But the effect on our economy, national security, and way of life as we know it are not their concerns. As Dave Forman stated: "We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects . . . We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres of presently settled land." -- David Foreman, Earth First! Confessions of an Eco-Warrior
John Davis, editor of Wild Earth Magazine explains the Wildlands Project this way. "Does all the foregoing mean that Wild Earth and The Wildlands Project advocate the end of industrialized civilization? Most assuredly. Everything civilized must go..." -John Davis, editor of Wild Earth magazine
Well know anti-mountain bike crusader Michael J. Vandeman is a supporter of the Wildlands Project. He and his followers are well known flamers on mountain bike message boards. Check out his web site
On the right hand side of this page are all the activities he wants to ban from the forest. At least he doesn't discriminate, he wants to ban hiking and rafting also. Check out the other info on his site and you'll see references to other supporters of the Wildlands Project.
The mainstream environmental movement's campaign for the roadless initiative, their opposition to President Bush's Health Forest Initiative and active forest management, and the many lawsuits filed to close off areas by the Southwestern Biodiversity Center and others by abusing the endangered species act, are also part of this campaign.
Now, you say this does not apply as your wheeling opportunities are on discontinued roads and private lands??
I do request the you review the information about The Wildlands Project. It matters not whether you are referencing BLM and Forest Service or private lands managed by a conservancy.
I would suggest you review what is happening in Maine with the various conservancies that are holding private land in trust for "public" benefit.
Those conservancies are the means to enact the Wildlands Project using private land.
A classic example is playing out in Florida right now.
Note that currently, Florida is about 10% government and 90% private with respect to land ownership. According to the grand plan as outlined under the Wildlands Project, the land ownership is expected to shift to 90% government and 10% private. Granted, the long range plan is based on a 100 year evolution.
Now, compare that to what is happening in Maine and other New England states today. While you believe your wheeling is at the grassroots level using discontinued roads and private property, you need to keep in mind that those discontinued roads and private property is a rapidly diminishing source of wheeling opportunities.
Right now, the west is a major battleground. Once controls to access of public lands are secured, controls to private lands will follow.
While the prime interest is on preserving "wilderness characteristics" of public lands, the core battle is motorized recreation; on public lands or private lands.
The fight for access to public lands will not be solely in the western states. The eastern states have many of the votes necessary for closure. As closure to public lands increases, so does restrictions to recreation on private lands.
They are interrelated. The Wildlands Project is the linkage. North American habitat for all wild life, including large carnivores, is the goal: 50 % of North America in pre-Columbian forest lands.
Do the math. Where do humans and recreation fit into the scheme?
It matters not whether you publicize trails or attempt to keep them secret. The Wildlands advocates know the lands they want protected. You have nothing to say about their plans. They are in the dictators chair. Your keeping "dirty little secrets" is playing right into their stacked deck.
Should we keep our trails a secret? But the effect on our economy, national security, and way of life as we know it are not their concerns. As Dave Forman stated: "We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects . . . We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres of presently settled land." -- David Foreman, Earth First! Confessions of an Eco-Warrior
John Davis, editor of Wild Earth Magazine explains the Wildlands Project this way. "Does all the foregoing mean that Wild Earth and The Wildlands Project advocate the end of industrialized civilization? Most assuredly. Everything civilized must go..." -John Davis, editor of Wild Earth magazine
Well know anti-mountain bike crusader Michael J. Vandeman is a supporter of the Wildlands Project. He and his followers are well known flamers on mountain bike message boards. Check out his web site
On the right hand side of this page are all the activities he wants to ban from the forest. At least he doesn't discriminate, he wants to ban hiking and rafting also. Check out the other info on his site and you'll see references to other supporters of the Wildlands Project.
The mainstream environmental movement's campaign for the roadless initiative, their opposition to President Bush's Health Forest Initiative and active forest management, and the many lawsuits filed to close off areas by the Southwestern Biodiversity Center and others by abusing the endangered species act, are also part of this campaign.
Now, you say this does not apply as your wheeling opportunities are on discontinued roads and private lands??
I do request the you review the information about The Wildlands Project. It matters not whether you are referencing BLM and Forest Service or private lands managed by a conservancy.
I would suggest you review what is happening in Maine with the various conservancies that are holding private land in trust for "public" benefit.
Those conservancies are the means to enact the Wildlands Project using private land.
A classic example is playing out in Florida right now.
Note that currently, Florida is about 10% government and 90% private with respect to land ownership. According to the grand plan as outlined under the Wildlands Project, the land ownership is expected to shift to 90% government and 10% private. Granted, the long range plan is based on a 100 year evolution.
Now, compare that to what is happening in Maine and other New England states today. While you believe your wheeling is at the grassroots level using discontinued roads and private property, you need to keep in mind that those discontinued roads and private property is a rapidly diminishing source of wheeling opportunities.
Right now, the west is a major battleground. Once controls to access of public lands are secured, controls to private lands will follow.
While the prime interest is on preserving "wilderness characteristics" of public lands, the core battle is motorized recreation; on public lands or private lands.
The fight for access to public lands will not be solely in the western states. The eastern states have many of the votes necessary for closure. As closure to public lands increases, so does restrictions to recreation on private lands.
They are interrelated. The Wildlands Project is the linkage. North American habitat for all wild life, including large carnivores, is the goal: 50 % of North America in pre-Columbian forest lands.
Do the math. Where do humans and recreation fit into the scheme?
It matters not whether you publicize trails or attempt to keep them secret. The Wildlands advocates know the lands they want protected. You have nothing to say about their plans. They are in the dictators chair. Your keeping "dirty little secrets" is playing right into their stacked deck.
John Davis, editor of Wild Earth Magazine explains the Wildlands Project this way. "Does all the foregoing mean that Wild Earth and The Wildlands Project advocate the end of industrialized civilization? Most assuredly. Everything civilized must go..." -John Davis, editor of Wild Earth magazine
Well know anti-mountain bike crusader Michael J. Vandeman is a supporter of the Wildlands Project. He and his followers are well known flamers on mountain bike message boards. Check out his web site
On the right hand side of this page are all the activities he wants to ban from the forest. At least he doesn't discriminate, he wants to ban hiking and rafting also. Check out the other info on his site and you'll see references to other supporters of the Wildlands Project.
The mainstream environmental movement's campaign for the roadless initiative, their opposition to President Bush's Health Forest Initiative and active forest management, and the many lawsuits filed to close off areas by the Southwestern Biodiversity Center and others by abusing the endangered species act, are also part of this campaign.
Now, you say this does not apply as your wheeling opportunities are on discontinued roads and private lands??
I do request the you review the information about The Wildlands Project. It matters not whether you are referencing BLM and Forest Service or private lands managed by a conservancy.
I would suggest you review what is happening in Maine with the various conservancies that are holding private land in trust for "public" benefit.
Those conservancies are the means to enact the Wildlands Project using private land.
A classic example is playing out in Florida right now.
Note that currently, Florida is about 10% government and 90% private with respect to land ownership. According to the grand plan as outlined under the Wildlands Project, the land ownership is expected to shift to 90% government and 10% private. Granted, the long range plan is based on a 100 year evolution.
Now, compare that to what is happening in Maine and other New England states today. While you believe your wheeling is at the grassroots level using discontinued roads and private property, you need to keep in mind that those discontinued roads and private property is a rapidly diminishing source of wheeling opportunities.
Right now, the west is a major battleground. Once controls to access of public lands are secured, controls to private lands will follow.
While the prime interest is on preserving "wilderness characteristics" of public lands, the core battle is motorized recreation; on public lands or private lands.
The fight for access to public lands will not be solely in the western states. The eastern states have many of the votes necessary for closure. As closure to public lands increases, so does restrictions to recreation on private lands.
They are interrelated. The Wildlands Project is the linkage. North American habitat for all wild life, including large carnivores, is the goal: 50 % of North America in pre-Columbian forest lands.
Do the math. Where do humans and recreation fit into the scheme?
It matters not whether you publicize trails or attempt to keep them secret. The Wildlands advocates know the lands they want protected. You have nothing to say about their plans. They are in the dictators chair. Your keeping "dirty little secrets" is playing right into their stacked deck.
Should we keep our trails a secret? But the effect on our economy, national security, and way of life as we know it are not their concerns. As Dave Forman stated: "We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects . . . We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres of presently settled land." -- David Foreman, Earth First! Confessions of an Eco-Warrior
John Davis, editor of Wild Earth Magazine explains the Wildlands Project this way. "Does all the foregoing mean that Wild Earth and The Wildlands Project advocate the end of industrialized civilization? Most assuredly. Everything civilized must go..." -John Davis, editor of Wild Earth magazine
Well know anti-mountain bike crusader Michael J. Vandeman is a supporter of the Wildlands Project. He and his followers are well known flamers on mountain bike message boards. Check out his web site
On the right hand side of this page are all the activities he wants to ban from the forest. At least he doesn't discriminate, he wants to ban hiking and rafting also. Check out the other info on his site and you'll see references to other supporters of the Wildlands Project.
The mainstream environmental movement's campaign for the roadless initiative, their opposition to President Bush's Health Forest Initiative and active forest management, and the many lawsuits filed to close off areas by the Southwestern Biodiversity Center and others by abusing the endangered species act, are also part of this campaign.
Now, you say this does not apply as your wheeling opportunities are on discontinued roads and private lands??
I do request the you review the information about The Wildlands Project. It matters not whether you are referencing BLM and Forest Service or private lands managed by a conservancy.
I would suggest you review what is happening in Maine with the various conservancies that are holding private land in trust for "public" benefit.
Those conservancies are the means to enact the Wildlands Project using private land.
A classic example is playing out in Florida right now.
Note that currently, Florida is about 10% government and 90% private with respect to land ownership. According to the grand plan as outlined under the Wildlands Project, the land ownership is expected to shift to 90% government and 10% private. Granted, the long range plan is based on a 100 year evolution.
Now, compare that to what is happening in Maine and other New England states today. While you believe your wheeling is at the grassroots level using discontinued roads and private property, you need to keep in mind that those discontinued roads and private property is a rapidly diminishing source of wheeling opportunities.
Right now, the west is a major battleground. Once controls to access of public lands are secured, controls to private lands will follow.
While the prime interest is on preserving "wilderness characteristics" of public lands, the core battle is motorized recreation; on public lands or private lands.
The fight for access to public lands will not be solely in the western states. The eastern states have many of the votes necessary for closure. As closure to public lands increases, so does restrictions to recreation on private lands.
They are interrelated. The Wildlands Project is the linkage. North American habitat for all wild life, including large carnivores, is the goal: 50 % of North America in pre-Columbian forest lands.
Do the math. Where do humans and recreation fit into the scheme?
It matters not whether you publicize trails or attempt to keep them secret. The Wildlands advocates know the lands they want protected. You have nothing to say about their plans. They are in the dictators chair. Your keeping "dirty little secrets" is playing right into their stacked deck.
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