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Didn't there used to be a 'Land use' forum on DRN? I don't see it. This should go there....anyway.....
Senate Bill 990 known as CARA or the Conservation and Reinvestment Act sounds like a terrific thing! They want to take royalties from off shore gas/oil production to...
Note the 'other purposes' part??
One of those would be to expand the Endangered Species Act to include AT RISK species in addition to 'threatened' and 'endangered' species.
You wanna see riding areas disappear from the face of the earth?
Remember the spotted owl hoo-rah from the environmentalist whackos? Those poor owls could survive ONLY in old growth forest, right? Of course, after wood production was brought to a complete halt from that and other lawsuits, spotted owls were found nesting in K-Mart signs? And I've seen a nesting pair myself IN MY FRONT YARD..which doesn't have any old growth timber around for miles! Only land that has been logged and re-logged and then logged again over the past couple centuries.
And then you hear that the prairie dog ...the PRAIRIE DOG for crin' out loud...is an 'at risk' species.
Here's a news bulletin for 'ya! You won't be riding in ANY conservationally 'sensitive' area!! Just this summer we had way over 500,000 acres go UP IN SMOKE..largely due to the whackos not wanting fire equipment to hurt the poor little tiger lilly!!
Well, CARA having passed the house (when noone was even there!) it was before the lame duck senate. All it had to do was pass by a couple of votes at 2:00 in the a.m. and it would be on its way to being LAW!!
It didn't make it. There was a concerted effort by groups like Landrights to have citizens call their senators to put a hold on this bill....to stop it from becoming law.
I realize I'm preaching some here...but if riders don't pay attention, there will be NO more places to ride...SOON!!
In a local riding area a water study was just completed. Where we ride was found to have the cleanest water of the entire study area. This has been a riding area for DECADES!!. Great?? Think so???
The whacko response was to attempt to restrict the area because they wanted to ensure that it STAYED clean.
huh? That makes sense...how???
Be informed, or be deprived. Pay attention or you'll be a-snoozin' while yur loozin'!!
You wanna ride a bike like THIS!!?? Maybe in your DRIVEWAY??
(Actually, I think it's kinda cute! ..reportedly from damon pendarvis)
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I've got TWO 'weenies'.
...and they're BOTH in cells!! Everybody should wear a pair!!
Senate Bill 990 known as CARA or the Conservation and Reinvestment Act sounds like a terrific thing! They want to take royalties from off shore gas/oil production to...
... meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people, and for other purposes.
Note the 'other purposes' part??
One of those would be to expand the Endangered Species Act to include AT RISK species in addition to 'threatened' and 'endangered' species.
You wanna see riding areas disappear from the face of the earth?
Remember the spotted owl hoo-rah from the environmentalist whackos? Those poor owls could survive ONLY in old growth forest, right? Of course, after wood production was brought to a complete halt from that and other lawsuits, spotted owls were found nesting in K-Mart signs? And I've seen a nesting pair myself IN MY FRONT YARD..which doesn't have any old growth timber around for miles! Only land that has been logged and re-logged and then logged again over the past couple centuries.
And then you hear that the prairie dog ...the PRAIRIE DOG for crin' out loud...is an 'at risk' species.
Here's a news bulletin for 'ya! You won't be riding in ANY conservationally 'sensitive' area!! Just this summer we had way over 500,000 acres go UP IN SMOKE..largely due to the whackos not wanting fire equipment to hurt the poor little tiger lilly!!
Well, CARA having passed the house (when noone was even there!) it was before the lame duck senate. All it had to do was pass by a couple of votes at 2:00 in the a.m. and it would be on its way to being LAW!!
It didn't make it. There was a concerted effort by groups like Landrights to have citizens call their senators to put a hold on this bill....to stop it from becoming law.
I realize I'm preaching some here...but if riders don't pay attention, there will be NO more places to ride...SOON!!
In a local riding area a water study was just completed. Where we ride was found to have the cleanest water of the entire study area. This has been a riding area for DECADES!!. Great?? Think so???
The whacko response was to attempt to restrict the area because they wanted to ensure that it STAYED clean.
huh? That makes sense...how???
Be informed, or be deprived. Pay attention or you'll be a-snoozin' while yur loozin'!!
You wanna ride a bike like THIS!!?? Maybe in your DRIVEWAY??
(Actually, I think it's kinda cute! ..reportedly from damon pendarvis)
***edit***
I've got TWO 'weenies'.
...and they're BOTH in cells!! Everybody should wear a pair!!
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