[at-l] More Wilderness Protection

[KGJ]

The road through the Izembek NWR is indeed not supported by refuge supporters.  But it isn't a road to nowhere.  It connects a small village to a larger town with an airport.  That connection is now only by air or water.  (refuge supporters have bitterly fought this road).  The bill encompasses, for example, The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act, which has wide local and bipartisan support.  
Jim Lynch
P   Save A Tree; don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rcli4 at comcast.net 
  To: Sly 
  Cc: gamountainwoman at yahoo.com ; at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:13 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] More Wilderness Protection


  Since folks on this list have decided that a trail supported by the federal govt. and the environment have nothing to do with hiking, we should not be discussing this on this list.  I won't let liberal propaganda go unoppossed but I can't argue specifics on this list.  I told you to send responses off list to Frank Looper.

  Clyde

  PS Jim, Think US protectorates, there lies your answers

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    From: Sly <hikertrash at gmail.com> 
    Huh?  Looks like the Democratic senate is trying to pass the measure, not Dumbya.

    Sly

    rcli4 at comcast.net wrote: 
      This kinda of Republican bashing is gonna be hard to maintain with a democrat pres, and congress.  What will all the folks have to bitch about.  Try some TRUTH.  George W Bush the idiot and earth raper just protected more  earth then any person in the history of the earth.  Contemplate that and send all responses off list to Frank Looper.  I am a supporter of truth, Frank supports the Bush administration  :>))

      Clyde

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        From: Georgiamountainwoman <gamountainwoman at yahoo.com> 


              WASHINGTON - Congress is considering whether to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness in an early showdown that threatens to derail pledges by Senate leaders to work cooperatively as a new administration takes office.

              The largest expansion of wilderness protection in 25 years has bipartisan support and would include California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, Oregon's Mount Hood, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and parts of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia.

              The bill was scuttled last year after objections from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who said spending in the bill was excessive - nearly $4 billion over five years. Now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is seeking a rare Sunday vote in an apparent effort to punish Coburn and antagonize his GOP colleagues.

              The scheduled Sunday session would try to limit GOP stalling tactics and move the bill forward.

              Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said the measure represents years of work by lawmakers from many states and both parties. The legislation combines about 160 bills covering nearly every state.

              Besides new wilderness designations - the highest level of government protection for public lands - the bill would designate the childhood home of former President Bill Clinton in Hope, Ark., as a national historic site and expand protections for dozens of national parks, rivers and water resources.

              In a statement, Coburn said the "earmark-laden" measure "makes a mockery of voters' hopes for change."

              For example, Coburn said, the bill includes $3 million for a "road to nowhere" through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; $460 million for a water project designed to save 500 salmon in California; and $3.5 million to help celebrate the 450th birthday of St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015.

              Environmental groups also oppose the Alaska road. The rest of the bill, they say, would be a huge accomplishment for Congress.


             




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            Subject: [at-l] More Wilderness Protection 
            From: Georgiamountainwoman <gamountainwoman at yahoo.com> 
            Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:24:41 +0000 
            To: at-l at backcountry.net 
            To: at-l at backcountry.net 


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