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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Capr-announce] [capr-gov] FW: National Ocean
Council-Executive Order, and CLEAR act (stop it now!)
This
is just like the garbage we are seeing at the local level from our current
county commissioners and at the State level. Everything is written in glori=
ous
good sounding ambiguity with enough lack of definition to allow the appoint=
ed
commissions carte blanche when it comes to creating and enforcing regulatio=
ns.
Just
DAMN!
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Capr-announce] [capr-gov] FW: National Ocean Council
-Executive Order, and CLEAR act (stop it now!)
CLEAR
passed the House on Friday.
From: capr-gov-bounces+gaelwolf=3Dwaypt.com@l=
ists.celestial.com
[mailto:capr-gov-bounces+gaelwolf=3Dwaypt.com@lists.celestial.com] On Be=
half
Of Rodney McFarland
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:59 AM
To: capr-gov@lists.celestial.com; capr-announce@lists.celestial.com<=
br>
Subject: [capr-gov] FW: National Ocean Council - Executive Order, and
CLEAR act (stop it now!)
From:
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:21 AM
To: capr-announce@lists.celestial.com; capr-gov@lists.celestial.com<=
br>
Subject: National Ocean Council - Executive Order, and CLEAR act (st=
op
it now!)
FYI, please read the arti=
cle
below. If I’m reading this correctly, we can partially block th=
is
executive order (prevent it’s stealth “ratification”) by
stopping the CLEAR act (HR 3534), and by using techniques like coordination=
at
the local and state level to block implementation. ACTION: Please=
call
the capital switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask for your Congressmen, and te=
ll
them to vote NO on the CLEAR Act. Call your Senators too, to warn them
against it in advance.
Info on the CLEAR act:
HR 3534 in the House, called The Consolidated Land, Energy, And Aquatic
Resources Act of 2010 otherwise known as the Clear Act. See attachment
from American Land Rights for details and talking points to call your
Congressmen and Senators (also appended below, in case attachment is lost).=
The executive order:
Two versions of the article: http://www.infowars.com/national-ocean-council/
or http://www.morphcity.com/home/79-national-ocean-council
Scott Shock
Vice President
Citizens’ Alliance =
for
Property Rights
206-650-3421
P.S. Sorry if this is a
duplicate for you, my first mailing of this message seems to have been
“lost” in cyberspace.
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National Ocean Council Published on 07-28-2010
By Cassandra Anderson - BLN Contributing Writer
Thirt=
y states
will be encroached upon by Obama's Executive Order establishing the National
Ocean Council for control over America's oceans, coastlines and the Great
Lakes. Under this new council, states' coastal jurisdictions will be subjec=
t to
the United Nations' Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) in this UN Agenda 21 program.
America'a oceans and coastlines will be broken into 9 regions that include =
the
North East, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, West Coast, the G=
reat
Lakes, Alaska, the Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and the Caribbean.
Because of the decades of difficulty that the collectivists have had trying=
to
ratify the Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST), Obama is sneaking it in through the ba=
ck
door, by way of this Executive Order establishing the Council. Because LOST=
is
a treaty, Obama's Executive Order is not Constitutional as treaty ratificat=
ion
requires 2/3 approval from the Senate. Michael Shaw said that the Agenda 21
Convention on Biodiversity treaty of 1992 failed to pass Congress so it was
executed through soft law and administratively on local levels, and Obama's
Executive Order is a similar soft law tactic to enact the LOST treaty.
In fact, our Constitutional form of government is being completely destroyed
because buried in the CLEAR Act (HR 3534) there is a provision for a new
council to oversee the outer continental shelf- it appears that this Region=
al
Outer Shelf Council will be part of the National Ocean Council. This means =
that
if Congress makes the CLEAR Act into law, then the implementation of=
the
UN Law Of Sea Treaty, as part of the National Ocean Council's agenda, will =
be
"ratified" in a convoluted and stealth manner, in full opposition=
to
the Constitution and its intent.
The excuse for this extreme action is because of the emergency in the Gulf =
of
Mexico. Obama and Congress have always had the legal and military power to
force BP Oil to take all necessary action to stop the gusher and clean the =
oil
spew. While there is evidence that the problems in the Gulf have been a res=
ult
of collusion and planned incompetence, it begs the question, why in world
should America's oceans and resources be controlled by Obama appointees?
NATIONAL OCEAN COUNCIL MEMBERS:
John Holdren, Obama's science and technology advisor, is the co-chairman of
this new council. He is also a depopulation enthusiast and advocates
sterilization by way of using infertility drugs in water and food as well as
forced abortions which he describes in his book "Ecosci=
ence"
.
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of Interior, and its subagency=
, MMS
(Minerals Management Service) has authority over offshore drilling and
responsibility for enforcing spill prevention measures. The Department of
Interior's BLM (Bureau of Land Management) is the entity that controls
federally managed land extending across 30% of America in 11 western states.
Last week, Congressman Louie Gohmert said that Ken Salazar personally preve=
nted
drilling on land in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, thereby also preventing ene=
rgy
independence. In addition, the federal lands have been grossly mismanaged a=
nd
present fire dangers. The federal government is $3.7 billion in arrears for
maintenance of the federally managed lands.
US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, by way of the US Forest=
ry
Service and US Fish & Wildlife Service, has been complicit in the decli=
ne
of our country's food independence. For example, US Fish & Wildlife (al=
ong
with the Department of Commerce) shut the water off in California using End=
angered
Species Act; it was later proven that partially treated sewage was the prim=
ary
culprit in killing the salmon and delta smelt that was previously blamed on
farmers. This is phony environmentalism. The US Forestry Service has also
misused the Endangered Species Act to limit farmers and ranchers. Remember =
that
the USDA co-owns the Terminator Gene patent with Monsanto that makes seeds
sterile.
Lisa Jackson is the EPA administrator who has threatened to impose 18,000 pages of new regulations to curb global
warming which is based on lies, claiming that carbon dioxide is a danger to
human health.
Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Department of Homeland Sec=
urity
Secretary Janet Napolitano: it is unclear how these two federal appointees =
will
enhance environmental 'sustainability' over oceans and coasts. Traditionall=
y,
national security threats (like the War on Terror) have been used by the
federal government to take control of resources. For example, many years ago
when the interstate highway systems were first being built, the Feds got in=
on
the action by claiming that they were building a defense highway system, and
they encroached into an area that belonged to the states. Interestingly, th=
ere
were no overhead structures on highways originally because of the Feds' cla=
im
that large missiles would be transported on these "defense" highw=
ay
systems.
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, a leading globalist, is likely to plunge=
our
country into international entanglements and subjugation, based on her past
performance; an example is her support of the UN Small Arms Treaty, which is
contrary to the Constitution.
Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Department of Commerce Secret=
ary
Gary Locke are logical choices for this destructive council as some of the
planned funding for this program will come from permits and leases (oil
drilling leases, for example). These agencies will limit America's energy
independence.
Click here to see the full list of the 24 member
council.
THE SMOKING GUN:
Agenda 21 Sustainable Development is the overarching blueprint for
depopulationa and total control, and the National Ocean Council is clearly =
an
Agenda 21 program:
The National Ocean Council is headed by John Holdren, an avowed eugenicist
which is selective breeding through brutal means like forced abortion.
The National Ocean Counci's own report ( Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, p=
g. 8)
incorporates a section of the 1992 Rio Declaration which is an original UN
Agenda 21 document!
In fact, the report says that it will be guided by the Rio Decla=
ration
in cases "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, l=
ack
of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing
cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." (pg. 8)
This means that regulations will be imposed even if the science is not
understood or if the science is based on global warming manipulated data.(6=
)
The 3 primary tools of Agenda 21's phony environmentalism are global warmin=
g,
water shortages and the Endangered Species Act; the National Ocean Council
intends to exploit all of these tools to their full extent.
The N=
ational
Ocean Council's main objective is to sink American sovereignty through the
United Nations Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) with the inten=
ded
result of =
domination
by the UN over our coasts and the Great Lakes. LOST originated in t=
he
1970s as a wealth redistribution plan to benefit Third World countries. LOST
sets rules for commercial activity beneath the high seas and establishes new
international bureaucracies and a tribunal to interpret and apply rules to =
sea
activity. And LOST can proceed with those rules, even against US objections!
LOST threatens to complicate deep sea mining. LOST sets a precedent that US
rights are dependent upon the approval of international entities. LOST also
extends to ocean flowing rivers.
REGIONALISM:
Michael Shaw pointed out that non-elected councils are increasingly expandi=
ng
their jurisdiction through air quality boards, water quality boards, sewer
systems, transportation districts, metropolitan planning, etc. to gain cont=
rol
over resources. Often, large corporations and financial interests form Publ=
ic-
Private Partnerships with the government within these councils.
Breaking areas into regions and placing authority with non-elected councils=
is
a Communist
trick used to hijack resources, thereby usurping local and state power =
by
re-zoning the areas that do have Constitutional authority. Appointed
bureaucrats are untouchable because their jobs are not dependent upon servi=
ng
the voting population. And they are usually inaccessible to the public and =
do
not have to face those who are affected by their "insider" decisi=
ons.
When state and local governments become corrupt, the public is able to conf=
ront
them eye to eye, but distant bureaucrats can avoid accountability. Regional=
ism
is used as a psychological tactic to intimidate state legislatures into
creating the system for a new political and economic order.
Obama's Executive Order that has created the 9 new regions amounts to
re-zoning, and his appointed bureaucrats are answerable only to him. In Dav=
id Horton's
testimony in 1978 on regionalism, he said that the State of Indiana
made this declaration, "Neither the states nor Congress have ever gran=
ted
authority to any branch or agency of the federal government to exercise
regional control over the states." Horton further stated that Congress
holds all legislative power that is granted in the Constitution, as opposed=
to
Executive Orders that are not legislative. Therefore, Obama's Executive Ord=
er
for re-zoning and appointing a governing body to usurp state and local powe=
r is
Constitutionally invalid.
The public must become aware of state sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment to
demand that state and local governments assert these Constitutional laws and
principles.
COASTAL AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING REPORT:
This is a general overview of the new National Ocean Council's goals ba=
sed
on its 32-page report that uses indirect language and acrony=
ms in
order to confuse the public and local lawmakers. Depopulation advocates,
globalists and collectivists, like John Holdren, faced opposition a few dec=
ades
ago when they clearly expressed their objectives, so now documents are writ=
ten
in complicated and clouded language to fool those they wish to control.
This report states that the Council's jurisdiction will extend from the
continental shelf to the coast AND additional inland areas will be involved.
The National Ocean Council identifies "partners" as members of ea=
ch
regional planning body that will include federal, state, local and tribal
authorities, with a top-down hierarchy of control.
The intentions of the Council are stated on page 8 of the report that inclu=
de
implementing LOST and other international treaties. The report also
states that the Counci's plans shall be implemented by Executive Orders, in
addition to federal and state laws. This section mentions 'global cli=
mate
change' which is a new term used as a substitute for 'man made global warmi=
ng'
after manipulated data and lies were exposed in numerous <=
b>global
warming scandals. 'Climate change' is blamed for sea level rise and acidification of oceans; evidence exists that these a=
re
more global warming deceptions.
The stated goals of the Council include regulating investments, collaborati=
ng
with unidentified international agencies, controlling public access to ocea=
ns
and "protecting" ecosystems. This means that commerce and trade w=
ill
be controlled by the Council, the UN will gain power over American oceans a=
nd
the Great Lakes through UN subagencies, public access will be limited and t=
he
Endangered Species Act will be unleashed, with heavy regulations. Incidenta=
lly,
the Endangered
Species Act is based on 5 international treaties. It has never had a
successful result: of the 60 species that have been de-listed, not a single
species was saved as a result of any restrictions stemming from the Endange=
red
Species Act!
The targeted areas for Endangered Species Act regulations are the the Great
Lakes, the Gulf Coast, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, South Florida and the S=
an
Francisco Bay (the Bay Delta is where the irrigation water for farmers was =
was
cut off using the Endangered Species Act, causing food shortages, an increa=
se
in food imports and massive economic devastation).
While this report does not clearly outline how the National Ocean Council's
schemes will be financed, regulatory permits for all activity on the water =
and
mining (oil) leases will play a part, along with tax increases. The report =
does
indicate that grants and assistance programs will be available so that stat=
e,
local and tribal authorities will support the Council's "efforts"=
. In
other words, the Council will try to buy off the state and local government=
s to
"collectively use" them for a base of support and influence. (pg.=
28)
Strings are always attached to federal money. The federal government and the
Council are reliant on state and local governments for implementation throu=
gh
state and local legal authority, which means that state and local authoriti=
es
hold the power to implement or refuse the Council's directives, especially
under the Tenth Amendment.
However, the report does state that disputes will be settled by consensus, =
if
consensus fails, then the decisions will ultimately be made by the Presiden=
t.
He is Commander in Chief of the Navy and has the power of the military behi=
nd
him. Further, the report indicates that legislative changes and more Execut=
ive
Orders may be necessary to achieve control.
An important point is made on page 5, which states, "Strong partnershi=
ps
among Federal, State, tribal and local authorities, and regional governance
structures would be essential to a truly forward-looking, comprehensive CMSP
effort." This means that the states, local governments and tribes have
power. Our collectivist government needs the consent of the state, local and
tribal authorities, to implement this scheme, otherwise, the feds wouldn't
bother to include these Constitutional authorities. If the state, local and
tribal authorities are aware of, and willing to act on their Constitutional
authority, then they can limit this federal power grab through the Tenth
Amendment.
The report further states that signing onto the Council's plan would be an
"express commitment by the partners to act in accordance with the
plan..." (pg. 20) Therefore, it is imperative that all of the states be
aware of the Council's intended usurpation and carefully protect their
Constitutional jurisdictions and sovereignty. There are 30 states that will=
be
affected by this new council. (pg. 12)
The Council's strategy plan will go into effect immediately, fully developi=
ng
Agenda 21 objectives and undue UN influence within 5 years. Interestingly, =
one
article said that if state, local and tribal authorities choose not to
participate in in writing the plans, the plans would be written without the=
m.
Therefore, it bears repeating that state and local governments must protect
their Constitutional authority when dealing with the Council. The
Constitutional authority that states and local governments have can only be
taken if the power is given away.
SAVING OUR COUNTRY:
If your freedom is important to you, the most effective action that you=
can
take is to e-mail this article and Michael Shaw's "Understanding Agenda 21 Sustainable Development&quo=
t;
booklet to all of your State Legislators, County Commissioners/ Superin=
tendents
and City Council members.
Tell all of your friends, co-workers and neighbors about Agenda 21 Sustaina=
ble
Development and how it is destroying our country. The National Ocean Counci=
l is
detrimental on so many levels and the time to act is now. If state and local
officials refuse to stand up against this federal incursion, they must be
thrown out of office in favor of representatives who support the Constituti=
on
and the Tenth Amendment.
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ALERT REGARDING THE CLEAR ACT
-----Original Message---=
--
From: American Landrights [mailto:noreply@maillist.landrights.org]
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 1:55 AM
To: Scott S. Shock
Subject: Urgent, Urgent, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid Are Taking Your Land
Land Rights Network
Keep Private Lands In Pr= ivate Hands Coalition
American Land Rights Ass= ociation
PO Box 400 - Battle Grou= nd, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fa= x: 360-687-2973
E-mail: alra@pacifier.com
Web Address: http://www.landrights.org
Legislative Office: 507 = Seward Square SE - Washington, DC 20003
Urgent, Urgent, Nancy Pe= losi and Harry Reid Are Taking Your Land
CARA Comes Back As The C= LEAR Out Of Rural America Act
(HR 3534)
From the Keep Private La= nds In Private Hands Coalition:
If you liked CARA, Emine= nt Domain or Condemnation of private land,
you’ll love the new Multi-Billion Dollar Land Acquisition Trust
Fund being rushed through Congress by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi and th= e House call it the CLEAR Act. We call it the
Clear Out Of Rural Ameri= ca Act (CORA). In the Senate it will be
Senator Harry Reid’= ;s Energy bill that will contain the giant multi
Billion Dollar Land and = Water Conservation Trust Fund.
-----And now Harry Reid = brags that he is going to include a
Multi-Billion Dollar LWC= F Land Grab in his Energy Bill and force the
Senate to pass it before= the August recess.
It’s a Monster $1 = billion per year automatic off budget land
acquisition trust fund a= ttached to HR 3534 in the House, called The
Consolidated Land, Energ= y, And Aquatic Resources Act of 2010
otherwise known as the C= lear Act.
We don’t have a Se= nate number yet but you don’t need that. Just
ask for Harry Reid’= ;s Energy Bill with the Land and Water
Conservation Trust Fund = inside.
-----Time is of the esse= nce. The Democrats are moving fast on this
issue. And they are movi= ng behind closed doors, largely in secret.
-----The Clear Act and H= arry Reid Energy Bill both use the Gulf oil
spill tragedy as a tool = to make changes to the collection of
royalties, creates a com= mercial leasing program for wind and solar on
federal lands and waters= , establishes direct automatic funding of over
a billion dollars for th= e Land And Water Conservation Fund (LWCF),
Historic Preservation, a= nd a new Ocean Conservation Fund.
These will end up being permanent Trust Funds that will guarantee
huge amounts of money fo= r land acquisition, condemnation and other
uses. They will undermin= e local communities, destroy local economies,
severely damage small bu= siness, cost thousands of jobs, force rural
families into the cities= and generally destroy rural America.
-----The Gulf oil spill = tragedy should not be used as a political
opportunity to impose a devastating land acquisition trust fund on
the American people and = destroy Rural America or push through
legislation that’s unrelated to the spill response or reforms to
offshore drilling.
-----There is an immedia= te crisis unfolding in the Gulf and our top
priorities must remain e= nsuring the leak is stopped, cleaning up the
oil, addressing the need= s of the Gulf state communities and holding
BP 100% accountable.
-----The Democrats are t= rying to hold Halloween early. They are
hiding a wish list of la= nd grabs and new regulations under the
plastic mask of reforming offshore drilling. And they are playing
hide and seek with you t= o keep you from knowing exactly what is going
on. So much for transpar= ency.
Reforms are clearly need= ed to make American offshore drilling the
safest in the world, but Congress should not get ahead of the facts
in a rush to write new l= aws. There are numerous investigations
underway, including by C= ongress and a Presidential Commission that
just recently held its f= irst meeting. To ensure it makes the right
reforms, Congress must f= irst know exactly what caused and contributed
to this disaster
It’s just as impor= tant for Congress to find out how proposed new
laws would affect Americ= an jobs, our economy and our dependence on
foreign energy. The oil = spill is causing real economic pain
throughout the Gulf regi= on and the federal government shouldn’t
cause even greater harm = to jobs and the economy by rushing to pass
laws without first under= standing their impacts. They are hiding a
wish list of land acquis= ition measures behind the guise of addressing
the oil spill.
To see how the Clear Out= Of Rural America Act (CORA) damages Rural
America and the country = in general, look back at the impacts of CARA,
the Condemnation and Rel= ocation Act by going to < www.landrights.o= rg
> and click on = the Starburst.
From where we sit when s= omeone calls a chicken a duck, and we see
that it walks like a duc= k and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck, no
matter what the land gra= bbers say. The Clear Out Of Rural America Act
walks, looks and acts li= ke CARA.
-----The Clear Out Of Ru= ral America Act will destroy more private
property than any legisl= ation in history. No inholder will be safe
anywhere near a National= Park, National Forest, Wildlife Refuge,
National Trail, National Seashore, National Recreation Area, National
Scenic Area and many mor= e.
The Clear Out Of Rural A= merica will create an incentive to pass more
laws in Congress using e= minent domain and condemnation creating:
-----Giant new Wildlife Corridors covering several states and
connecting existing park= s and other areas.
-----Expanding existing = areas like those below
Numerous new and expanded Wilderness Areas
Massive billion dollar p= er year off budget land acquisition trust
fund
More use of eminent doma= in
More condemnation of pri= vate land and homes
A huge increase in land = use regulations
More environmental regul= ations
Many more National Monum= ents
New National Trails
New National Heritage Ar= eas
New National Parks
New Wild and Scenic Rive= rs
New National Lakeshores<= /p>
New National Scenic Area= s
New National Seashores
New National Recreation = Areas
New National Grasslands<= /p>
New National Preserves
National Historic Areas<= /p>
New Greenways
New Viewsheds
New Soundsheds
New Airsheds (air contro= ls on industry)
New scenic byways with l= and use controls
The list goes on. There = will be more.
Working together, we can= stop these proposals until Congress can show
it can take care of what= it has and protects private property rights.
-----HR 3534 and the Har= ry Reid Energy Bill will force thousands of
farmers and ranchers off= their range. It will wipe out the mining
industry and do great da= mage to the oil industry. It will undermine
private forestry. It will destroy local tax bases, which will force
taxes up for those that = remain and ultimately turn rural America into
a playground for the ric= h.
The race is on. The gree= ns and their allies will seek to enlist as
many Congressmen and Sen= ators as co-sponsors. They will seek to get
organizations like the F= arm Bureau, NRA and National Association of
Counties to support the = bill like they did with CARA.
ACTION ITEMS: You need t= o act fast.
Here’s what you mu= st do quickly.
-----1. Please forward t= his message as widely as possible and fast.
-----2. Send an e-mail a= sking to join the Keep Private Lands In
Private Hands Coalition = to ccushman@pacifier.com
<mailto:ccushman@pacifier.com><= /p>
by simply writing “Join Private Property Coalition” in the
subject line. Be sure to= put your name, address, zip, fax and e-mail
together. We will not gi= ve your information to anyone else.
-----3. Call your Repres= entative to let him or her know you oppose
the Clear Act (HR 3534) = or any bill with a trust fund for land
acquisition. Ask that a = copy of the bill be sent to you. Be aware
that it may get another = bill number so you should also refer to the
Land and Water Conservat= ion Fund portion of the bill. That is the
funding vehicle they pla= n on turning into a trust fund. You may call
any Congressman at (202)= 225 3121. Tell him no trust fund period. No
new entitlements. Insist= that all funding go through the traditional
appropriations process.<= /p>
-----4. Call your Senato= rs at (202) 224-3121 to oppose Harry Reid’s
Energy bill with any multi-billion dollar land acquisition trust fund
inside. We don’t h= ave a number yet. The Senate will not vote on the
Clear Act from the House= . Ask for a copy of the Senate version of any
bill with the LWCF Billi= on Dollar Per Year Trust Fund inside. It is
likely to be Harry Reid&= #8217;s Energy bill. They will try to play hide
and seek with you so you= must pin them down.
-----5. Ask your Senator= s to hold hearings on Harry Reids Energy
Bill, the Senate version= of the bill with the Billion Dollar Trust
Fund hidden inside.
-----6. Send your Congre= ssman and both Senator s an e-mail AND a fax
if you have that capabil= ity even if you have called.
-----7. Call your Congre= ssman to ask him or her for a meeting when he
or she come home during = the August recess or later before the
election. Get a group of= friends to go to the meeting with you. You
need to look your Congre= ssman in the face eyeball to eyeball to get
across how dangerous thi= s bill is and how much it will affect your
votes, now and in the fu= ture.
-----8. Ask your Senator= for a meeting during the August Recess.
Attend any public meetin= gs they hold.
-----9. Ask your Congres= sman and both Senators for their schedule
during the August recess= .
-----10. You need to sca= n the newspapers for any meetings being held
locally by your Congress= man or either Senator during the August
recess or as they run for re-election. Make sure you attend these
meetings and ask him or = her pointed questions about the Multi-Billion
Dollar Land Acquisition = Trust Fund and how they are going to vote on
HR 3534 or the Harry Rei= d Energy Bill with the Trust Fund inside.
-----11. Please make cop= ies of e-mail and hand them out to your
friends. The more people= who hear about this giant land grab the
better chance you have t= o defeat it.
-----12. Call any organi= zations you are a member of to urge them to
not sign on to HR 3534 o= r the Harry Reid Energy Bill with the LWCF
Trust Fund inside. The F= arm Bureau, National Association of Counties
and NRA should be first = on your list.
-----13. Send us the Nam= es, addresses, Zip, Phone, Fax and e-mail of
anyone you think should = be kept informed about the Clear Act (HR
3534), the Clear Out of = Rural America Act or the Harry Reid Energy
Bill with the LWCF Trust= Fund inside. Send us directories of allied
organizations. Help us b= uild a team that can defeat the giant
international green indu= strial complex.
-----14. Call your frien= ds and neighbors to get them to call your
Congressman and both Sen= ators. Tell them to ask for copies of HR
3534.
Please make your calls, = and send your faxes and e-mails as quickly as
you can. The more of an = uprising that occurs quickly, the better
chance you have of stopp= ing HR 3534. When a Congressman commits to
support a bill, he hates= to remove his name later. Better get to your
Congressman early.
And forward this message= as widely as possible.
Background:
*Title III of HR 3534 &#= 8211; *This Title makes significant reforms to
the onshore oil and gas = program, once again completely unrelated to
the spill in the Gulf. A= lready many western states have seen the
flight of jobs and capit= al away from production on federal lands to
other parts of the count= ry where access to private land is much
easier and less bureaucr= atic. However this process has and will
shortchange federal land communities, stifle job creation, and reduce
benefits and revenues to= the federal, state and local governments.
*Title IV of HR 3534 - *= This Title extends the authorization for the
Land and Water Conservat= ion Fund (LWCF) and the National Historic
Preservation Fund (HPF) = until 2040, another 30 years without further
Congressional considerat= ion. In addition, the bill makes the funds
subject to direct approp= riation to the tune of $900,000,000 for LWCF
and $150,000,000 for the= HPF. This amounts to over a billion dollars
a year in automatic spen= ding – unrelated to the oil spill. They are
hiding this massive spen= ding behind the oil spill. More government. A
bigger deficit.
*TITLE V of HR 3534 - *T= his Title establishes a competitive leasing
program for commercial s= olar or wind energy development on the OCS,
BLM and Forest Service l= ands. It also allows non-competitive leasing
for resource data collec= tion. This title also directs the Secretary
to set rates for rentals= , bonus bids, and royalties for wind and
solar on federal lands. =
-----HR 3534 DOES NOT sh= are the revenue from renewable resources on
federal land with states= or localities. The states and counties get a
portion of fees paid by = other users of Federal land.
*TITLE VI of HR 3534 - *= This Title includes the establishment of the
new “ORCA” f= und for ocean conservation.
* *
This Title implements re= gional councils and marine spatial planning
into the OCS the goal of= this title is to establish a new management
regime for the OCS based= on a new program of essentially,
“zoning” the= ocean. This is proposed to allow energy development
to be compatible with ot= her uses; however, as stated above the
changes to the OCSLA ele= vate other uses of the OCS above oil and gas
exploration and producti= on.
One of the unique realit= ies Westerners face is that Western States
are more sensitive to Washington’s policies. This is because of the
high concentration of fe= deral lands in the West.
The United States government already owns enough land!
The federal government c= urrently owns roughly 650 million acres in
the U.S.A. That means ne= arly 1 out of 3 acres in this country is
owned and controlled by = the federal government. In the western United
States, 1 out of every 2= acres is owned and controlled by the federal
government. In 13 Western states, 51.9% of the land is owned by the
federal government. In t= he 37 other states, only 4.1% is federally
owned.
Roughly 2/3 of Utah̵= 7;s lands are owned and controlled by the federal
government.
Easterners need to under= stand that there is a plan in process to
create wildlife corridors connecting all the parks and forests in the
East. This would mean em= inent domain or condemnation of lots of
private land in the East= . The North Woods of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and New York are= an especially important target for the
greens.
So don’t sit back = and think this is just a Western issue. You are
in for a big surprise if= you do not take action now to fight this
Multi-Billion Dollar Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
At a time when we have increasing deficits, and scarce funding to
protect and maintain the= public lands we have, now is not the time to
expand federal control o= ver more land.
The federal government h= as a responsibility to maintain and protect
our national resources f= or future generations. However, our public
land agencies cannot acc= omplish this mission if we continue to expand
federal control over mor= e lands without considering the current needs
of our existing parks and forests.
Over the past 15 years, = federal land acquisition funding has averaged
hundreds of millions ann= ually. Over the last forty years, the federal
government has spent nea= rly $13 billion on land acquisition. Looking
at it another way: an ar= ea larger than the size of Florida has been
added to the federal est= ate since John F. Kennedy was president.
This makes no sense. Ove= r a decade ago a report completed under the
Clinton Administration s= tated “land management agencies should
improve their stewardshi= p of the lands they already own before taking
on additional management responsibilities.” The report goes on to
say “environmental objectives such as habitat protection and access
to recreation might be b= est met by improving management in currently
held areas rather than p= roviding minimal management over a larger
domain.”
Spending billions of dol= lars for additional land acquisition makes
even less sense when one considers the condition of existing federal
lands. A recent Congress= ional Research Service report estimated the
maintenance backlog at t= he four federal agencies to be near $15.7
billion. Roads, campgrou= nds, and other basic facilities in our
existing National Parks = are crumbling and not being repaired. Does it
make any sense whatsoeve= r to spend money acquiring new lands if
we’re not properly= caring for the lands we already own?
Federal ownership of wes= tern lands makes the Western U.S. a unique
part of this country. In= deed, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and
the U.S. Forest Service = have become the planning and zoning boards
for much of the rural We= st. Issues that anywhere else in the nation
would be state or local,= like locating a road or building a water
system, are federal issu= es in the West.
BLM and Forest Service m= anagers decide how many cows will graze where
and at what time of year= , where a pipeline or a road must go and other
details of local land us= e. As a result, the federal government has an
overwhelming influence o= n the local economies of many Western
communities. Because of = this, bad federal policies uniquely target
and harm western states.=
In 13 Western states, 51= .9% of the land is owned by the federal
government. In the 37 ot= her states, only 4.1% is federally owned.
While the federal govern= ment promised in these Western states’
enabling acts that they = would sell a portion of these federal lands
and dedicate the funds t= o state projects, the government has instead
increased its holdings. = The federal government continues to increase
those holdings, spending= close to $200 million a year to acquire new
lands.
Through the Land and Wat= er Conservation Fund, (LWCF), the federal
government is currently = able to spend up to $900 million on land
acquisitions with virtua= lly no restrictions.
It makes more sense for = the federal government to sell land or focus
its resources on the mai= ntenance and upkeep of the land already under
its control. But it is l= ikely in the near term that some federal land
acquisition is going to = continue because we have more Congressmen who
support additional purch= ases than oppose them. As long as the federal
government continues to = buy land, we must do so with discretion and
be particularly vigilant= that we protect private property owners.
Maintenance funding is inadequate, and the Feds can’t manage what
they already own: During= his second inaugural address, President
Ronald Reagan spoke of t= he unique quality created by American
democracy – a gove= rnment which “was not our master,
it is our servant; its o= nly power that which we the people allow it
to have.” He spoke= about his accomplishment of creating a “new
beginning” in whic= h his Administration had reversed a trend of
asking the federal gover= nment to reign over decisions “that
properly belonged to sta= tes or to local governments or to the people
themselves.”
He went on to explain th= at the “system has never
failed us, but for a tim= e, we failed the system” by yielding too
much authority to the fe= deral government. In the two decades since
the “new beginning= ” we have again failed the system; as President
Reagan said, “we h= ave asked things of the government that the
government was not equip= ped to give.
Nowhere is this issue mo= re prevalent than in the Western United
States where more than 5= 4% of our lands are owned and controlled by
the federal government. = This federal land ownership is placing a
burden on many communiti= es that impacts not only their authority to
make decisions about how= their lands are used but also their tax
base.
Today, the federal gover= nment owns 84 percent of State of Nevada, 69
percent of Alaska, 57 pe= rcent of Utah, 53 percent of Oregon, and 48
percent here in Arizona.= This federal presence severely diminishes
the tax base in these st= ates. The result is that Westerners are
forced to pay higher pro= perty taxes to pay for essential services
such as law enforcement,= health care, and education.
The disproportionate sha= re of federal land ownership in the West will
have impacts that reach = far beyond our inability to control what
happens on federal land.= For example, Western states, on average,
have more pupils per cla= ssroom than the rest of the country and are
projected to have enroll= ment dramatically increase over the next ten
years, while the rest of= the country will have a decrease.
This means that Western = states will be spending less money per pupil
than Eastern states comm= unities especially in those states where
federal land ownership i= s out of control. The reason for lower pupils
per classroom and lower = growth in per pupil expenditures is not the
result of states not tax= ing enough. The reason is that these states
cannot generate tax reve= nue on nearly half of the state’s land
mass.
Sincerely,
July -- 2010
Chuck Cushman
Keep Private Lands In Pr= ivate Hands Coalition
American Land Rights Ass= ociation
(360) 687-3087
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