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http://capwiz.com/amacycle/issues/alert/?alertid=14061961

thanks Tim, I was just going to post this;

Dear Members and Registered Users of New England Jeepz,

I need to ask a favor of you. I need you to give a few minutes of your time to help protect access to something amazing.

On October 1st a subcommittee in the House of Representatives will be meeting to consider the Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009. This Act would designate much of Utah as "wilderness" and as such forever prevent you, your family, your friends.... flat out everyone, from ever wheeling there again. For example this act would prohibit wheeling in Moab.


Please click on this link and take a few moments to complete the form requesting your state representative oppose H.R. 1925. It is VERY EASY to do and almost completely automatic.

Thank you for taking the time to do this. This bill would steal from you access to an area that is amazing. It is a gift to all of us and we need to fight to preserve it. Even if you yourself never go out west to wheel perhaps your children will. Help preserve their access.

Thank you,

Bob Butler
President of NEJZ

This doesn't just ban ORVs and ATV.  It bans mountain bikes, and horseback riding!!

 :o ::)

done, thanks guys.  im planning on taking my jeep out there after my build

Done.

I hope to get there someday. I hope it will be accessable.

Done....let's hope Mr Neal does the right thing here

Done

got the good old automated response from Mr. Langevin but will pass this on.

Done

VOTE IS TOMORROW!!
 :o

Stupid Fawkers. Just don't listen ::)

Dear Congressman Olver,

Yes, I am aware that you are a cosponsor of this bill, which in part is why I took the time to write to you in the first place to voice my concerns.  It is quite OBVIOUS that you did not extned the same courtesy and actually read my letter to you, and just replied with a form letter.
I can say without a doubt that you are NOT representing my own, my family's, or my friend's interests based on your reply.
This proposed bill is as misleading as your canned response. It not only blocks oil and gas leases but also blocks motorized recreation from these lands and prevents our citizensform the right to utilize OUR lands.

Specifically, H.R. 1925 would designate more than nine million more acres as federally protected "Wilderness," and directly affect the Moab, San Rafael Swell and Chimney Rock areas (to name a few) in Utah.

These popular OHV areas represent some of the most important remaining OHV recreation areas in Utah, and are some of the most popular with responsible OHV riders. The proposed Wilderness designation would also make the land off limits to ATV riders, mountain bikers and horseback
riders.

Coming on the heels of the recently enacted Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which closed 2 million acres of public lands, this vast Wilderness bill will take away additional recreation opportunities currently enjoyed by local residents and visitors alike. Do you not find it ironic that not a single Representative from Utah is supporting H.R.1925?
Sincerely,

Sean K. Maki
email: smaki@cbset.org

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From: Congressman John W. Olver [mailto:cresponder@housemail.house.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:24 PM
To: Sean Maki
Subject: Message from Congressman John Olver



October 14, 2009


Dear Sean:                          

         Thank you for contacting me with your support of H.R. 1925, America's Red Rock Wilderness Act.  You will be pleased to know that I am a cosponsor of this legislation.

         As you may know, H.R. 1925 would designate approximately 9 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Utah as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and permanently protect against leasing of additional land by the Department of Interior for oil and gas drilling.

         On November 4, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that they would auction oil and gas leases for 360,000 acres of public land in Utah’s Colorado Plateau, including lands that would be protected under H.R. 1925.  Many of the units proposed for leasing were adjacent to National Parks and Monuments and over half of the lands to be leased were being considered by Congress for wilderness designation.

         You will be pleased to know that on December 22, 2008, I joined 57 of my colleagues in a letter urging President-Elect Barack Obama’s Interior Transition Team to cancel the inappropriate sale of oil and gas leases.  On February 4, 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar withdrew the leases of 77 oil and gas parcels, accounting for 130,000 acres of public land.

         On February 5, 2009, I joined 74 of my colleagues in a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on the administration to defer any future lease sales involving tracts of land under consideration for wilderness designation or other protection by Congress.  

         Please be assured that I will continue to fight to protect our environment and public lands.  Should H.R. 1925 come before the House of Representatives for a vote, it will receive my full support.

         Again, thank you for contacting me.  Please feel free to contact me in the future with any further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

John W. Olver
Member of Congress

JWO/sc

Confirmation# 1343403

The integrity of the text of this letter cannot be guaranteed if it was not sent directly from the House of Representatives Email Account, "cresponder."  Due to technological constraints, this email address cannot receive replies.  If you have questions about the validity of this message, please call my Washington, DC office at 202/225-5335.  

did you get another email address for him?

The integrity of the text of this letter cannot be guaranteed if it was not sent directly from the House of Representatives Email Account, "cresponder."  Due to technological constraints, this email address cannot receive replies.  If you have questions about the validity of this message, please call my Washington, DC office at 202/225-5335.

Link off house website ;D
https://forms.house.gov/olver/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Doesn't that make you feel represented. NOT! >:( Then they'll throw your's in the pile with all the the others that may well also be in opposition and use it to say look at all these people that support this legislation regardless of whether it is in support or not. dumb sons a b*tches. Now I'm fuming too.

just got a response to this today, 4 months later ::)

"
January 25, 2010

 

Dear Mr. Shannon:

 

Thank you for contacting me regarding America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009. It was good to hear from you.

 

Representative Maurice Hinchey again introduced America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009, H.R. 1919, on April 2, 2009, which would protect many wilderness-quality areas in Utah. I am, once again, an original cosponsor of H.R. 1919 and this bill currently has 157 cosponsors in the House.

 

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act would allow 9.5 million acres of unspoiled open space in Utah to be protected as part of America's National Wilderness Preservation System. These lands face a number of threats from development, road building and off-road vehicles that could forever scar and destroy their pristine nature. Currently, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) owns and operates this land, but it is not prohibited from allowing these damaging actions to occur. Designating these areas as wilderness would ensure that they will be preserved and protected in their natural state.

 

H.R. 1919 was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources and subsequently the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Now more than ever Representative Hinchey's bill is needed to protect these lands, and as a Member of the Natural Resources Committee I will continue to monitor this important piece of legislation as it makes its way through the legislative process.

 

Thank you for taking the time to share your views with me. Please feel free to contact me with any other questions or comments you may have. Please visit my website at http://markey.house.gov to see other issues that I am working on or sign up for my E-Newsletter for updates.

 

Sincerely,

Ed Markey
Member of Congress
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