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Jim

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Subject:              USA-ALL ACTION ALERT
        Date:              Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:11:18 -0700
       From:              Brian Hawthorne <brianh@usa-all.com>
 Organization:              Utah Shared Access Alliance

USA-ALL ACTION ALERT

Personal message from Brian:
This is the 3rd ACTION ALERT we've sent out regarding the Arizona
Strip Planning effort. Frankly, response has been
dismal. Recently, the BLM released some "preliminary management
concepts" for public review and comment. It's clear that in
spite of the recent court ruling that additional Wilderness Study
Areas are illegal, the BLM intends to designate de-facto WSAs,
and just call them by a different name.

The distressing part about the BLM's intent here is that the concept
of Multiple Use/Sustained Yield management has been
totally forgotten. Out of the millions of acres on the Arizona Strip,
only a small fraction will be managed under the tested and
proven management strategy of multiple use. The rest, sadly, will be
locked up as de-facto wilderness or "primitive areas".

All of the talk about these ephemeral management concepts might not
mean anything to a lot of you. Let me try and put this into
perspective, and inject just a bit of selfishness into all of this.
What the American people, and especially you as an OHV user,
stand to loose is the ability to access a huge swath of unique and
remarkable public lands. Most access to a giant portion of
area overlooking the Grand Canyon will be forever closed. Hardworking
desert motorcyclists stand to loose one of the most
popular NATIONAL desert races, the Rhino Rally.

It's hard to imagine the scope of this loss unless you have been
there. This is truly a remarkable area. The roads and trails in this
are are National Treasures. We've got to keep them open!

USA-ALL needs your help on this. All we are asking for is a quick
email. It won't take more than a couple of minutes.
Please, do it today!
Thanks,
Brian Hawthorne
Utah Shared Access Alliance


USA-ALL ACTION ALERT
URGENT ACTION REQUESTED -- DEADLINE MONDAY, JULY 7 2003
COMMENT LETTERS VIA EMAIL NEEDED


Situation:
BLM is formulating management plans for the Vermillion Cliffs and the
Grand Canyon Parashant national monuments as well as
revising the management plan for BLM lands on the Arizona Strip. BLM
recently requested comments regarding several
proposed 'management concepts'. BLMs preference is to designate much
of the area as "primitive management areas".

What you need to do:
Comment letters are needed urgently via e-mail. Email address and
information to help you with your comments are below.
Deadline is close of business (4:30 pm MST) Monday, July 7, 2003.

Additional information is available on BLMs website:
http://www.az.blm.gov/asfo/index.htm
Navigate to the relevant info by clicking on: "Arizona Strip Resource
Management Plan Revision, Grand Canyon-Parashant
National Monument Management Plan, and Vermilion Cliffs National
Monument Management Plan"
Then click: "News/Events" (on the right)
Then click: "Public comment sought on Draft Preliminary Management
Alternatives"

Send comments to:
Diana Hawks, Planning Coordinator, BLM Arizona Strip C/O this email
address: Arizona_Strip@blm.gov

Comment Suggestions:

It's always a good idea to tell the BLM just a little bit about
yourself and how much you and your family enjoys OHV use
on public lands in Utah.

BLM is attempting a Zone Management concept similar to the one use on
the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
All comments must oppose this unwise and unfair management concept and
strongly support multiple use/sustained yield
management on ALL BLM lands.

Tell the BLM you DO NOT support the designation of additional
wilderness study areas, or de-facto wilderness study areas.

Tell the BLM you DO NOT support "primitive management areas" or other
'zones' where multiple use management is
minimized.

Tell the BLM you support the Multiple Use/Sustained Yield management
concept on ALL BLM lands, including
monuments!!

Tell the BLM you want all existing roads and trails left open.

Tell the BLM you really enjoy the rugged roads that give access to
Grand Canyon overlooks.

Tell them the trails use for the Rhino Rally must be left open.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Jim Cook


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