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Congress to Vote on H.R. 1925 America's Red Rock Wilderness Act This Thursday!

Moab Might Be Gone Forever!

Posted Today 01:35 PM by 4WOR Web Editor

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Jason Gonderman



The Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a hearing on October 1 to consider H.R. 1925, America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009.

This legislation -- which will ban off-highway vehicle (OHV) access to public lands to those who live and recreate in
Utah -- was introduced by New York Representative Maurice Hinchey.


However, not a single Representative from Utah is supporting H.R.1925.

Specifically, H.R. 1925 would designate more than nine million more acres as federally protected "Wilderness," and directly affect the Moab, San Rafael Swell and Chimney Rock areas (to name a few) in Utah.

These popular OHV areas represent some of the most important remaining OHV recreation areas in Utah, and are some of the most popular with responsible OHV riders. The proposed Wilderness designation would also make the land off limits to ATV riders, mountain bikers and horseback
riders.

Coming on the heels of the recently enacted Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which closed 2 million acres of public lands, this vast Wilderness bill will take away additional recreation opportunities currently enjoyed by local residents and visitors alike.

The AMA needs your help now to stop H.R. 1925. The fastest way to reach your U.S. Representative is to call them. You can find contact information for your elected officials by entering your zip code on AmericanMotorcyclist.com, clicking on "Rights," then "Issues and Legislation." Additionally, a prewritten e-mail is available for you to send to your Representative immediately by following the "Take
Action" option and entering your information.

Please contact your Representative right away and urge them to oppose H.R. 1925.

It's VERY VERY SIMPLE! Just click here...


h ttp://capwiz.com/amacycle/issues/al...ertid=14061961

... and you will be taken to the AMA's (American Motorcycle
Association) website. Enter your zip code and a letter will be sent to your representative urging them to vote NO on this bill.

Do it NOW! please


Everybody help this Bill Fail!!!

, lets keep public land open for PUBLIC use!

 

Done... Never been there but I would like to someday. I would like to keep that option open.

 

Done. Thanks for the info. Moab and all of Utah is an amazing place. Sure would suck to not have access to those areas.

 

Done...I too would someday like to explore these areas

 

if anyone is active in a local club please post the link on your club website, email it to friends. send a txt message with the link to all your friends who are advocates of the offroad sport. numbers is what we need! have your wives, husbands, kids, close family extended family, anyone you can think of fill this out. we've already lost tellico back east, we need to stop the cancer of public land closing now before it becomes a pandemic event

 

I'll most likely never get out there, however those that do should have the ability to use the trails.
Sent.

 

Done! Hope it helps.

 

*posts new sign around statue of libery's kneck*

"welcome to america ... the lamest place this side of canada"

 

So if we can't use it anymore, do we still have to pay for it?

 

DONE, thanks for the link!