[Allen]

The guys at the BRC sent me an e-mail about these guys

The PEW

@so called leaveitwild.org

They are one of those EXTREME groups that want that big CLOSED sign at the first tree in the forest!

On their website they have one of those liberal letter to the government pages and this is the default letter:

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I'm writing to request that you restore the BLM wilderness inventory process established by Section 201 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act, and suspended by former Secretary Gail Norton. Your agency manages vast acres of our public lands, including marvelous sagebrush landscapes, intimate canyons, and sweeping tundra. There are many spectacular gems that merit consideration to become Wilderness Study Areas, and I'd like to see the BLM take stock of such areas.

Specifically, I ask that you please develop a wilderness guidance policy that enables the BLM to inventory and identify potential wilderness. Such areas should be protected in the interim until Congress has the ability to act on them. And finally, a mechanism should be provided for the BLM to deliver these inventories to Congress for review.

I am grateful for what you have already accomplished on behalf of our public lands, and I hope that you can add this to your growing list of achievements. Reestablishing BLM's wilderness inventory process will give some of the nation's most majestic areas a chance at wilderness designation, for the benefit of future generations.

Shame on them! To think that their actions could end your abillity to VISIT these natural places because they want to make it so you'll have to WALK there from the front gate of the forest! Imagine a 300,000 acre national forest and you have to walk it to see it!


So anyway! Here is the EDITED letter I sent from THEIR website!

To: Secretary Ken Salazar

I'm writing to request sincerly that you do not restore the BLM wilderness inventory process established by Section 201 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act suspended by former Secretary Gail Norton. Your agency manages vast acres of our public lands, including marvelous vacation destinations, historical trails, and many diverse sights that people travel to every weekend. There are many spectacular gems that should be left as is "open to the public", and I'd like to see the BLM support the efforts to keep it "as is".

Specifically, I ask that you please develop a wilderness policy that maintains the current BLM pollicy to protect and maintain open public land as such. Such areas should be left open to the public unless Congress acts to redesignate them as protected. And finally, funding should be provided for the BLM to properly maintain these diverse open public lands so that all can enjoy them.

I am grateful for what you have already undertaken on behalf of the public, and I hope that you can add protecting these lands from extremists who would like to close all lands and call them "Wilderness" to your growing list of achievements. Reestablishing uncontrolled wilderness designation will only hurt our country. Billions of dollars worth of US income is provided by family buisness supported by tourists, camping, OHV use, fishing, recreation, and similar functions all possible on BLM's land, and this right to use this land should be protected for future generations. Wilderness Protection was established to protect the MOST SPECIAL and WONDERFUL areas we have. Not just all open areas.

Allen McMurtrie
Administraor
www.jeep-trails.com

I'm hoping that some greenie will somehow discover this while reading the letters or logs!