The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
02-23-2006, 01:07 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
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The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
I have been reading about this proposal in our local newspapers, and saw a link to the following website that has a petition to stop the feds from selling pieces of our National Forest. Please click on the link below and sign this petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/godwood1/petition.html
Nationwide we could lose 309,000 acres of National Forest! This land will NOT be replaced!
Nationwide we could lose 309,000 acres of National Forest! This land will NOT be replaced!
You ever wonder why your name and email address are required fields?
02-23-2006, 05:39 PM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: COLORADO
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RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
It really is true. go to this link fron the US Forest Service and read for yourself.
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html
02-23-2006, 07:00 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2005
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RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/northamerica/article_1096763.php/Administration_plans_sale_of_federal_land
Don't judge a book by it's cover ; this may not be all bad.
Here's a link from San Fran.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/11/MNGMQH6S1F1.DTL
If sen. D.Feinsteins against it, the issue must merit some research..
Don't judge a book by it's cover ; this may not be all bad.
Here's a link from San Fran.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/11/MNGMQH6S1F1.DTL
If sen. D.Feinsteins against it, the issue must merit some research..
02-24-2006, 06:01 AM
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
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RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
Yes, ducsauce I am located in VA, andI did read About this twice in the Roanoke Times. I guess that some of you guys here don't mind paying the high prices and driving long distances to hunt and bond with nature, but I like having the national forest close by.
02-27-2006, 01:06 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
Somebody is running a test case here. If they get away with it once, they're going to come back 10 years from now and want to sell 10 times more land off.
They are trying to sell off afew million acres, scattered strategically across the nation in small enough chunks to try to slip it by without too much opposition. Our local forest in MT would lose, one or two thousand acres.
The kicker to me is money from thissale is "designated for schools". They're trying to play the PC game there, who can shout about more money for the schools. Well, I can! I don't want to see acre #1 sold off to private interests. (If Dianne Feinstein is on the right side for once, then more power to her.)
They are trying to sell off afew million acres, scattered strategically across the nation in small enough chunks to try to slip it by without too much opposition. Our local forest in MT would lose, one or two thousand acres.
The kicker to me is money from thissale is "designated for schools". They're trying to play the PC game there, who can shout about more money for the schools. Well, I can! I don't want to see acre #1 sold off to private interests. (If Dianne Feinstein is on the right side for once, then more power to her.)
02-27-2006, 05:54 PM
#9
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
Here's a link to the info at the forest service website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/02/secure-rural-schools.shtml
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/02/secure-rural-schools.shtml
02-28-2006, 11:31 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
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RE: The Feds Want to Sell the National Forests!!
ORIGINAL: kevin1
Here's a link to the info at the forest service website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/02/secure-rural-schools.shtml
Here's a link to the info at the forest service website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/02/secure-rural-schools.shtml
None of them are township names in Lawrence county.