-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- .............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.htmlFrom: CHUCK CUSHMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stop The Greens From Imposing Extreme Regulations Date: Saturday, January 29, 2000 11:38 PM American Land Rights Association - Land Rights Network PO Box 400 - Battle Ground WA 98604 Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973 - Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - www.landrights.org Legislative Office: Mike Hardiman - 508 First St SE - Washington DC 20003 Phone: 202-251-3473 - Fax: 202-543-7126 - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] THIS IS AN ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL REQUEST The Clinton Administration is throwing land use lock-up regulations at private landowners and Federal land users in rapid succession one after another. This coming Thursday, February 4th, we're aware of AT LEAST three public comment period deadlines that come due on the same day by the Forest Service alone. That is killing your allies ability to respond. This E-Mail provides you with an opportunity to help by including a TESTIMONY QUESTIONNAIRE which you can use in a text format to respond to a threat of vastly more Federal regulation and reduced land use to 250 million acres in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. If you don't live in those states, why should you care? Because, if you allow the greens to divide and conquer us, they will continue to aggressively use E-Mail to attack local regional areas with small populations that have no chance to compete in the public comment process. They're doing it today. If you help this relatively small population now, they'll be there to help you when you are attacked by the giant green machine. If private property advocates, Federal land users and land rights proponents take an ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL APPROACH, we can use E-Mail to compete in the public comment process with the greens and not allow them to destroy local communities. You will receive at least one more of these type of E-Mail messages before February 4th. I hope you will pardon the intrusion and take five minutes to respond to this additional request. If not, you have the power of the delete key and we thank you in advance for reading this far. The next request will be comments on the new NATIONWIDE Forest Service planning and appeals regulations that will affect ALL NATIONAL FORESTS. Below is a TESTIMONY QUESTIONNAIRE that responds to the publication by the Forest Service changing the "forest plans" for a whole bunch of "national grasslands" in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska all at the same time. We've provided you a list of statements, all of which we agree with, but you do not have to. After each statement, we ask you to write AGREE, DISAGREE OR NO OPINION. You should either check the appropriate word or delete the words you do not feel apply. If you wish to take more time and write more substantive comments to add to the questionnaire, that would be great. You will make the questionnaire more valuable if you write out how you feel about the statements. You may add whatever comments you feel are appropriate. Then E-Mail your response to the address on the Questionnaire. Or you may print out the document and fax it back. That way you can personally sign it. After the TESTIMONY QUESTIONNAIRE is a copy of a letter we sent to citizens in the four states to explain the questionnaire. If you need additional information beyond the questionnaire, take time to review the letter. Again, let me thank you for allowing this group of small communities in four sparsely populated states to have a chance to compete with the giant green groups who use their massive national membership lists to crush local communities. Your participation is gratefully appreciated. IMPORTANT-POSTMARK DEADLINE FEBRUARY 3rd, 2000 COMMENT QUESTIONNAIRE USFS Northern Great Plains Plan(s) Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Northern Great Plains Planning Team USDA, Forest Service 125 North Main Street FS FAX: (308) 432-0309 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chadron, Nebraska 69337 Below are a series of statements about the above referenced USDA, Forest Service Northern Great Plains Plan(s) Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Please review my responses to the statements and include them as my official comments for the Northern Great Plains Plan (s) Revision and DEIS. I wish that a photocopy of this document be considered as valid as the original. I may send a copy to my Congressman and both Senators. Please circle your answer - You may write additional comments by each question or in the comment section on the back. This is a legal document. Your personal comments in the box on the back will add greatly to the value of this document. 1. I think that the counties and states covered in this Plan(s) Revision and DEIS should be given Cooperating Agency Status immediately and membership on the DEIS Team. The Forest Service would have a better chance to receive real local involvement and creating a plan the truly meets local needs. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 2. Enough time (at least one year) should then be granted to correct the problems in the revised Plans and DEIS. After a re-drafting and correction of the DEIS, an effective public comment period should commence. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 3. I hesitated to comment on the present drafts because I do not want the USDA, Forest Service to think that this Plan(s) Revision and DEIS are possible to comment on. I am not validating the present drafts of these planning documents by making the comments that follow. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 4. Public Involvement was not adequate considering the potential impacts of this Plan(s) Revision. A minimum of a 90 day extension should be granted if the Forest Service denies our request to re-craft the plans completely with the states and counties involved. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 5. The No Action Alternative does not accurately represent current manag ement plans. It is not a No Action Alternative. It skews all comparisons in the array of Alternatives. None of the Alternatives, including the Preferred, are acceptable. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 6. The DEIS covers too large of a geographic area (250 Million Acres) for the number of land management plans that are being assessed. The DEIS does not include information that is accurate or even organized. The information and data used to assess the impact of all of the Alternatives is not factual or representative of the conditions on the ground. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 7. It appears that the Forest Service has failed to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act when they published their Notice of Intent for the Northern Great Plains Plan9s) revision without an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis in the Federal Register. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION The DEIS must be re-crafted to recognize and identify small entities as having the same meaning as small business, small organization and small governmental jurisdiction. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION Small governmental jurisdiction means governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts or special districts, with a population of less than 50,000. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION Small business is defined the same as a small business concern under Section 3 of the Small Business Act. The hundreds of small family owned ranches, independent oil and gas operations, and retail/service businesses in the target area fit this definition. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION The economic impact of this Plan(s) revision will be significant and adverse on a substantial number of small entities. A Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is required. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 8. The Alternatives are impossible to analyze and consider by any commenter. The charts are full of jargon and information based on Forest Service planning criteria that we cannot understand. Even Forest Service personnel have told us in public meetings that there are inconsistencies in the DEIS. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 9. The analysis of socio-economic effects ("Community and Lifestyle Relationships") is deficient in using economic assessment models that do not accurately or objectively address the impact of the entire Plan(s) Revision Preferred Alternative to local communities, counties, states, regions and the Nation. These models are not professional and have no basis in economic science. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION 10. This assessment acknowledges impact on adjacent counties, however, does not address impacts on private lands or inholdings that are adjacent. The assessment area is huge. County by county data that is inaccurate, then not cumulatively presented, is then shown as having little impact of implementation of the Preferred Alternative! This is an irresponsible and unacceptable analysis. AGREE DISAGREE NO OPINION (Your written comments here will make this document more valuable.) (If needed, use additional sheets or attach a personal letter.) To validate your comments please fill in completely (PRINT) and be sure to sign. Signature_________________________________Name__________________________ ________ Address_________________________Town___________________State_____ Zip____________ Phone____________________ Fax___________________ E-Mail__________________________ Please do not fail to mail this survey even if you receive it late. Please add my name and address to your mailing list to receive all information regarding this Plan(s) Revision, including Proposed and Final Land Management Plans, Draft and Final EIS(s), Appendices, Federal Register Notices, and all other correspondence. Thank you. Postmark Deadline - Thursday, February 3, 2000 - Mail it even if you receive it late. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS MANAGEMENT PLAN(S) REVISION AND DEIS URGENT ACTION REQUIRED POSTMARK DEADLINE: Thursday, February 3rd Dear Private Landowner and Federal Land User: The future use of much of the private and federal land in Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska depend on what action you take in the next day or two. If you take the time to fill out and return the enclosed easy-to-use comment questionnaire on the massive Forest Service DEIS, you can help protect your legal rights and help protect your future use of large areas of private and federal lands. If you fail to act, you will lose! What is the USDA, Forest Service Plan(s) Revision and DEIS? It is a revised management plan(s) that sets the criteria down for the next 10 to 15 years for how the National Grasslands will be managed in the 4 states. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) assesses the impact of the 5 Alternative management strategies that the Forest Service has drafted for the revision of existing management plans for each of the National Grasslands. What area does this USDA, Forest Service Plan(s) Revision cover? 28 counties (37 counties "influenced"); in the States of Wyoming (5), North Dakota (9), South Dakota (9), and Nebraska (5). Total 2,866,900 acres: 553,330 WY; 1,103,100 ND; 859,500 SD; 351,000 NE. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement covers an assessment area of "nearly 250 million acres". What decisions are made in the Preferred Management Alternative of this Plan? � Recommends to Congress lands for Wilderness designation and rivers suitable for inclusion into the Wild and Scenic River System. � Changes the lands accessible for other uses due to NEW allocations of lands for Research Natural Areas, Special Interest Areas, Wilderness Areas and roadless areas. The Preferred Alternative in the Draft represents a 43% reduction of accessibility by the American public to the national grasslands not counting other new criteria contained in other decision areas. � Allocates lands available for oil and gas leasing. Changes existing leasing decisions on specific lands affected by the new allocations of accessible lands and specific new management criteria for roadless areas, road building, drilling, visual quality, water management, and wildlife management. � Allocates lands for grazing and provides new indicator species for monitoring grazing. Changes the formula for animal unit months (AUMs) from forage needed for 1000 pound range-fed cow to 1600 pound range-fed cow; (Over, please) � Reduces, due to new wildlife management criteria, the seasons for grazing; � Sets aside species recovery and management areas for black-tailed prairie dogs before the species is listed as Endangered; � Increases pasture sizes based on fence appearance (visuals) and their inconvenience to hikers; � Controls access to water through new drought management criteria; � Makes defacto decisions on private land due to inaccessibility to public for grazing; � Creates new monitoring and evaluation requirements for permittees and for the American public that are impossible to understand and/or implement; � Discourages local public input and discriminates against rural citizens; � Creates a plan for project level decisions that will mean an Environmental Assessment for each specific decision will need to be made. Gives the Forest Service an "out" if budget is not available for these project environmental assessments. The end result will be that NOTHING WILL GET DONE ON THE GROUND; and � Devastates the economies of a 4 state region with no basis in fact or professionally acceptable criteria. This Matters to all Americans! MAIL YOUR Comments by Thursday, Feb. 3rd. Be sure to mail your comments to: Northern Great Plains Planning Team, USDA, Forest Service, 125 North Main Street, Chadron, Nebraska 69337. You may send a fax to the Forest Service at: (308) 432-0309. Their E-mail address for comments is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: The American Land Rights Association care of Nancy O. Geehan, P. O. Box 722, Buffalo, Wyoming 82834. Phone: (307) 684-0722 - FAX (307) 684-0723, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You care about the future of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. This Forest Service comment period offers you and your neighbors an opportunity to give the FS a piece of your mind. Please do not fail to do your part. Take a few minutes to fill out your comment questionnaire. And be sure to write a comment or two in the box on the back. That makes the comments far more valuable in the eyes of the Forest Service. You can make photocopies and have your friends fill one out as well. The key is lots of public involvement. Your rights hang in the balance. Thank you in advance for your help and participation. Sincerely, Chuck Cushman P.S. There is no way to overstate how important it is that you take five minutes and fill out the enclosed comment questionnaire for the Forest Service Northern Great Plains Plan(s) Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement. There are legal benefits for you too. There is a legal concept called "latches" or "sleeping on your rights". If you fail to participate in the public comment process, you may lose valuable legal rights in the future. P.P.S. Please, make sure you mail your comments by the postmark deadline of Thursday, February 3rd. MAIL IT EVEN IF YOU RECEIVE IT LATE. IT IS LIKELY THE AGENCY WILL STILL ACCEPT YOUR COMMENTS. And remember, we would agree with all the statements on the questionnaire . . . but you don't have to. And one more thing. The date of February 3rd is no mistake. The Forest Service is using that date, not the 2nd. **You may be wondering how we came to receive your email address. Perhaps we met you at a conference or meeting, you visited our webpage or you returned a coupon from a mailing or fax alert. If you would like to be removed from the Land Rights Network, simply reply to the message and type remove in the subject line. 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