FJ Cruisers of Northern California

You can help to oppose the California Desert Protection Act of 2010

Written by Robert Reed

Thursday, 25 March 2010 08:01

You can help fight the closure of public lands:

Download and circulate the below petition and get as many signatures as possible.
Make as many copies as necessary.
Return the completed petitions to:
No on S2921c/o CA4WDC
8120 36th Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95824
Out of state signatures are also very important, so get your friends and relatives to help.
Return petitions to the above address ASAP. We expect to react quickly when the Bill starts to move and will need as many signatures as possible.
Sign only once.

I just copied this from their web site. GO here to sign the petition:

http://www.cal4wheel.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti...

Join the fight today !!!

Boss

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Permalink Reply by DWH on March 30, 2010 at 9:37pm

Signed it.

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on March 30, 2010 at 9:48pm

Signed.

Will print some out too.

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on March 30, 2010 at 9:57pm

Right on !!!

Pass them out and get them signed..

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Permalink Reply by Bozly on March 30, 2010 at 10:08pm

Will Do!!!

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Permalink Reply by Markie Sharkie on March 30, 2010 at 11:28pm

Signed it.

Got my roommate to sign it too, hahaha.

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Permalink Reply by PBn'FJ on March 30, 2010 at 11:44pm

Signed it, thanks for posting this Boss

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on March 31, 2010 at 5:18am

Thanks to all for signing..

Its my goal to have every member of this site sign the petition..

Come on Nor-cal step up and sign to help keep our trails open !!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by manoweb on March 31, 2010 at 1:06pm

Boss, could you provide more info about this act? I could not find what it would mean.

Of course, I am against all this but - before signing anything I want to understand.

By the way - can non-citizens sign too? Or is it forbidden?

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on March 31, 2010 at 1:09pm

Hmm thats good point about non-citizen.. I am not really sure. I will have to look into that.

Let me see if I can find some more info on it..

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on March 31, 2010 at 1:24pm

This should explain it better. It looks like your favorite place will be effective..

Issue:
If enacted the California Desert Protection Act of 2010 (S2921) will:
• Create the Mojave Trails National Monument containing ~941,000 acres.
• Create the Sand to Snow National Monument containing ~134,000 acres.
• Set aside a minimum of 200,000 acres as “mitigation lands” to provide for alternative
energy projects. This will likely exclude recreation in these areas.
• Add ~90,000 acres to Death Valley National Park
• Create new wilderness areas totaling ~300,000 acres in BLM, USFS, and NPS managed
Lands
• NOT protect Johnson Valley from the Marine Corps expansion.
This bill WILL have an adverse effect on recreation opportunities and public access in
California. Access for mining, recreation, and other uses will be curtailed. While not yet fully
understood, it is believed that at least 400 miles of roads in the new wilderness areas and
monuments will be closed.
Supporters of the bill state that Rasor OHV Area, Stoddard Wells OHV Area, El Mirage OHV
Area, Spangler Hills OHV Area, and a portion of the Johnson Valley OHV Area are all slated to
receive a congressional designation as OHV areas. It can be argued as to what this means as
these areas are already OHV areas, and there is no guarantee that they will remain open and
unaffected. There is also no compensation for the areas that will be closed.

CA4WDC Position:
The California Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs is OPPOSED to S2921 in its present form.
We oppose legislation that restricts the public’s access to public lands. We oppose the creation
of new wilderness areas and National Monuments that withdraw lands from public access and
close existing routes. We oppose the creation of new wilderness areas that do not meet the
standards of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which established the National Wilderness Preservation
System. We also oppose legislation that attempts to indiscriminately close any area or route of
travel without verification of the economic impact to the area.
Contacts / Additional information:
Harry Baker Robert Reed
(818)705-3930 (925)784-4702
bakerhab@aol.com robertreed5@comcast.net