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[Yotatom]

Please people it only takes 30 seconds!
Weigh In to Encourage Your Senators to Reject Omnibus Approach
It is time to have your voice heard again as 10 Democratic Senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) urging him to move a new public lands omnibus bill during the current “lame duck” session of Congress. The legislation would limit access to more than two million acres of public lands in 13 states, while creating new national parks, monuments and wilderness areas and may include other provisions.

As you will recall Congress used procedural gimmicks to enact a similar omnibus bill in 2009, and we must make it clear to Congress that passing massive omnibus bills at the 11th hour is no way to manage our public lands.
Please click the Take Action link below to let your Senators know you oppose a new massive omnibus public lands law and that a repeat of the 2009 law will mean more restrictions to access.

Get involved
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[mobydick]

Done !!

1X.....anyone else??

 

[retrofive]

Done

 

[dILzNAK]

Word...

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Fingers crossed...

 

[mobydick]

Safety in numbers. Freeking government!! They can't manage public use the way they like so they'll just shut us all out of our own public lands. If we let them have their way we will soon have no place to go.

 

[gnob]

sent today.

 

[Heron]

sent today

 

[Darkrealms]

Little late on reading the forum but its done.

 

[Darkrealms]

Dont know if anyone else got one of these in the mail (email) but I just got this today in responce to my thoughts from this thread (yes its canned but its the first responce I've ever seen):

Dear Brian,



Thank you for contacting me to share your views about off-highway vehicle recreation on our public lands. I appreciate the time you have taken to correspond with me.



In my position as a United States Senator, I benefit greatly by hearing a wide spectrum of opinions expressed by Oregonians. I listen carefully to these views as I study each issue and decide how to vote on legislation which comes before the Senate. On any issue, I value your thoughts and ideas.



Again, I appreciate your feedback. I have made note of your thoughts, and I will certainly keep them in mind. Please keep in touch.



Sincerely,

Jeffrey A. Merkley
United States Senator

 

[mobydick]

Got one of those a couple weeks ago. makes you wonder what exactly triggers the mailings and whether or not our "hired help" in Salem actually take notice of our efforts. It'd be curious to know just how many of those "response mailings" went out to voters. And you're right, it's canned but it hopefully put a check somewhere in the correct column.

 

[Heron]

Hay it's worth a try, better than just siting on our hands in the driveway.

Al