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.
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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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