Wanna know the best way to help save Pismo Beach from the whacko's at CBD? Attend a party!!
The Friends of Oceano Dunes "FoOD" is hosting their 8th annual "Save Pismo Beach" Crab Feed Fundraiser.
FoOD is doing excellent work fighting the wacko's over at the Center
for Biological Diversity, and the Crab Feed sounds like a BLAST!! Also,
check out the raffle car on their website. George Wuerthner would have
a cow!!
Greenie Hypocrisy Exposed in California
Isn't this nice? In a secret deal an oil company agreed to pay several
radical greenie groups $100,000, in exchange for their willingness to
lobby for drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara. The deal also
included 3,900 acres donated to the Trust for Public Lands. Sheesh....
Oil Company Paid $100K to Conservationists in Deal
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9635356
Read the whole sordid story here:
Excloo: Secret Agreement on T-Ridge Revealed
http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/01/excloo-secret-agreement-on-t-ridge-revealed/
IDAHO:
Greenies again target OHV users with yet another lawsuit in Idaho. No
amount of closures made by the U.S. Forest Service seems to satisfy
Idaho's "conservation community." Their latest lawsuit is against the
new travel plan on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. This makes two
ongoing lawsuits in Idaho against new travel plans, travel plans that
CLOSED trails, I might ad. Rhetorical question of the day: will there
ever be enough closures to satisfy these people?
Lawsuit challenges forest's motorized vehicle plan
http://www.nwcn.com/news/idaho/Lawsuit-challenges-forests-motorized-vehicle-plan-82516612.html
Lawsuit challenges forest's motorized vehicle plan
http://www.idahostatesman.com/idahonews/story/1052758.html
In somewhat related
news, we have an object lesson from Virginia on what happens when the
greenies get their way on FS travel plans. Lawsuit after lawsuit ends
up concentrating OHV into teeny tiny trail systems, thereby actually
INCREASING environmental damage. Naturally, there's only one solution
for that.... close it all.
Forest Service closes Botetourt County's Patterson Mountain ATV trail system
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/234029
COLORADO:
We'll put this story in the highly recommended category. Its a Glenwood
Springs Post Independent story that attempts to give the ohv/snowmobile
perspective on the Hidden Gems Wilderness bill.
The missing facet of the Hidden Gems
http://alturl.com/xj9z
Also...
Summit County fire officials wary about proposed new wilderness
They want to ensure Hidden Gems wilderness proposal doesn't create fire risks
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20100122/NEWS/100129858/1078&ParentProfile=1062
Also from Colorado:
Decision to Allow Motorcycles on Trails Near Rico Overturned
http://alturl.com/geq4
NEBRASKA - SOUTH DAKOTA
In the "how much Wilderness is enough?" category, we have a new
Wilderness proposal for the Buffalo Gap National Grassland in Nebraska.
Sen. Tim Johnson backs wilderness designation in Buffalo Gap National Grassland
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_5dc44d9c-0559-11df-a99d-001cc4c03286.html
OREGON:
Forest Service shares plan for Siskiyou travel
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100121/NEWS/1210315
And...
Group eyes ATV routes near Florence
http://alturl.com/mffp
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story and settle down for a trip down the rabbit hole!!
Tester's forest jobs bill: Bill is true collaborative effort
http://alturl.com/qk2h