i'm behind u 100%
mine is in the mail
Matt
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Killerdak@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: DML: ATTN 4x4 DRIVERS-BEACH ACCESS THREATENED!!
> Ok everybody, I need your help in a letter-writing campaign. The eco-nazis
> are trying to shut down 4x4 (OHV) access to all beaches run by the
National
> Park Service by using FALSE statistics...DON"T LET THEM TAKE AWAY OUR
> ACCESS!! PRINT OUT the form letter at the end of this message and mail it
to
> the address given...you may not live near a beach but if they shut down
one
> part of National Park access they will certainly try to shut down more!!
TWO
> MINUTES is all it takes! YOU CAN make a difference!
>
> ____________________
> Dave Kilian -- Clayton, NC
> '96 Dakota CC Sport 4x4 3.9L 5-spd
> 4" TM susp. lift, 2" Body lift, 33" BFG MT's etc...
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Boucher <toynrnd@home.com
> To: Chris at home <toynrnd@home.com
> Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:54 PM
> Subject: beach access alert
>
>
> Hi everyone. The following alert and form letter is particularly
important
> to the Virginia Four Wheel Drive Association. The alert involves a
petition
> by environmental groups to the National Park Service to place a complete
ban
> on OHV use, including OHV use on national seashores, such as Cape
Hatteras.
>
> Please, please do all you can to get your club members to send this form
> letter to the director of the NPS. Also, you should send a copy of the
same
> form letter to the NPS office in Hatteras at the following address:
>
> Superintendent
> Cape Hatteras National Seashore
> Route 1, Box 675
> Manteo, NC 27954
>
> For all Tidewater Fourwheeler's and VLCA members: I will be bringing a
copy
> of the form letter addressed to the Cape Hatteras office to the meetings
in
> March so you only need to the send the one to the NPS director.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Carla
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: C Boucher <ccboucher@home.com
> To: C Boucher <ccboucher@home.com
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:10 PM
> Subject: United alert 1 of 1
>
>
> NOTE: Some of you may never have been four wheeling on National Park
> Service managed lands. Areas which are jeopardized by this threat are not
> only traditional four wheel drive roads and routes, but the beaches that
our
> friends and members who sportfish on NPS seashores use. We need
everyone's
> help. Please send this form letter if you would!
>
> MEMO TO: United Four Wheel Drive Associations
> FROM: Carla Boucher
> RE: Legislative Advocate Special Report (3-00)
> DATE: February 25, 2000
>
> As always, this form letter is available at
> www.wi4wda.org/carlaboucher.html
>
> WHAT: The Bluewater Network, along with 67 other environmental
> groups,petitioned the National Park Service to completely ban OHV use in
> National Parks. Information about the petition is available at the
Bluewater
> Network website at: http://www.earthisland.org/bw/ (click on "Bluewater
> petitions Park Service to ban off-road
> vehicles" - prs.release and report).
>
>
> HOW IT EFFECTS UFWDA: The petition is full of inaccurate accusations to
> entice the public into believing that OHV use is a major problem within
the
> National Park Service. However, statistics from the NPS show that OHV use
> occurs on less than one-half of one percent of the total NPS lands.
>
> I have prepared a form letter to educate the NPS and the public regarding
> the truth surrounding OHV use in National Parks. Please send this letter
to
> the Washington, D.C. Office as indicated on the form letter, but also
please
> send it to NPS offices in your
> area.
>
> As always, please send the letter by U.S. Post if possible rather than
via
> e-mail. I believe that we make more of an impact with letters than with
> e-mail.
>
> WHO TO WRITE:
> Robert Stanton, Director
> National Park Service
> 1849 C Street NW
> Washington, DC 20240
> e-mail: Bob_Stanton@nps.gov
>
>
>
> PRINT THE FOLLOWING (copy and paste to Word editor if necessary)AND MAIL
TO
> THIS ADDRESS:
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> Robert Stanton, Director
> National Park Service
> 1849 C Street NW
> Washington, DC 20240
>
> February 22, 2000
>
> Dear Mr. Stanton,
>
> The National Park Service received a petition by Bluewater Network and
other
> environmental organizations calling for a complete ban to OHV use on
National
> Park Service units. I am writing to request that the National Park
Service
> continue to permit OHV use within our park units.
>
> - There are 378 NPS units (see www.nps.gov/legacy/index.htm and click on
> parks). 59 units have OHV use on them, which equals 16% of NPS units.
The
> Bluewater petition stated, "ORVs are being used in more than half of all
> possible park units, or a total of 59 units (55%)". They use this
statistic
> to try to make you and the public believe that OHV use is at a some
critical
> level when in fact, use occurs on only 16% of NPS units, not 55% as
Bluewater
> would have you believe.
>
> - There are 378 NPS units. 38 units equals 10% of NPS units. The
> Bluewater petition stated, "38 parks (35%) acknowledge serious damage to
> resources..". They use this statistic to try to make you believe that OHV
> use is at a critical level, when in fact serious damage is alleged to
occur
> on 10% of NPS units, not 35% as
> Bluewater would have you believe.
>
> - The Bluewater petition stated, "Over 30,434 miles of four-wheel drive
> routes are legally open to off-road vehicles". This statement is intended
to
> lead you to believe that OHV use occurs at an alarming level. In fact,
30,434
> miles of four-wheel drive routes (approximately 100 feet wide) are equal
to,
> or comprise 368,860 acres of land. The NPS total acreage equals 80.7
million
> acres. Therefore, roads comprise less than one-half of one percent of the
> total NPS acreage (0.46%).
>
> It may appear that Bluewater Network and its environmentalists partners
are
> concerned with park ecology, however they are addressing use on less than
> one-half of one percent of all
> our National Parks and are doing nothing to educate users on proper land
use
> techniques. I could not find one instance on Bluewater Network's website
> (www.earthisland.org/bw/) where they educated the public on proper
practices
> when visiting our National Parks. No
> link to TreadLightly!, no information on how to "pack it in, pack it
> out", no Keep America Beautiful education. This lack of educational
> information should lead you to question their sincerity in protecting
> ecological sustainability of our National Parks. This, coupled with their
> failure to provide accurate statistical information, should lead you to
> question the validity of anything Bluewater Network publishes, including
> their claims of OHV damage.
>
> Although the alleged problem with OHV use occurs on a very, very small
> percentage of NPS units, I am interested in working cooperatively with the
> National Park Service to find solutions to site-specific problems.
>
> Please continue to permit OHV use on National Park Service units. I look
> forward to hearing from you in the coming weeks regarding this important
> issue and your response to the inaccuracies of the Bluewater Network
petition.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
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