PROPOSALS FOR NATIONAL MONUMENTS/WILDERNESS/SET-ASIDES/BIODIVERSITY CORRIDORS/LEGACY-WILD & SCENIC RIVERS

& SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS

IN SISKIYOU COUNTY

Archived House Natural Resource Committee Hearings

Members Call for Limitations on President’s Authority to Unilaterally Designate National Monuments ; archived hearing http://resources.edgeboss.net/wmedia/resources/112/2011_09_13_npfpl.wvx; read bills and testimony; BLM testimony http://naturalresources.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=258136; Gosar Calls for Transparency in National Monument Designation Process; Study contradicts Herger on U.S. monuments; lawmaker says status hurts local economies; "Fact sheet" ; detailed rprt.; summary; digest of permitted use

H.R. 758 (Nunes) – National Monument Designation Transparency & Accountability Act This bill would requires the President to notify Congress before designating monuments and nullify any declaration if it is not approved by Congress within two years after a Designation. House Committee on Natural Resources: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

H.R. 817 (Herger)- This bill would amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 by striking “in his discretion to declare by public proclamation” and inserting “ to declare subject by an Act of  Congress” thus taking away the President’s authority under the Act to declare large tracts of land as a National Monument. This bill has been referred to the Natural Resources Committee.

S. 122- National Monument Act of 2011( Sen. Vitter )  –  Bill was read twice and referred to Committee on Energy & Natural Resources. This bill would require National Monuments to receive Congressional Approval.  This bill would also restrict the Sec. of Interior from prohibiting public use of a national monument until the expiration of an appropriate review period providing for public input and congressional approval.

H.R. 302 (Foxx)-Preserve Land Freedom for Americans Act of 2011- This bill would require State approval of a National Monument prior to designation of a monument on federal land within the state.  This bill is in the House Committee on Natural Resources: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands

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MONUMENTS

Stop Siskiyou Land Grab

Sign Petition

Tea Party Radio: Monuments (Lindler - Adams)
               Monuments and coordination F.K. Grant

BIG PARK!

American Antiquities Act of 1906, 16 USC 431-433

Leaked internal Dept. of Interior memo on potential new National Monument Designations

• Full document; Senator Tester site full discussion memo

BLM document reveals big change in federal land management - KSL

• Secretary Salazar Statement August, 2010

Letter sent to Secretary Salazar by members of Congress in February

Resolution of Inquiry sent to the House (H. Res. 1254)  - HR 1254 was moved forward to the full House without recommendation

• Ranking Member Hastings Urges Democrat Majority to Embrace Transparency, Bring Resolution of Inquiry on National Monument Documents for Vote in Full House

• Rep. Lummis' remarks on H.Res. 1254
• Rep. Broun's remarks on H.Res. 1254
• Rep. McClintock's remarks on H.Res. 1254
• Rep. Chaffetz's remarks on H.Res. 1254
• Rep. Fleming's remarks on H.Res. 1254
• Ranking Republican Hastings' remarks on H.Res. 1254

Resolution of Inquiry (H. Res. 1406) introduced by Ranking Member Doc Hastings and National Parks, Forest and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop to direct the Department of Interior to turn over to Congress the missing pages and related documents of the “internal memo” detailing plans to potentially designate 13 million acres of new National Monuments. 

Cong. Herger et al. HR 4703 - To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in California except by express authorization of Congress.

Siskiyou County Resolution 09-147  Re: National Monuments in Siskiyou; Resolution 10-76    Re: National Monuments in Siskiyou.

May 18 Public Workshop of the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors
can be viewed here: http://www.roguevalleynetwork.com/index.php?c=politics;    Column on the workshop

Current Cascade-Siskiyou Nation Monument (CSNM) - BLM Website

• Pacific Forest Trust - They have purchased 5,000 acres thusfar from "willing sellers" within the boundaries and have already transferred more than half of these to federal ownership in the National Monument.

Siskiyou County prior Resolutions 00-75 and 01-80 (Soda Mountain, Cascade/Siskiyou National Monument)

National Monument Issues.

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands - "Siskiyou Crest" Proposal - America’s First Climate Refuge

Klamath Alliance for Resources and Environment letter; Lindler (KARE) & Svilich (American Forest Resource Council) op-ed; KARE webpages on monument

Karen Budd-Falen Memorandum

 

BACKGROUND

• DOI Secretarial Order 3310 on declaring Wild lands
• California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project Work Plan April 2009 (AB2785: Requires CDFG to map essential wildlife corridors and habitat linkages.) California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project
• Habitat GAP analysis program (National Biological Information Infrastructure)
• The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back?Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Antiquates the Antiquities Act
• Judge upholds establishment of Grand Staircase monument
• Battle resumes to reverse ruling upholding Utah Grand Staircase
• Natural Resources Policy Under the Bush Aministration Not What It Says, but What it has done in court
• The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back? Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Antiquates the Antiquities Act - Eric Rusnak
• Managing the Monument: Cows and Conservation in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument R B. Wrabley, Jr.
• November 9, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—Extensions of Remarks
• Congressional Report Slams White House on Utah Land-Grab
• Appeals Court Upholds Federal Supremacy Over Utah County
• Judge rebuffs Kane, Garfield claims on Grand Staircase-Escalante roads
• LA Times articles collections
• Clinton Proclaims New Monuments in Western States
• 355,000-acre 'land grab' on fast track Public opposition, demonstrations growing against 'big tree' monument
• California Legacy Project Spotlight on Conservation - North Coast Workshop
• Missing Linkages: Restoring Connectivity to the California Landscape;  CAWild  Missing Linkages; Proposed Reserve Design ; Potential Wilderness and Wild & Scenic; Linkage Priorities in CA
• Landscape linkages and biodiversity
• (Cascade Siskiyou) Monument Hits Milestone  
• (WorldWildlife Federation) Klamath-Siskiyou Forests
• A Science-Based Conservation Assessment for the Klamath Siskiyou Ecoregion; Full report
• BLM Land Acquisition Adds 900 Acres to Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument to Biodiversity (Pacific Forest Trust)
• Landscapes and Fire & Klamath-Siskiyou Nat'l Monument (ban on grazing) National Center for Conservation Biology and Policy
• Applying nature's design: corridors as a strategy for biodiversity conservation  (Siskiyou National Monument - a wildlife highway for the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion
• Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation
• The California Legacy Project
• The Bioreserve Strategy for Conserving Biodiversity
• America 2050  A Land and Resources Conservation Agenda for the United States (Regional Plan Association July 8–13, 2007
• Securing The Next Century A Progress Report 2008
• Workshop on Strategies for the Future of Conservation
• Final Report: Wild and Scenic Rivers: Charting the Course Navigating the Next 40 Years of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• Celebrating 40 Years of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act: An Evolution of River Protection Strategies
• Targeting Conservation Easements to Reduce Impacts of Private Land Development on Protected Areas
• The Antiquities Act: The First Hundred Years of a Landmark Law
• The Antiquities Act and the Acreage Debate

• 2005 California's Most Threatened Wild Places (WWF)

 

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ARTICLES  (monuments, re-wilding)

Monument

• Our Vision, Our Values
• Former Interior Secretary Babbit Calls Out Obama - and here is His Speech
• Study contradicts Herger on U.S. monuments; lawmaker says status hurts local economies
• Rep. Peter DeFazio Launches Attack on Galice Creek and Grave Creek
• The Wilderness Society v. Kane County, Utah (decision on road closures and RS2477 Rights of way - 10th circuit ct. .)
• Chairman Hastings’ Statement on President Obama’s Fort Monroe Monument Designation
• Gov. wants Wild Rogue listed as a 'crown jewel' (and expansion of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument)
• Wilderness release bill would remove lands from limbo, foster local control
• BLM to engage state, local and tribal government in bipartisan wilderness agenda" “The focus of this effort is to identify lands that have strong backing for protection as wilderness and that might be appropriate for congressional action,” BLM Director Bob Abbey said. Siskiyou County Letter of reply; BLM Mulling More Than a Dozen 'Crown Jewels' for Wilderness Designation
• Congress attacking conservation efforts
• Study contradicts Herger on U.S. monuments; lawmaker says status hurts local economies; "Fact sheet" ; detailed rprt.; summary; digest of permitted use
• Pacific Rivers Council proposes Salmon River as  "Legacy River"
• Siskiyou supervisors letter supports monument bills
• Recommended Reading for Republicans
• If Some Budget Hawks Today Had Had Their Way 
• No More Grand Canyons — Restricting National Monuments
• Monuments and Oranges
• On November 15, 2010, Secretary Salazar issued Order 3308. Although a multiple use agency, BLM is now directed to manage the National Conservation Lands (Monuments) & waters for "conservation first" (Source Conservation Lands Foundation) "The National Conservation Lands (formally the National Landscape Conservation System) is the nation’s newest, permanently protected collection of public lands- 28 million acres of nationally significant landscapes set aside for current and future generations because of their outstanding cultural, ecological and scientific importance."
• 15 Year Strategy for the National Landscape Conservation System (Includes the Klamath) On March 30, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which states: “In order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations, there is established in the Bureau of Land Management the National Landscape Conservation System.” [Sec. 2002 (a)] “The Secretary shall manage the system in accordance with any applicable law (including regulations) relating to any component of the system…and in a manner that protects the values for which the components of the system were designated.” [Sec. 2002 (c)] Goals  Limit discretionary uses to those compatible with the conservation, protection, and restoration of the values for which NLCS lands were designated. (includes travel management plans, collaborative ecosystem-management, all-lands approach, key habitat linkages, land aquisition, trained federal police force,

Section 4 Policy a. The BLM shall ensure that the components [e.g.monuments] of the NLCS are managed to protect the values for which they were designated, including, where appropriate, prohibiting uses whoch conflict with those values. If consistent with such protection, appropriate multiple uses may be allowed, consistent with the applicable law and the relevant designations under which the components were established.  Section 5 Organizational Changes The BLM shall establish a new directorate, called the National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships, to replace the Office of National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships. The BLM shall initiate the process to establish this directorate within 120 days of this Order.

 

National Conservation Lands< (formerly National Landscape Conservation System) Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 formalized the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) which had been created in 2000 administratively National Landscape Conservation System Wilderness Society Threats and Challenges failure to recognize the conservation mandate State of the NLCS First Assessment (Wilderness Society) Republicans for Environmental Protection Secretary Salazar Establishes New Directorate For National Landscape Conservation System -Elevated management focus for 27 million acres of nationally significant public lands NLCS training slideshow

• Bishop Introduces Amendment to Defund National Landscape Conservation System “The NLCS has created an unnecessary, costly, and confusing two-tiered system within the BLM that clouds the BLM’s historic mission." "An IG report has found that the NLCS regularly engaged in unacceptable and improper collaboration between government employees and influential environmental groups."
  • Amendment
• Bishop calls for end to BLM conservation system

   

  BLM's response to FOIA request by Don Amador Blue Ribbon Coalition Probe of Enviro Groups Lobbying Scandal Urged Congressional Probe Urged Of Enviro Groups lobbying Interior Department Agency  U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), ranking Member on the U.S. House Natural  Resources Subcommittee on Parks and Public Lands, who said that he was informed of the investigation involving the Wilderness Society,   National Wildlife Federation and possible improper contacts with the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) on September 18 Said Greg Schnacke, President and CEO of Americans for American Energy, a non-profit grassroots energy education organization based in Denver, Colorado.  “The Wilderness Society and the National Wildlife Federation spend millions of dollars pursuing an anti-American energy political agenda. The question we have is how far does this extend and does is it more extensive than simply the NLCS?” Report: Department of Interior employees collaborate with lobbyists: Our investigation determined that numerous activities and communication took place between NLCS officials and nongovernmental organizations (NGO), including discussions about the NLCS budget and BLM employees’ editing brochures and producing fact sheets for a specific NGO. Our investigative efforts revealed that communication between NLCS and certain NGOs in these circumstances gave the appearance of federal employees being less than objective and created the potential for conflicts of interest or violations of law. We also uncovered a general disregard for establishing and maintaining boundaries among the various entities. In fact, in one instance, Jeff Jarvis, who is an employee of the Bureau of Land Management, requested that a representative of the National Wildlife Federation change legislation affecting NCLS. As the inspector reports, “this was potentially problematic because BLM employees were prohibited from influencing the legislation.” (Inspector General) Report page 13 "DOI does engage in partnerships to foster its mission, though federal statutes have been enacted to govern the degree of such interaction between federal and nonfederal groups. Our investigation determined that numerous activities occurred between NLCS officials and onogovernmental organizations (NGOs), including discussions about the NLCS budget and about BLM employees working on joint projects with certain NGOs. Our further investigation revealed this communication between NLCS and NGOs gave the appearance that federal employees were less than objective and created the appearance of conflicts of interest or legal violations. We also uncovered a general disregard for establishing and maintaining boundaries amoung BLM and its various partners."  BLM - Enviro Lobbyist Scandal Probed

 

• Sen. Harry Reid wants wilderness provision added to Yerington land bill for copper mine
• Their View: It's more than ranchers who oppose 600,000 acre monument
• Click here to see a short video highlighting all the places you can visit through recreation.gov.; www.recreation.gov. 
• Letter from the Senate Western Caucus and Congressional Western Caucus to Secretary Salazar re incorporation of the Wildlands Policy into new policy manuals;  Summary of specific concerns; Utah legislators say Obama reviving wilderness guidelines,
• Large Landscape Report
• Conserving and Restoring America’s Great Outdoors AGO Report
• Enviro groups push national monument for Arizona strip, Utah cries foul
• Wyden says he'll oppose any secret monument plan
• Unhappy Camp Reliving the bad old ’80s way up in there the hills
• Siskiyou Crest Monument plan hits resistance
• Siskiyou Crest National Monument proposal draws opposition
• Siskiyou County Supervisors call again for national monument coordination
• The Siskiyou Project (Siskiyou Wild Rivers)
• World Wildlife Fund profile and stategy on the Klamath Siskiyou Forests
• Move Over, Bruce Babbitt: Unmasking Ken Salazar's Interior Department Agenda
• New national monument is an idea worth considering
• Obama to create new national monuments?
• Proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument
• L A Times America's Next National Monuments
• Coordinating Monument Management Plans
• It’s Your Land: Utah Fights Back
• Obama Hails the Great Outdoors from Inside the Interior Dept.
• Interior-officials-involved-in-national-monument-brainstorming-
• Proponents: It'll protect habitat and won't affect private landowners
• Protecting the Siskiyou Crest will benefit everyone
• Local Agencies Fight Off the Monument
• Former Happy Camp Guide on Monument Proposal
• Letter to Editor: Danielle Lindler,Executive Director Klamath Alliance for Resources & Environment
• Proposed Monument Stirs Debate
• Signs point to Administration Plan to lock up 13m acres of federal land
• Hastings, Bishop Call on Secretary Salazar to Bring Missing Pages of National Monument Document to Committee Hearing
• Plans for proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument move forward
• Rehberg Enlists Montanans To Help Scour Newly Released Documents   (Download documents)
• Government reps, individuals make monument opposition known
• Columns on Monument (1) (2) (3)
• Defeating Land Designations Key Strategies for Local Community Leaders By Carol W. LaGrasse, President Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
• Govt met with environmentalists on land protection
• "14 places to treasure" (Sunset Magazine May 2010) "These unique landscapes have been suggested for national monument status. But you don't have to wait for Washington, D.C., to decide. Here's where to go right now."
  BLM Newsbytes Issue 431 - 5/12/10
• DOI Continues to Withhold Missing Documents Regarding National Monument Designations
• Bishop doubts Salazar is listening
• Ranking Member Hastings Urges Democrat Majority to Embrace Transparency, Bring Resolution of Inquiry on National Monument Documents for Vote in Full House
• Seeking Transparency on Potential National Monument Designations
• DOI Continues to Withhold Missing Documents Regarding National Monument Designations
• Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power
• Congressman Bishop's original posting of the leaked memo
• Blog. Rep. Rob Bishop
• Plans for proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument move forward
• Facing tough issues<>
• Obama Administration Makes Attempt to Seize Millions of Acres Across America
• Obama to create new National Monuments?
• 14 New National Monuments Considered by Obama Administration
• DeMint: White House land grab
• Obama Eyes Western Land for National Monuments, Angering Some
• U.S. Chamber wants Antiquities Act changed
• Utah Legislature Rejects National Monument Designations
• Utah fears repeat of land grab by feds, wary of list of national monument candidates in West
• HATCH BLASTS POTENTIAL OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN UTAH Utah Senator Pledges to Do Everything in His Power to Put a Stop to Designation
• Salazar denies administration plans national monument designations
• Setting the record straight on the Antiquities Act
• In the West, ‘Monument’ Is a Fighting Word
• Lewistown meeting shows monument opposition mounting
• The trouble with monuments
• Hot Air Alert: One Month After Republicans Request “Missing Pages” on Plans for Potential New National Monuments, Nothing But Crickets from Interior Department
• Resolution of Inquiry Directed at Interior Dept. : Republicans Aim to Force Disclosure of Documents on Secret National Monument Plans
• Ten Years Later: Still no Monument Management Plan
• Why is Ken Salazar hiding memo on new monuments, wilderness areas
• Should Siskiyou Crest be California's next national monument?
• The National Conservation Lands are a collection of 27 million acres of National Monuments, Conservation Areas, Wilderness and Wilderness Study areas and Wild and Scenic Rivers and Historic Trails.
• Columns (1); (2); (3); (4) Or Click here

 

DOI 'Treasured Landscape' Agenda President Obama's American Great Outdoors Report from "listening sessions" held in major urban areas Executive Summary "A Promise to Future Generations"; "All Lands Approach" - A growing awareness exists that protecting our natural and cultural heritage requires an “all-lands” approach, i.e., working across all ownerships types across a landscape.; Recommendation 8.3: Manage federal lands and waters to create and protect critical wildlife corridors and maintain landscape connectivity in collaboration with other public and private stakeholders. Recommendation 8.4: Engage the public to identify and recommend potential sites on existing federal lands for protection under the 1906 Antiquities Act. President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative; Presidential Memorandum; Great Outdoors America - A 21st Century Treasured Landscapes Agenda (The Klamath is mentioned); The Man With the White Hat; "Transition to Green" plan for the Obama Administration See also: Secretary Salazar's Treasured Landscapes Initiative; Unmasking Ken Salazar's Interior Dept. Agenda

 

Federal Lands in the US
(45.3% of California is owned by the federal government)

Other

• Letter from the Senate Western Caucus and Congressional Western Caucus to Secretary Salazar re incorporation of the Wildlands Policy into new policy manuals;  Summary of specific concerns
• America's Great Outdoors: Salazar, Jarvis announce designation of 54 new national recreation trails
• America's Great Outdoors: Salazar Designates National Natural Landmarks in California, West Virginia  (Shasta Caverns)
• Secretary Salazar Designates Thirteen New National Historic Landmarks;
• National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool (migration corridors);  Western U.S. Wildlife Migrations --Spectacular but Endangered WCS paper says climate change, increased human development lead list of threats; Spectacular Migrations of the Western U.S.;  For Many Species, Moving Day Has Added Stress; BLM to Use State, Regional Data in Identifying Wildlife Corridors, Crucial Habitat
• Interior secretary announces withdrawal from mining lands
• National Park Service has new land-grabbing tool (migration corridors);  Western U.S. Wildlife Migrations --Spectacular but Endangered WCS paper says climate change, increased human development lead list of threats; Spectacular Migrations of the Western U.S.;  For Many Species, Moving Day Has Added Stress
• Utah plans to sue feds over thousands of roads
• Economists say public lands provide jobs, boost economy
• Interior Department proposal could block riding [OHV] on public land; Salazar Highlights 18 Backcountry Areas Deserving Congressional Protection as Conservation Lands or Wilderness; Cover Letter;  BLM Lands Deserving Protection as National Conservation Areas, Wilderness or other Conservation Designations (None in Siskiyou Co. however 16 million acres in southwest Oregon including the Rogue and Devil's Staircase);  Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Interior Department’s List of Proposed Conservation Lands and Wilderness Designations; Gov. wants Wild Rogue listed as a 'crown jewel' (and expansion of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument); Cattlemen Oppose Controversial “Wild Lands” Policy in Court; Obama proposes protection for desert, mountains; Administration urges new wilderness protections; Congress urged to protect 134,000 public acres in and near the Pass; Proposed bill expands Wild Rogue Wilderness (House Resolution 3436)
• Obama proposes protection for desert, mountains;
• Congress urged to protect 134,000 public acres in and near the Pass
• Administration urges new wilderness protections;
• Interior Department proposal could block riding [OHV] on public land
• Salazar Highlights 18 Backcountry Areas Deserving Congressional Protection as Conservation Lands or Wilderness; Cover Letter;  BLM Lands Deserving Protection as National Conservation Areas, Wilderness or other Conservation Designations (None in Siskiyou Co. however 16 million acres in southwest Oregon including the Rogue and Devil's Staircase); 
• Chairman Hastings’ Statement on Interior Department’s List of Proposed Conservation Lands and Wilderness Designations;
• Gov. wants Wild Rogue listed as a 'crown jewel' (and expansion of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument);
• Cattlemen Oppose Controversial “Wild Lands” Policy in Court
• Where The Wild Lands Are - Salazar does Babbitt's Wildernes Do-Over Over
• Ex-Clinton Interior boss: Obama ‘timid’ on environment
• Former Interior secretary calls out Obama on the environment
• Judge Rules Against Utah Bid to Control Roads in National Parks
• Utah Sues Interior Dept. to Unprotect 6 Million Acres
• Parnell supports lawsuit against BLM targeting 'wild lands'
• States rising up to fight Obama land grab: Alaska, Utah file suit
• The Interior Department’s culture of contempt
• Another Obama stealth land grab: Salazar and the NLCS
• How Obama is locking up our land; How Obama is locking up our land, continued
• And now: The stealth Obama ocean grab
• Why does Ken Salazar hate our economy? Update: Western Energy Alliance calls for reinstating oil leases
• The Democrats' War on the West
• Utah sues over federal government’s new wild lands policy ; State of Utah v Salazar
• BLM land grab
• Federal Budget Deal Strips Protection from Water, Wild Lands, Wolves
• Seeking Transparency on Potential National Monument Designations
• Obama wants to double conservation spending, buy more federal land
• Obama Appoints Roxanne Quimby To National Parks Foundation Board
• Rep. Chaffetz (R-UT) Introduces Federal Lands Disposal Bill
• Why Texas has no — (or at least very little) public land <
• County commission stands strong against federal 'land grab'
• Uintah County amends lawsuit against Interior Department
• Sen. Murkowski Questions Need for Federal Government to Acquire More Land
• Wild lands designation will limit accessibility
• What do you do when your government flat out lies to you?
• How good is Obama on Western environmental issues?
• BLM's conservation experiment
• Groups blast Bishop over 'gutting' landscape conservation
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
• How good is Obama on Western environmental issues?
• Poor economy enables public land trusts to buy land for conservation
• BLM restores guidance for managing lands with wilderness characteristics as part of multiple-use mission
• Wild Lands' policy would allow limited development, BLM chief says
• Wild Lands policy testimony
• Wild lands' policy under fire by Republicans
• Tax Dollar Tracker: Despite Claims of Fiscal Responsibility, Budget Dramatically Increases Spending for Government Land Acquisition
• Congressman Raśl R. Labrador discuss the Interior Department's Wild Lands Order and wolves on Voices of Montana : http://bit.ly/h0D4Ft
• Herbert warns wild lands policy could cost Utah billions
• Bill limits protection of public lands
• Rep. Bishop questions Secretary Salazar over Wild Lands proposal
• Secretary Salazar: Lost in the Wilderness New Secretarial Order provides another formal designation; “Wild Lands,” to lock the public out of public lands.
• Committee to Hold Oversight Hearing on Interior Department's "Wild Lands” Policy
• Is federal land ownership hurting county?
• Lawmakers send no-wildlands signal
• Martinez among 7 Governors who ask Salazar to withdraw "Wild Lands" order
• Federal royalties for gold and copper?
• Bishop calls for end to BLM conservation system
• Obama pushes effort to protect public lands
• President Obama Announces Plan for Community-Based Conservation through the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
• Youth in the Great Outdoors
• America's Great Outdoors: A promise to future Americans
• President Obama announces plan for community-based conservation through the the America’s Great Outdoors initiative
• President Obama speaks on the Great American Outdoors initiative
• Bishop Lauds Proposal to Defund DOI Wild Lands Policy
• DOI - Strategic Plan Provides Blueprint for 21st Century Department
  • Strategic Plan
  • Secretary's remarks
  • OpEd Teri Murrison
  • A wild surprise from Salazar Secretary failed to consult with states
• Boxer, Feinstein seek to expand federal wilderness land in California
  • Senator Barbara Boxer Legislative Updates
  • Dianne Feinstein
  • California Wilderness Coalition
• BLM Charm Offensive Backfires, Critics Fume Over 'Wild Lands' Policy
  • Salazar's Order
  • Governor Mead's letter
  • DOI Press Release
• The Green$ Scam
• Congress should stop funding Big Green lawsuits against the government (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation)
• GOP lawmakers demand repeal of wilderness policy
• Salazar aide defends 'wildlands rule'
• Bishop, Hatch among those looking for repeal of land policy
• Officials gear up to fight the feds
• Legislators set to fight federal land policy
• Utah governor talking tough, but not calling for battle with the feds
• Concerning wilderness, Iron County leaders say enough is enough
• Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – A wild surprise from Salazar The secretary failed to consult with the states
• ‘War on the West’
• All hat and boots, no lack of Big Government ideology
• Schools Suffer Under Obama’s Land Grabs
• Western Legislators Call on Salazar to Withdraw Secretarial Order on Wild Lands
• Obama’s Backdoor Land Grab Sends Shockwaves Across the West
• Mead Concerned with Wild Land Order
• Guest opinion: Washington's obsession with land preservation threatens landowners, ranchers
• Appeals court rules against wilderness groups in road fight
• Pristine areas of the West are again preserved
• Wilderness rules restored for public lands
• Sportsmen hail wilderness policy change
• Wilderness policy sparks Western ire
• A new day for wilderness
• Interior right to end 'no more wilderness' policy
• Tribe seeks 1,200 acres in Redwood National Park
• Yurok seek land for a tribal park on the North Coast
• Wilderness rules restored for public lands
• New 'Wild Lands' Designation Established to Protect American Wilderness
• UN Green-Lights New Biodiversity Science Policy Platform
• Wildlands’ decree could affect 6 million acres in Utah
• Salazar, Abbey Restore Protections for America's Wild Lands
• Salazar Restores Wilderness Management Guidance at BLM
• Salazar announces new 'wild lands' policy for US federal lands
• Salazar, Abbey Restore Protections for America's Wild Lands
• Federal order puts at risk BLM grazing
• The Dems’ Lame-Duck Land Grab
• Lawmakers Ponder Massive Water, Lands and Wildlife Bill Before End of Year
• BLM land purchase intended to maintain wildlife
• Dems aim for 100+ bills in 1 swoop
• Hastings Blasts Lame Duck Democrats’ Attempt to Push Through Massive Omnibus Package
• Another Obama stealth land grab: Salazar and the NCLS
• A Burst of Energy For Natural Resources-
• Hastings Outlines Natural Resources Committee Priorities

 

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DEPT. of INTERIOR Dept of Interior's Strategic Plan DOI Regulatory review comments on or before March 28, 2011 Comments being collected on the National Wildlife Refuge System Hastings Statement on Interior Department’s new Wilderness Policy WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Secretarial Order to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate areas as “Wild Lands” – essentially giving the Administration the ability establish de facto Wilderness areas without Congressional approval: “Wild Lands” Initiative Defunded in Final CR Uintaw Co. V. Salazar Letter from 7 Western Governors Letter from Congressional representatives Republicans Highlight Job Loss, Economic Impacts of Administration’s Wild Lands Order Administration Admits it Doesn’t Have Statutory Authority to Prioritize Wild Lands over other Uses State and Local Officials Decry Administration’s Wild Lands Order Archived House Natural Resource Committee Hearings FLPMA 1976 FLPMA Section 603 BLM Wilderness Study BLM - Draft Wilderness Inventory Manual Subject 6302 – Consideration of Lands with Wilderness Characteristics in the Land Use Planning Process (Public)

 

H.R.5101 -- Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2010 (Introduced in House - IH) -avoid, minimize, and mitigate the impacts on fish and wildlife habitat and corridors in siting energy development, water, transmission, transportation, and other land use projects; assess the impacts of existing development on habitats and corridors; Full funding proposed in Climate Change Bill for the Land and Water Conservation Fund used for federal acqusition of private lands Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming Questions Superfluous Spending and Increased Land Acquisition in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2012 Budget Request Farm Bill Legislation: The Environmental Defense Fund has urged inclusion of financing for preserving wildlife corridors in various pieces of farm legislation.  The CLEAR Act (HR 3534): This Bill has already passed the House, been placed on general orders in the Senate and can be brought up and voted on at any time.  The legislation appropriates $360 Billion dollars over 40 years without requiring any further annual appropriation. The money is set aside to buy private property and place this into government ownership.

 

 

H.R.1473 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 - BLM - Land Acquisition' shall be $22,000,000 USFWS- Land Acquisition' shall be $55,000,000 National Park Service - Land Acquisition and State Assistance' shall be $95,000,000 Forest Service, Land Acquisition' shall be $33,000,000.

 

The Wilderness Issue in Siskiyou County

 

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

 

AGENDA 21 - Re-Wilding

 

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

 



 

• House Natural Resources Republicans
• Stop Siskiyou Land Grab
• KARE webpages on monument
• Friends of Seiad Valley
• (Facebook) People Against the Siskiyou Crest National Monument