Land Rights Network
American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400 - Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 - Fax: 360-687-2973
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Address: http://www.landrights.org
Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE - Washington, DC 20003
Massive Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Land Grab Will Hurt You
-----The Washington State Senate has just had introduced again a bill (SB 5064) that would create in Washington the Yellowstone to Yukon to Eco-Region.
A huge amount of Washington State is affected.
Urgent Action By You Is Required
-----The bill says:
"SB 5064 -- Participating in the management of Washington's portion of the Yukon to Yellowstone Rocky mountain ecosystem."
This bill was introduced in 2008 and much to everyone's surprise, passed the Washington State Senate. So you cannot take your Senator for granted. You must deluge your Washington State Senator with phone calls and e-mails. Faxes too.
Why you should oppose SB 5064:
You can get the direct phone number for your Washington State Senator or Representative by calling 1-800-562-6000
"Proponents of protecting the Y2Y corridor say they want to foster the coexistence of humans and the ecosystem and hope to see land-use decisions in the region based primarily on ecological principles."
Y2Y will do great damage to ranchers, miners, forestry, farmers, and all kinds of other users? It would strangle rural communities with new regulations. A vast series of new series of land regulations will be imposed to control land use jeopardizing private property rights and economic growth.
-----This massive Eco-System land grab affects large portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
If Y2Y passes into law in Washington, it will set the stage to pass it into
law in the other states. People living in other states affected by Y2Y must get
in touch with their legislators immediately and head Y2Y off.
Here is the Greens former website with a map of Y2Y so you can get an idea of
how huge this proposal is.
This website does not always work now. If you have trouble, type Yellowstone To Yukon into Google and you'll find a source with a map show show you how big this proposal is.
Chuck Cushman
Executive Director
American Land Rights Association
[email protected]
-----Action Items:
-----1. Forward this message as widely as possible quickly.
-----2. Call, write and e-mail your Washington State Senator and Representatives and tell them they must oppose the Yellowstone to Yukon Wildlife Corridor Land grab. Call your neighbors and friends to alert them about this land grab and urge them to call too.
Here is the Washington Senate Hotline Number to ask for your Senators phone
number. (800) 562-6000. You can also call this number to get your Senator and
Representatives phone numbers.
We have attached the website information for the Washington State Legislature.
Look up the e-mail address and phone number for your Representatives.
Here's the link to the Washington State Senate and House Member Rosters.....
Shortcut to: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rosters/Members.aspx
http://www.leg.wa.gov/House - Find your Member by District
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/Members.htm
http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/rosters.asp
http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/contact.asp
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/ContactAdministration.htm
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/ContactMembers.htm
-----3. Call your Washington State Senators. Tell them that if this bill becomes
law, you will hold them personally responsible. You can look them up on the
Website below.
The Hotline number for your Senator is (800) 562-6000.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5318&year=2007
here is the bill text
http://www.washingtonvotes.com/RollCall.aspx?ID=257132
2009 Senate Bill 5064 (Participating in the management of Washington's portion
of the Yukon to Yellowstone Rocky mountain ecosystem.) (Senate Roll Call)
The following legislators voted for Senate Bill 5318 last year. Some are not
longer in the Senate. (Participating in the management of Washington's portion
of the Yellowstone to Yukon Rocky mountain ecosystem.):
Brown (D)
Eide (D)
Fairley (D)
Franklin (D)
Fraser (D)
Hargrove (D)
Hatfield (D)
Haugen (D)
Hobbs (D)
Jacobsen (D)
Kastama (D)
Kauffman (D)
Keiser (D)
Kilmer (D)
Kline (D)
Kohl-Welles (D)
Marr (D)
McAuliffe (D)
McDermott (D)
Murray (D)
Oemig (D)
Prentice (D)
Pridemore (D)
Rasmussen (D)
Regala (D)
Rockefeller (D)
Shin (D)
Spanel (D)
Tom (D)
Weinstein (D)
The following legislators voted against Senate Bill 5318 in 2008. Some are not
in the Senate this year. (Participating in the management of Washington's
portion of the Yukon to Yellowstone Rocky mountain ecosystem.):
Benton (R)
Berkey (D)
Brandland (R)
Carrell (R)
Delvin (R)
Hewitt (R)
Holmquist (R)
Honeyford (R)
King (R)
McCaslin (R)
Morton (R)
Parlette (R)
Pflug (R)
Roach (R)
Schoesler (R)
Sheldon (D)
Stevens (R)
Swecker (R)
Zarelli (R)
Background:
Excerpt from Rep. Joel Kretz Press Release Feb 18, 2008
Kretz thinks bill to authorize Y2Y territory is harebrained.
Shaking his head in exasperation, Rep. Joel Kretz today said he's never seen
such harebrained legislation in all his years.
Senate Bill 5318 would create the Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor (Y2Y). The measure was the subject of debate in the Senate recently.
Kretz said Senate Bill 5318 (Now SB 5064), which would require American fish and wildlife officials to work with their Canadian counterparts to protect a massive wildlife corridor known as the Yukon to Yellowstone Eco-Region, has raised ire in his district. The 2,000-mile-long swath includes the entire northeast corner of Washington, most of Idaho and much of Montana.
"The plan to auction off the Seventh District to be part of the Yukon to Yellowstone wildlife corridor is pure idiocy!" exclaimed Kretz. "What would the reaction be if the Legislature created an urban Washington wildlife corridor to make sure that grizzlies and other dangerous wildlife could roam free from British Columbia to Olympia."
Kretz added that maybe then, they would leave the little coyote in Seattle and the opossums on the governor's lawn alone.
Kretz said he's convinced the governor's and Democrat's "One Washington" plan is solely about King County. He said the Y2Y bill, sponsored by a King County Democrat, is a prime example. The entire 7th District is included in the Y2Y plan, with Spokane being the "capital" of the region, he said.
The Nature Conservancy, working with several other environmental groups, was in Olympia this year asking for $5.5 million to purchase land in the Okanogan-Similkameen area of Okanogan County, which is one of two parts in the effort to turn the 7th District into one big wildlife corridor.
The funding, according to information presented to lawmakers, would "begin the work to secure an ecologically viable wildlife corridor, linking the North Cascades with the Okanogan Highlands and the Selkirk Mountains through conservation easements and acquisition. The letter continues, "the project will help secure 10,000 acres of this 80,000 [acre] corridor and provide long-term protection for threatened and endangered species - including wide ranging carnivores and 24 other species..."
If the wildlife corridor bill were to pass, Kretz said it would devastate his district.
"Property values would plummet and dangerous wildlife would be free to attack children, pets and livestock," explained Kretz. "Folks that own their land would basically be renting it from an out-of-town environmental group."
-----New Washington State Representative Shelly Short was a House Staff
Member in 2008 and played a major role in educating House members and
organizations like American Land Rights about the threat from the Yellowstone to
Yukon Corridor Eco-System Land Grab.
-----Updated list of Washington State Senators including phone numbers and
e-mail addresses.
Senator Randi Becker (R) 360-786-7602 - [email protected]
Senator Don Benton (R) 360-786-7632 - [email protected]
Senator Jean Berkey (D) 360-786-7674 - [email protected]
Sen. Dale Brandland (R) 360-786-7682 [email protected]
Senator Lisa Brown (D) 360-786-7682 - [email protected]
Senator Mike Carrell (R) 360-786-7654 - [email protected]
Sen. Jerome Delvin (R) 360-786-7614 - [email protected]
Senator Tracey Eide (D) -- 360-786-7658 - [email protected]
Sen. Darlene Fairley (D) 360-786-7662 - [email protected]
Senator Rosa Franklin (D) 360-786-7656 - [email protected]
Senator Karen Fraser (D) -- 360-786-7642 -- [email protected]
Sen. James Hargrove (D) 360-786-7646 - [email protected]
Senator Brian Hatfield (D) 360-786-7636 - [email protected]
Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D) 360-786-7618 -
[email protected]
Senator Mike Hewitt (R) 360-786-7630 - [email protected]
Senator Steve Hobbs (D) 360-786-7686 - [email protected]
Sen. Janéa Holmquist (R) 360-786-7624 - [email protected]
Sen. Jim Honeyford (R) 360-786-7684 - [email protected]
Senator Ken Jacobsen (D) 360-786-7890 - [email protected]
Senator Fred Jarrett (D) 360-786-7641 - [email protected]
Senator Jim Kastama (D) 360-786-7648 -- [email protected]
Senator Claudia Kauffman (D) 360-786-7692
Senator Karen Keiser (D) 360-786-7664 [email protected]
Senator Derek Kilmer (D) 360-786-7650 - [email protected]
Senator Curtis King (R) 360-786-7626 - [email protected]
Senator Adam Kline (D) 360-786-7688 - [email protected]
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D) 360-786-7670 -
[email protected]
Senator Chris Marr (D) 360-786-7610 - [email protected]
Senator Rosemary McAuliffe (D) 360-786-7600 -
[email protected]
Senator Bob McCaslin (R) 360-786-7606 - [email protected]
Sen. Joe McDermott (D) 360-786-7667 - [email protected]
Senator Bob Morton (R) 360-786-7612 - [email protected]
Senator Ed Murray (D) 360-786-7628 - [email protected]
Senator Eric Oemig (D) 360-786-7672 - [email protected]
Senator Linda Evans Parlette (R) 360-786-7622 -
[email protected]
Senator Cheryl Pflug (R) 360-786-7608 - [email protected]
Senator Margarita Prentice (D) 360-786-7616 -
[email protected]
Sen. Craig Pridemore (D) 360-786-7696 - [email protected]
Senator Kevin Ranker (D) 360-786-7678 - [email protected]
Sen. Debbie Regala (D) 360-786-7652 - [email protected]
Senator Pam Roach (R) 360-786-7660 - [email protected]
Senator Phil Rockefeller (D) 360-786-7644 - [email protected]
Senator Mark Schoesler (R) 360-786-7620 - [email protected]
Senator Tim Sheldon (D) 360-786-7668 - [email protected]
Senator Paull Shin (D) 360-786-7640 - [email protected]
Senator Val Stevens (R) 360-786-7676 - [email protected]
Senator Dan Swecker (R) 360-786-7638 - [email protected]
Senator Rodney Tom (D) 360-786-7694 - [email protected]
Senator Joseph Zarelli (R) 360-786-7634 - [email protected]
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