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----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Boucher
To: Chris at home
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: Fw: **CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!! S-990
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stewart" <jstewart@cox.net>
To: <Recipient List Suppressed:>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: Fwd: **CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!! S-990
> Please note that this act will add categories to to the Endangered
> Species Act making it easier to list species resulting in area
> closures to prevent species harm.
>
> Overall, this is a bad bill for recreation as well as private property
owners.
>
>
> >American Land Rights Association - Land Rights Network
> >PO Box 400 - Battle Ground WA 98604
> >Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973 - Email:
> ><<mailto:alra@landrights.org>alra@landrights.org> -
> ><http://www.landrights.org>http://www.landrights.org
> >Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE - Washington DC 20003
> >Phone: 202-210-2357 - Fax: 202-543-7126 - Email:
> ><mailto:landrightsnet@aol.com>landrightsnet@aol.com
> >
> >**CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!!
> >
> >EXTREME CRISIS !!!!!!! ***** EXTREME CRISIS !!!!!!!
> >
> >*** YOUR HELP NEEDED !!!!! ***
> >
> >**** WE CAN WIN WITH YOUR HELP !!!!! ****
> >
> >S. 990 - The "Son of CARA" - a version of CARA - the Condemnation
> >and Relocation Act - is on the fast track and moving through
> >Congress! This discredited land grab bill had not moved for eleven
> >months, until the dark of nite in the wee hours of Friday morning.
> >
> >ONCE AGAIN, selected members of Congress have moved legislation - S.
> >990 - in the dead of night that will
> >
> >1) make the Endangered Species Act EVEN
> >
> >WORSE,
> >
> >2) permit SEIZURE of private property, and
> >
> >3) hand out cash to environmental extremists and animal rights outfits!!!
> >
> >Oh yes, and 4) it hands out up to $25 million to foreign countries for
land
> >
> >acquisition. We couldn't make this up, folks!
> >
> >You may recall at the end of 2001, just four days before Christmas,
> >the Senate approved S. 990 - the "Son of CARA" land grab bill. It
> >was 11:45pm, with only three Senators present, NO debate, NO
> >hearings, NO vote - just "unanimous consent" on their last night in
> >session for the year, after nearly all Senators had left the Capitol.
> >
> >THEY DID IT AGAIN !!!
> >
> >This time it was the House of Representatives. It was the last day
> >the House was in session for the year, November 15, 2:35am!!!!
> >That's right, two thirty-five in the morning!!!!!!!
> >
> >Nearly all congressmen had gone home, NO debate, NO hearings, NO
> >vote, just "unanimous consent" and a BILLION dollar enviro pork
> >barrel land grabbing disaster - S. 990, the "Son of CARA" - was
> >approved.
> >
> >HOWEVER - the Senate last year, and the House this year, approved
> >DIFFERENT versions of S. 990.
> >
> >The House is now out of session for the rest of 2002. However, the
> >Senate is in session for one more week, from November 18 to 21.
> >
> >*** The Senate must vote on what the House just passed in order to
> >give final congressional approval to S. 990. ***
> >
> >
> >
> >******* ACTION ITEM BELOW !!! *******
> >
> >******* TELL YOUR SENATOR ******* NO on S. 990 *******
> >
> >WHY?? WHY?? WHY??
> >
> >WHY are REPUBLICAN Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire and REPUBLICAN
> >Congressman Jim Hansen of Utah joining together and attempting to
> >push this disaster through at the last minute??
> >
> >ANSWER: BOTH are leaving Congress this year, and BOTH are in "Legacy
> >Mode." BOTH have buried provisions in S. 990 to give a name for
> >themselves, at the expense of private property and fiscal
> >responsibility.
> >
> >####### HERE is the item snuck in for New Hampshire by Senator Bob Smith.
> >
> >Page 19, "Grants to the State of New Hampshire." A NINE million
> >dollar payoff handed over to the Trust for Public Land, to buy
> >property that will only cost SEVEN million dollars!!! A two million
> >dollar profit for a "non-profit" land trust!!!!!!!
> >
> >####### UTAH: Jim Hansen is attempting to blow a total of THIRTEEN
> >million dollars of taxpayer funds to glorify himself! On page 49 is
> >two million dollars for the James V. Hansen Shoshone Trail. On page
> >52 is eleven million dollars for the Bear River Visitor Center to be
> >named after - you guessed it - James V. Hansen!!!!!!!!
> >
> >This self glorification is bad enough. But here are the FOUR
> >problems for everyone in the entire country with S. 990:
> >
> >FIRST: It will make the Endangered Species Act EVEN WORSE by adding
> >a new category called "species at risk" in addition to the current
> >"threatened species" and "endangered species." It hands out up to
> >$150 million per year to "environmental organizations," with no
> >prohibition on animal rights outfits receiving funds, to enforce
> >this new category.
> >
> >SECOND: It hands out $50 million per year to states for "cooperative
> >conservation" plans that include "property acquisition" with no
> >prohibition on condemnation power.
> >
> >THIRD: hands out up to $50 million per year for "shrubland and
> >grassland" conservation, with "environmental organizations" again
> >eligible to feed at the taxpayer trough. EVEN WORSE - grass and
> >shrubs are defined as, well, grass and shrubs - AND - areas
> >"historically dominated" by grass and shrubs - AND - areas that "if
> >restored to natural grassland or shrubland, would have the potential
> >to serve as habitat for endangered species, threatened species, or
> >species at risk." In other words, just about every inch of America
> >outside the Mojave Desert!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >*** ACTION ITEM *** ACTION ITEM *** ACTION ITEM ***
> >
> >You must call AND Fax both your Senators so their offices are deluged
with
> >messages beginning Monday morning. This is not a time you can depend on
> >someone else. YOU must do it.
> >
> >Tell your Senator to put a hold on S 990. Ask his staff person for a
> >commitment that his or her boss will do it. Follow up to make sure they
> >did it. Then you must keep up the pressure to make sure the hold is not
> >taken off.
> >
> >Any Senator can stop S 990 by simply putting a hold on the bill. That
will
> >delay it until next year. But you must make sure the hold gets put on and
> >stays on. Don't assume that because the staff person tells you the hold
> >is on, that it is on. Keep calling.
> >
> >The Senate is an old boys club and they try to get along by going along.
> >Also, its very late. It is a lame duck session. Many Senators are not
> >paying attention. They just want to get out of town.
> >
> >-----1. Write a fax immediately and fax it to your Senator. If you don't
> >have his or her fax, call Monday morning early and get it. Insist that he
> >or she put a hold on S 990.
> >
> >-----2. Early Monday morning call both your Senators. Every Senator may
> >be called at (202) 224-3121 or the temporary FREE NUMBER: (800) 648-3516.
> >Don't take your Senator for granted.
> >
> >-----3. Call at least three times on Monday. A vote is likely late in the
> >day. It could be delayed until Tuesday so keep calling Tuesday.
> >
> >-----4. Call your friends, neighbors, associations and anyone else you
can
> >to get them to call and fax. This is a big deal. And you can win.
> >
> >CALL YOUR FRIENDS. CALL YOUR NEIGHBORS. PULL OUT THE STOPS.
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.
>
>
> --
> John Stewart
> Director, Environmental Affairs, UFWDA, http://www.ufwda.org
> Recreation Access and Conservation Editor, http://www.4x4wire.com
> Webmaster, Tierra del Sol 4x4: http://www.tds4x4.com
> Webmaster, Jeep-L: http://www.jeep-l.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Boucher
To: Chris at home
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: Fw: **CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!! S-990
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stewart" <jstewart@cox.net>
To: <Recipient List Suppressed:>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: Fwd: **CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!! S-990
> Please note that this act will add categories to to the Endangered
> Species Act making it easier to list species resulting in area
> closures to prevent species harm.
>
> Overall, this is a bad bill for recreation as well as private property
owners.
>
>
> >American Land Rights Association - Land Rights Network
> >PO Box 400 - Battle Ground WA 98604
> >Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973 - Email:
> ><<mailto:alra@landrights.org>alra@landrights.org> -
> ><http://www.landrights.org>http://www.landrights.org
> >Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE - Washington DC 20003
> >Phone: 202-210-2357 - Fax: 202-543-7126 - Email:
> ><mailto:landrightsnet@aol.com>landrightsnet@aol.com
> >
> >**CRISIS** Midnight Land Grab!!!
> >
> >EXTREME CRISIS !!!!!!! ***** EXTREME CRISIS !!!!!!!
> >
> >*** YOUR HELP NEEDED !!!!! ***
> >
> >**** WE CAN WIN WITH YOUR HELP !!!!! ****
> >
> >S. 990 - The "Son of CARA" - a version of CARA - the Condemnation
> >and Relocation Act - is on the fast track and moving through
> >Congress! This discredited land grab bill had not moved for eleven
> >months, until the dark of nite in the wee hours of Friday morning.
> >
> >ONCE AGAIN, selected members of Congress have moved legislation - S.
> >990 - in the dead of night that will
> >
> >1) make the Endangered Species Act EVEN
> >
> >WORSE,
> >
> >2) permit SEIZURE of private property, and
> >
> >3) hand out cash to environmental extremists and animal rights outfits!!!
> >
> >Oh yes, and 4) it hands out up to $25 million to foreign countries for
land
> >
> >acquisition. We couldn't make this up, folks!
> >
> >You may recall at the end of 2001, just four days before Christmas,
> >the Senate approved S. 990 - the "Son of CARA" land grab bill. It
> >was 11:45pm, with only three Senators present, NO debate, NO
> >hearings, NO vote - just "unanimous consent" on their last night in
> >session for the year, after nearly all Senators had left the Capitol.
> >
> >THEY DID IT AGAIN !!!
> >
> >This time it was the House of Representatives. It was the last day
> >the House was in session for the year, November 15, 2:35am!!!!
> >That's right, two thirty-five in the morning!!!!!!!
> >
> >Nearly all congressmen had gone home, NO debate, NO hearings, NO
> >vote, just "unanimous consent" and a BILLION dollar enviro pork
> >barrel land grabbing disaster - S. 990, the "Son of CARA" - was
> >approved.
> >
> >HOWEVER - the Senate last year, and the House this year, approved
> >DIFFERENT versions of S. 990.
> >
> >The House is now out of session for the rest of 2002. However, the
> >Senate is in session for one more week, from November 18 to 21.
> >
> >*** The Senate must vote on what the House just passed in order to
> >give final congressional approval to S. 990. ***
> >
> >
> >
> >******* ACTION ITEM BELOW !!! *******
> >
> >******* TELL YOUR SENATOR ******* NO on S. 990 *******
> >
> >WHY?? WHY?? WHY??
> >
> >WHY are REPUBLICAN Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire and REPUBLICAN
> >Congressman Jim Hansen of Utah joining together and attempting to
> >push this disaster through at the last minute??
> >
> >ANSWER: BOTH are leaving Congress this year, and BOTH are in "Legacy
> >Mode." BOTH have buried provisions in S. 990 to give a name for
> >themselves, at the expense of private property and fiscal
> >responsibility.
> >
> >####### HERE is the item snuck in for New Hampshire by Senator Bob Smith.
> >
> >Page 19, "Grants to the State of New Hampshire." A NINE million
> >dollar payoff handed over to the Trust for Public Land, to buy
> >property that will only cost SEVEN million dollars!!! A two million
> >dollar profit for a "non-profit" land trust!!!!!!!
> >
> >####### UTAH: Jim Hansen is attempting to blow a total of THIRTEEN
> >million dollars of taxpayer funds to glorify himself! On page 49 is
> >two million dollars for the James V. Hansen Shoshone Trail. On page
> >52 is eleven million dollars for the Bear River Visitor Center to be
> >named after - you guessed it - James V. Hansen!!!!!!!!
> >
> >This self glorification is bad enough. But here are the FOUR
> >problems for everyone in the entire country with S. 990:
> >
> >FIRST: It will make the Endangered Species Act EVEN WORSE by adding
> >a new category called "species at risk" in addition to the current
> >"threatened species" and "endangered species." It hands out up to
> >$150 million per year to "environmental organizations," with no
> >prohibition on animal rights outfits receiving funds, to enforce
> >this new category.
> >
> >SECOND: It hands out $50 million per year to states for "cooperative
> >conservation" plans that include "property acquisition" with no
> >prohibition on condemnation power.
> >
> >THIRD: hands out up to $50 million per year for "shrubland and
> >grassland" conservation, with "environmental organizations" again
> >eligible to feed at the taxpayer trough. EVEN WORSE - grass and
> >shrubs are defined as, well, grass and shrubs - AND - areas
> >"historically dominated" by grass and shrubs - AND - areas that "if
> >restored to natural grassland or shrubland, would have the potential
> >to serve as habitat for endangered species, threatened species, or
> >species at risk." In other words, just about every inch of America
> >outside the Mojave Desert!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >*** ACTION ITEM *** ACTION ITEM *** ACTION ITEM ***
> >
> >You must call AND Fax both your Senators so their offices are deluged
with
> >messages beginning Monday morning. This is not a time you can depend on
> >someone else. YOU must do it.
> >
> >Tell your Senator to put a hold on S 990. Ask his staff person for a
> >commitment that his or her boss will do it. Follow up to make sure they
> >did it. Then you must keep up the pressure to make sure the hold is not
> >taken off.
> >
> >Any Senator can stop S 990 by simply putting a hold on the bill. That
will
> >delay it until next year. But you must make sure the hold gets put on and
> >stays on. Don't assume that because the staff person tells you the hold
> >is on, that it is on. Keep calling.
> >
> >The Senate is an old boys club and they try to get along by going along.
> >Also, its very late. It is a lame duck session. Many Senators are not
> >paying attention. They just want to get out of town.
> >
> >-----1. Write a fax immediately and fax it to your Senator. If you don't
> >have his or her fax, call Monday morning early and get it. Insist that he
> >or she put a hold on S 990.
> >
> >-----2. Early Monday morning call both your Senators. Every Senator may
> >be called at (202) 224-3121 or the temporary FREE NUMBER: (800) 648-3516.
> >Don't take your Senator for granted.
> >
> >-----3. Call at least three times on Monday. A vote is likely late in the
> >day. It could be delayed until Tuesday so keep calling Tuesday.
> >
> >-----4. Call your friends, neighbors, associations and anyone else you
can
> >to get them to call and fax. This is a big deal. And you can win.
> >
> >CALL YOUR FRIENDS. CALL YOUR NEIGHBORS. PULL OUT THE STOPS.
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.
>
>
> --
> John Stewart
> Director, Environmental Affairs, UFWDA, http://www.ufwda.org
> Recreation Access and Conservation Editor, http://www.4x4wire.com
> Webmaster, Tierra del Sol 4x4: http://www.tds4x4.com
> Webmaster, Jeep-L: http://www.jeep-l.net