U.S. Forest Service Land Use Restrictions Imminent


Did you know that our access to the entire United States Forest from coast to
coast is in jeopardy?!?!?!
We are at DEFCON FIVE with the environmentalists and the U.S. Forest Service!



Now is the time to act!!!


I am very proud of the readers of Pirate4x4.com lately. Our Land Use forums have
doubled in traffic over the past couple of months due to the outrageousness of
what is going on out there. If you haven't been to our Land Use forums lately, I
challenge you to take a look. I guarantee you will get pissed off! When I saw
the Draft Plan the Forest Service put out for travel management on the Eldorado
National Forest (where I happen to live, and where the world famous Rubicon
Trail is) that was the last straw for me. I got pissed off and decided to do
something about it.

And it isn't just the Eldorado National Forest. Travel management planning is
going on in everyone's backyard whether it's Forest Service or BLM. Anti-access
extremists are out in force pressing for closures everywhere. Tellico is
threatened by an anti-access lawsuit. Moab access is threatened by overzealous
BLM planning. Wilderness bills are rampant in Congress. Roadless area management
is still being pushed in the courts. Even the little recreation that there is
available in our Parks is still under attack. Check out the fight in
Yellowstone.

It really is time to put up or shut up. I threw down the challenge last month to
donate in the forums, and we were able to raise about $8,000 for BRC. While that
is fantastic, I think we can do a lot better. Remember, without folks like the
BLUERIBBON COALITION fighting for our rights to use public land, we might as
well take up basket weaving. Join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and donate to the
BRC Legal Fund. The beauty of BRC is they combine all the user groups into one
big fist. I stuck $500 of my own money in the fight and you need to do what you
can. If it's $20 or $5000, anything helps!!

While you are at it, get busy with your local club. Local involvement is where
BRC does some of its best work. If you don't belong to a club, get off your butt
and join one. You really CAN make a difference!

You can join BRC and donate to BRC Legal Fund online at a secure web location,
set up just for Pirate4x4 at http://join.sharetrails.org . It only took me just
a couple of minutes. If you aren't comfortable with that, then call them at
1-800-BlueRib. If you can't afford to do both, at least join BRC now and donate
when you can afford it.

The members of Pirate4x4 can and will make a difference!

Lance Clifford
Pirate4x4.com