Govt. Land Grab-Need your help!

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Subject: Action Needed! Please help


The latest news is that because the bailout failed in the House, Senator
Reid is most likely going to move HR 5151 this week. So call your Senators
today!!!! Also, there is still a chance that other bills will be put in
and one might well be CIEDRA.

The message below is from Chuck Cushman and although it is rather long,
please take the time to read it and to act!

Please call your Senators and tell them to oppose HR 5151

Or you can call one number in DC and leave a message for both Senators:
202.224.3121

Tell them politely that you oppose HR 5151

This is just a sample of what is in the bill:

Lewis and Clark Mt. Hood Wilderness Act (H.R. 6290)
Beaver Basin Wilderness Act (S. 3017)
California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act of 2008 (H.R. 3682)
Copper Salmon Wilderness Act (S. 2034)
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act (H.R.
6162, S. 3065)
National Landscape Conservation System Act (S. 1139)
Oregon Badlands Wilderness Act of 2008 (S. 3088)
Owyhee Public Land Management Act of 2008 (S. 2833)
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act (S.1380)
Sabinoso Wilderness Act (H.R. 2632)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness Act (H.R. 3022)
Spring Basin Wilderness Act of 2008 (S. 3089)
Virginia Ridge and Valley Act (S. 570)

-----This is an all out call to action.

-----1. Please forward this e-mail as widely and quickly as possible.

-----2. You must call it the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill going under
the House number HR 5151. It includes the NLCS. It is urgent that you
call both your Senators immediately. Tell them you will hold them responsible
in the election if the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the NLCS passes.

-----3. Tell him about the investigation by the Interior Department
Inspector General into what appears to be illegal activities by BLM NLCS
staff. Ask that the NLCS be removed from the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill at least until the Interior Department Inspector General's report is completed.

-----4. Any Senator can put a "hold" on a bill and stop it or at least
delay it for a few days.

More Action Items below.


Dear Ally:

You need to act fast. Congress is rushing to pass bills without carefully
reading them or analyzing their threat to you. Your calls, faxes and
E-mails to your Congressman and both Senators are critical to pressure your
legislator to look carefully at these dangerous bills.

They are the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill (HR 5151.

-----Your next week must be devoted to calling, faxing and e-mailing both
Senators and your Congressman at least once a day or more about the Senate
Omnibus Federal Land Bill and HR 2421.

All Senators may be called at (202) 224-3121. Any Congressman may be
called
at (202) 225-3121. Call your neighbors, friends and business associates
also. This is an all out call to action.

When you call, get their e-mail and fax number of the staff person who
handles the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill in the Senate and HR 2421 in the
House.

Congress is in a rush to pass legislation and they're very short of time.
You can be sure they will not have time to read carefully the many bills
they will have to vote on.

-----This is the time when bad legislation that hurts you passes Congress.

-----The Senate vote on the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill will come in
the next few days. It could happen later if Congress does not go home
right away. That's the new Omnibus Federal Lands Bill (HR 5151). It is
also called the giant Public Land Management Act of 2008, which includes
the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).

-----It also includes numerous new Wilderness areas and has been increased
in size to 190 other Federal lands and parks bills put together as one
giant omnibus bill. Think of it as the Omnibus Federal Lands NLCS bill.

Imagine Congress passing 190 bills at one time in a huge Federal Lands
Omnibus bill. That is what is going to happen if you fail to act.

Call Now! Congressional staff will be there and they must hear from you
quickly.

-----I cannot overstate how critical the NLCS is to you. The NLCS was
created in 2000 by Bruce Babbitt. The NLCS has sat quietly for eight years
as the Democrats waited under the radar for an opportunity to pass it
through Congress and make it permanent.

-----The NLCS will impose a preservationist National Park type regulatory
overlay over 26,000,000 acres of BLM land including all BLM National
Monuments, Wild and Scenic Rivers, Wilderness Study Areas and much more.

-----Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) plans to add 6,000,000 acres of the
California Desert to the bill taking it up to 32,000,0000 acres.

It threatens access and use by property owners, ranchers, miners, forestry
advocates, recreationists and many other Federal land users.

With fall here, the Democrat promoters of these land grab bills hope you
will be distracted by the election and other things and not paying
attention.

There will be so many bills rushed to a vote that many Senators and
Congressmen will not have time to read them. That means your friends in
Congress could easily allow bills to pass that would threaten you. They
would not be aware of it.

-----Your Senator may not notice a threat to you in the 190 different bills
included in the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.

-----Tell your Senator to oppose any Omnibus Bill (HR 5151) that puts a
bunch of bills together (190 separate bills). You get locked out if they
package the bills in an Omnibus bill. Oppose any omnibus bill.

You must raise the devil over this kind of back room, dark of night double
dealing. It is undemocratic and you must make sure your Senator gets
credit
for voting for the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill if he or she does. They must
know and be told by you that you are watching this vote before the
election.



Action Items (Part 2)

-----1. Call, fax or e-mail both your Senators at least once a day or more
to ask them to oppose the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill. Get the
e-mail
and fax number for the staff person who handles Federal lands. All
Senators
may be called at (202) 224-3121.

-----2. Get a commitment from your Senator that he or she will oppose the
new Omnibus Federal Lands Bill including the 26,000,000 acre BLM NLCS and
all the new Wilderness areas. Senator Feinstein (D-CA) will add 6,000,000
acres of the California Desert to the NLCS.

-----3. Ask for the e-mail and fax of the staff person. Be sure to fax or
e-mail a letter weekly to both your Senators opposing the Senate Omnibus
Federal Lands Bill.

-----4.; Everyone should oppose this new way the Senate is passing bills
by packaging them into huge omnibus bills where so many Senators have a bill
included that nobody looks closely at the other parts of the overall bill.
Tell them you want votes on each individual bill and they must read each
bill.

A copy of my e mail for your convience:

We oppose HR 5151

1. I am e mailing you in reference to the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill going under
the House number HR 5151. It includes the NLCS. I will hold you responsible
in the election if the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the NLCS passes.

2. Do not forget about the investigation by the Interior Department
Inspector General into what appears to be illegal activities by BLM NLCS
staff. I am asking that the NLCS be removed from the Senate Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill at least until the Interior Department Inspector General's report is completed.

3. Any Senator can put a "hold" on a bill and stop it or at least delay it for a few days,
I expect your help.

4. Senator we oppose any Omnibus Bill (HR 5151) that puts a
bunch of bills together (190 separate bills). You get locked out if they
package the bills in an Omnibus bill. I Oppose any omnibus bill.

5. This is nothing more than back room, dark of night double
dealing. It is undemocratic and I must make sure you will get
credit for voting on the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill . I will watching
this vote before the election.

6. I would like a commitment from you that You will oppose the
new Omnibus Federal Lands Bill including the 26,000,000 acre BLM NLCS and
all the new Wilderness areas. Senator Feinstein (D-CA) will add 6,000,000
acres of the California Desert to the NLCS.


7. Please respond by e-mail of the staff person as to your intentions on the above Omnibus Bill (HR 5151)

8. Everyone I have talked to opposes this new way the Senate is passing bills
by packaging them into huge omnibus bills where so many Senators have a bill
included that nobody looks closely at the other parts of the overall bill.
I want votes on each individual bill and they must read each bill !