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Staff
Chuck Cushman
Founder and Executive Director
Chuck is, himself, a park inholder. When his cabin and other private property owners in the community of Wawona in Yosemite National Park were threatened with "land acquisition" in 1972, he fought back and won. Others across the country heard about his success. They asked for his help in their own situations. And, as they say, the rest is history.
Chuck also is a permittee in the Klamath National Forest in Northern California; a former member of the National Park System Advisory Board under President Reagan; and co-founder of not only ALRA but the League of Private Property Voters and the Grassroots ESA Coalition.
The press has nicknamed Chuck "Desert Fox" and "Mr. Rent-A-Riot" as a result of his aggressive and successful efforts to protect landowners and permittees from overreaching Federal, State and other land-use controllers.
E-mail: ccushman@pacifier.com
Mike Hardiman Washington, DC Lobbyist
Mike Hardiman is the President of Hardiman Consulting, a government affairs and public relations firm based in Washington, DC. Founded in 1999, it specializes in land use and environmental issues and grassroots organizing. Clients have included the American Land Rights Association, American Trucking Association, National Federation of Independent Business, American Conservative Union, recreational access groups and property owners having conflicts with federal agencies.He was a congressional staffer for seven years working on endangered species and other natural resources issues and as a press secretary. He was chief of staff for a state legislator in the 1980s, helping to steer eleven bills and a statewide ballot initiative into law. He also has extensive political campaign experience in federal, state, municipal and special district elections. He was named Advocate of the Year by the Property Rights Foundation of America for his leadership role in defeating a $47 billion land acquisition trust fund proposed in Congress.Hardiman has been quoted in major media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and BBC, interviewed by all major cable television news networks and is a regular on talk radio. His creative street theatre at public events has earned extensive media coverage.Mike is a private property inholder in the Southern California desert. He was a cofounder of two volunteer landowner groups advocating private property rights and multiple use of public lands, in New Jersey and California.Contact: Michael Hardiman - 507 Seward Square, SE - Washington DC 20003 - phone 202-329-3574 - fax 202-543-7126 – email landrightsnet@yahoo.com
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