Dear Members,
Our Friends at Citizens for Balanced Uses have prepared the following alert on the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Management Act which is coming back up in the US Congress for a hearing. We urge you to read their material and call your Congressman as directed below to stop this taking of private property.
 

Citizens for Balanced Use MORE WILDERNESS COMING HR 980

The old Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) is coming back with a new number. HR980, if passed, will designate 24 million acres of new wilderness in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Eastern Oregon. The bill is scheduled to be heard on May 5th in front of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands subcommittee. Please take the time to contact this committee. Fax the subcommittee pictures and testimony of how and why these areas are important to you and your family. The maps of new wilderness contained in this bill are at the following link: maps If this bill passes congress, you can say goodbye to multiple use!   Members of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands 1333 Longworth House Office Building (202) 226-7736 Fax: (202) 226-2301 Mr. Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona, Chairman Mr. Rob Bishop, Utah, Ranking Republican Member Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Grace F. Napolitano, California Rush D. Holt, New Jersey Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam Dan Boren, Oklahoma Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon Maurice D. Hinchey, New York Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Diana DeGette, Colorado Ron Kind, Wisconsin Lois Capps, California Jay Inslee, Washington Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota John P. Sarbanes, Maryland Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts Pedro R. Pierluisi, Puerto Rico Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia (ex officio)  Don Young, Alaska Elton Gallegly, California John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Jeff Flake, Arizona Henry E. Brown, Jr., South Carolina Louie Gohmert, Texas Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania Robert J. Wittman, Virginia Paul C. Broun, Georgia Mike Coffman, Colorado Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming Tom McClintock, California Doc Hastings, Washington (ex officio) Members of congress far removed from the federally managed public land in Montana need to be educated and who better to do this than us. Many times, by putting a personal touch to a message, we all can make an impact on our lawmakers. Thank You for doing your part! Kerry White CBU