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ADMINISTRATION’S NEW ROADLESS AREAS POLICY
BREAKS PROMISES AND SENDS MESSAGE THAT
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT DOESN’T COUNT

EASTSIDE ECOSYSTEM COALITION OF COUNTIES (EECC) THREATENS WALKOUT FROM INTERIOR COLUMBIA BASIN ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN IF THE ADMINISTRATION GOES FORWARD WITH ITS ROADLESS/WILDERNESS POLICY

Finally, county commissioners representing the counties in the seven states covered by the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan (ICBEMP) appear to recognize that the Clinton/Gore Administration is not playing straight with ICBEMP.

If the Administration goes forward with its 2 year plus Roadless Areas Moratorium it send the strong signal that it doesn’t care what the county commissioners have to say. It will violate numerous promises and due process public comment notices and essentially bypass Congress. For example, the moratorium would:

To those living in states other than those covered by ICBEMP, the message is that Ecosystem Planning is coming to your area. If Clinton/Gore doesn’t get what they want there, then they’ll use a Presidential Edict of some kind to take away any rights they left at the negotiating table. Being reasonable doesn’t count.

All elected officials and organizations should view the Roadless/Wilderness Moratorium as a threat to any negotiated settlements you may have underway. You should do as the Eastside Ecosystem Coalition of Counties appears to be doing with ICBEMP. That is, draw a line in the sand. It says, "If you cross it we drop out of the process." If enough elected officials and organizations do that, the Clinton/Gore team may not move forward with that Roadless plan.

 

HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW!

  1. Call your Congressman (202-225–3121) and Senators (202-224-3121) to urge them to oppose the Roadless Areas plan. Ask them to send you a copy of their letter. They need to send the message to the Administration that they will take away funding for Clinton/Gore projects if the plan goes through.
  2. Urge your elected officials to call the White House.
  3. Call the White House yourself. There is a special list of internal White House numbers from our Global Warming fax in December. Click here to see that alert and the phone list. The White House call in line is (202) 456-1414. The fax number is (202) 456-2461. E-mail is: president@whitehouse.gov.
  4. Call your county commissioner if you live in an ICBEMP state. Urge him or her to drop out of the ICBEMP project if the Roadless areas plan goes forward (they should never have been part of it).
  5. If you are part of any negotiated process with the Administration, send the message that the Roadless Areas Plan will violate that process. Ask for your area to be exempted.

 

KEEP CALLING – THE COMMENT PERIOD ON THE INTERIM PLAN ENDS FEBRUARY 28

For More Information Contact:

American Land Rights Association
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