We may lose Moab......
DURBIN TO REINTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT AMERICA'S RED ROCK WILDERNESS (MOAB)
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today that he will introduce legislation in the Senate this week to protect America's Red Rock Wilderness, approximately 9.4 million acres of spectacular and rare wilderness in southern Utah. Currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the agency is not prohibited from selling, leasing or building roads in parts of this publicly held land. An identical bill was introduced in the House by U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today.
"Sunday is Earth Day and it is a fitting opportunity for all Americans to rededicate themselves to protecting our nation's natural resources," Durbin said. "I encourage the Senate to do its part as well by supporting the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, critical legislation that will preserve a national treasure for future generations of Americans."
Durbin's bill would designate 9.4 millions acres in Utah as wilderness under the 1964 Wilderness Act. The bill provides wilderness protection for wildlands, which include steep red rock canyons, enormous arches and towering cliffs with spectacular vistas of unmatched sandstone landscapes. Hidden within this expansive setting are world-renowned archeological sites and habitat for rare plant and animal species. These areas are a haven for those seeking solace in nature, including hikers, backpackers and recreationists.
The lands designated as wilderness in Durbin and Hinchey's legislation were primarily identified through a detailed and extensive public inventory of BLM lands conducted by volunteers from the Utah Wilderness Coalition. By designating certain areas as wilderness, the bill protects them from new commercial enterprise/development, oil and gas exploration, motorized/mechanized vehicles, and road building. Non-consumptive uses such as hunting, fishing, camping, backpacking, hiking, and horseback riding are permitted under the legislation. "I believe it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these fragile lands of magnificent beauty, which already belong to the public, do not fall victim to oil, gas and mining interests, increased commercial development, and proposals to construct roads, utility lines, and dams. We are the stewards of these creations and our legislation will help achieve this important goal," Durbin concluded.
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Re: We may lose Moab......
Call me a skeptic, but this bill stinks of political 'quid pro quo'!
Sen. Orin Hatch of UT is a pretty powerful senator, yet he does not introduce this bill...prolly political suicide. So cronies from NY and IL, introduce this bill.
Whilst, I imagine Sen. Hatch will introduce 'unpopular' bills affecting NY and IL.
In the past and present it was the private ownership of firearms that they sought to restrict, and all us gun owners told others that YOUR SPORT will be next if we don't STOP FEDERAL and STATE infringement, at OUR drawn line in the sand. No one assisted... We are in battles left and right.
Now it is 4x4's in the balance... It was only a matter of time...
Yet this IDIOT was elected??? Moreover, the DEMS were put into POWER in Congress by the VOTERS. What are we to say to this?
Do you really think D1ck Durban gives a rats a$$ about the 4x4 community when the Earth Day GAIA worshippers have him in their financial pocket?
Behold the future..........
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I know it's already been said, but as a Utah resident, I can't tell you how ridiculous this is that guys from IL and NJ who likely have never been to Utah at all, let alone Moab, are introducing legislation that affects me where I live and pay taxes.
Dick Durbin is the most aptly named elected demorcrat working today. Having recently escaped his regime in Illinois I can confidently say that he is an absolute disgrace to our country, our fighting forces, and he is now an enemy of wheelers everywhere.
Who the hell does Dick Durbin think he is trying to legislate public lands in Utah?!? This guy and, sadly, most of the leadership of his party, make me sick.
Vote vote vote.
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I know it's already been said, but as a Utah resident, I can't tell you how ridiculous this is that guys from IL and NJ who likely have never been to Utah at all, let alone Moab, are introducing legislation that affects me where I live and pay taxes.
No kidding. I sure emailed him my opinion of him sticking his nose in Utah business. He'll ruin the economy down there with that. Why don't they just clean up the radioactive tailings that are leaking into the Co. river that they left in the 50s and leave us alone after. They already took a huge chunk of land away with Grand Escalante. Jerks!
It's an issue of people wanting to over control things they know nothing about.
Losing Moab would be like losing the leg the pushes the gas peddle (right leg).
Another example of
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