as inhabitants of this same small
planet," Obama said. "And that is the responsibility that we are
rising to meet today."
Obama signed
a memorandum sketching out broad goals that the administration hopes to pursue
in the next few years: forming coalitions with state and local governments and
the private sector; encouraging outdoor recreation by Americans; connecting
wildlife migration corridors; and encouraging the sustainable use of private
land.
Four
administration officials -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
and Nancy Sutley, who chairs the White House Council on Environmental Quality
-- will spearhead the effort.
"It's
really about getting people to think about the great outdoors again and
recognize what a tremendous asset it is to our country,"
Vilsack said
in an interview.
American
children are spending half as much time outside as their parents did, according
to the Interior Department, and the country loses 2 million acres a year to
development. Government officials worry about the effect of land conversion on
natural resources: The Maryland Office of Planning projects that more land in
the region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay will have been converted to housing
between 1995 and 2020 than in the previous 3 1/2 centuries.
Sierra Club
Chairman Carl Pope, who was among the environmental leaders attending Friday's
day-long conference to launch the initiative, said he hoped a broad coalition
of partners will be encouraged to reengage on public-lands issues.
It remains
unclear how much the government can afford to spend on such programs in the
future. The National Park Service alone estimates that it would need an extra
$9.5 billion to clear a backlog of repairs and improvements. View all comments
that have been posted about this article on the Washington Post Company
website.
2010
The Washington Post Company
You can go to
the America Outdoors website and post a comment.
Please make
sure you attend this listening session.
Chuck Cushman
American Land
Rights Association
ccushman@pacifier.com <mailto:ccushman@pacifier.com>
(360)
687-3087
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