Friday, March 20, 2009

OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND BILL PASSES TODAY, MARCH 20TH.

by Roni Bell Sylvester

FYI copy of note to Adam Jones, Legislative Assistant to Senator Mark Udall, on Friday, March 20, 2009. Shortly after I sent this, I received word that the Senate passed the Omnibus Public Land bill. So I sent Adam a note - "Sorry I bothered you. They passed the bill today. We are doomed."
Therefore, the following was wrote in vain.
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Good Morning Adam,
I just left you a phone message re: my note of 3/14.
Adam, I can't stress enough, the importance of meeting with Senator Udall on agricultural issues, plus the:
S. 22: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
This land bill is the most foreboding bill on the horizon. You can find a model for what all of America will look like if it passes in the Senate, by reviewing
the devastation left in the aftermath of President Clinton's designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Sample:The Escalante, Utah Griffin Cattle Company ran cattle on top of the Kaiparowits (aka Fifty Mile Mountain) bench and canyonlands
desert, from the early 1940's until 1996 when President Clinton designated that region, "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument."
Even though Clinton claimed grazing rights would be honored, they were not. The Griffin family was ordered to "get your cattle off the
fifty or face impoundment fees."
Thus the government began, with help from trained eco-terrorists, to subject the Griffin Cattle Company to ugly, cruel, unjust
treatment, eventually forcing them into bankruptcy.
Additionally, this vanquished 7 years and over 500 public planning meetings with Andalex (A coal energy company.) and BLM, and an
$8,000,000 investment by Andalex.
The required NEPA analysis for this Utah Monument designation was never done, and the devastation on that community continues.
If passed, President Barack Obama's Democrat Senate will be those responsible for ending American Resource Production.
Americans will be at the mercy of un-friendly nations for food, fuel and fiber; for it is a given that a nation that can not feed itself...is a nation ripe for takeover.
If Senator Udall and I don't have a chance to personally meet before the senate votes on S. 22, please urge him to vote NO.
Please encourage him to enlist enough senators to also vote no -and defeat this ill-fated bill once and for all.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you,
Roni
An excerpt from http://www.RoniBell.Blogspot.com "Dear President Obama"
Stop making policies based on climate change (Weather or not.it happens!).
Stop taking water and land out of domestic resource production.
Enforce Endangered Species Act the way it was written.
Stop giving money to groups like The Nature Conservancy; they use it to compete with us, and that's just dead wrong!
And for crying out loud, if you're going to name 26,000,000 acres after someone, don't name it Bruce Babbitt. To do so would be the same as naming the Elie Wiesel Foundation the Bernie Madoff Foundation. Babbitt began the run on destroying our domestic resource providers, and Al Gore's finishing them off!_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
----- Original Message -----
From: Roni Sylvester
To: Adam_Jones@markudall.senate.gov
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Regards my stupid comment on CRP's and grazing...........
Dear Adam,
Thank you for meeting with us (US Cattlemen) regards NAIS, COOL, Beef Check Off and more.
One thing: When you said Senator Udall got grazing returned to some CRP's, I said "Thank you." That's because my brain shifted to grazing rights (AUM's) in Wyoming instead of Colorado's CRP's. Therefore, I was surprised when Wayne Rusher said, "NO thank you."
After soliciting his clarification - "It's an unacceptable form of welfare, and some are making a lot of money on it! I have never and will never take welfare!" - I understood why he wasn't pleased with the grazing return on CRP. And I agree.
In Wyoming, my husband had AUM's taken away to accommodate feral horses. Since `93 he's taken a $200,000 income loss because of this unfair program. That - is why thanked you.
This is just one tiny example of the multitude of complexities that challenge our food providers. It is also a good reason why only people who have a holistic understanding of agriculture should be the ones making policies regarding such.
Adam, I would like opportunity to meet with Senator Udall and explain policies that jeopardize our domestic food supplies.
I'll call you next week to set up a time.
Thank you,
Roni Bell Sylvester

3 comments:

Editor said...

Hi Roni,
Just so you know...I SAW Robert Zellner...President of the World Bank,
on TV say that
US land is too expensive and US farming is too expensive and we should
farm out our
agriculture to 3rd World Countrys like those in Africa....there is more
to that story....and
when our trails cross next, I'll be glad to talk to you about it. Just
want you to know...that
this Administration doesn't CARE if our ranchers and farmers go out of
business...they want
to control the food supply...
SS
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SS,
It's the sad truth isn't it.
Also - I just got word they "passed" S.22 today.
Just had a very young man at the print shop whisper to me, "do you think we're headed towards a civil war?"
I had to proceed very cautiously with my answer.
What a mess.
Thank you for your note.
May I post it?
Roni

Editor said...

Civil War? People are already living in tents out in
Sacramento...honest...play by the rules
MIddle Class folks who lost jobs...many to illegals...then lost homes and
cars....I'm surprised
they haven't already taken action....when they get tired of it...my guess
is they will.
SS

Editor said...

Roni,
You are prophetic. Indeed "we are doomed," due to multi-faceted assaults from disastrous policies and regulations.
Look for vegetable and commodity prices to spiral out of control. California growers report that they now have no choice except to abandon or to scale back produce crops due to the ill conceived Farm Legislation and the diversion of their water into metropolitan regions.
Your voice is needed to save this floundering nation's Resource Producers.
Sue H