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Action Alert-Sign OHV Petition Today
Updated 3/3/06 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS PUSH
TO ELIMINATE OHV USE IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST-
OHV
enthusiasts need to respond NOW by signing Petition below
The Sequoia Forest Keepers, an
extreme environmental group based in Lake Isabella, have started
an OHV hate campaign on their website encouraging people to write letters
about bad experiences with OHV users in Sequoia National Forest.
They will use these to substantiate their false claim of User Conflict. What they are doing is biased & wrong.
Sequoia Forest Keepers have also stated in a written comment to
the County
We do not want shared trails with motorized vehicles due
to user conflict
We do not want more designated OHV areas - they damage the
environment
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They do not fund trails or volunteer,
but they want it all for themselves.. |
 Recently they also presented County with a
petition signed by 244 people who do not want OHV use allowed in
the Lake Isabella area.
These
are the same people who had the nerve to say at meetings over
the past two years, they
have no problems with OHV use.
So while we have been working to find collaborative solutions,
they have been scheming to stab us in the back.
IT IS TIME FOR EACH & EVERY ONE OF
YOU TO SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION BELOW & CIRCULATE THE WRITTEN
PETITION.
THIS WILL SHOW THE COUNTY & THE FOREST SERVICE THAT OHV
USE IS SUPPORTED BY FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN OPPOSE IT.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS PAGE TO EVERYONE
YOU KNOW
After signing the petition there is
one other important thing you can do.
The best way to help achieve our long term goals of keeping our
trails open is to
join Stewards of the Sequoia.
The more members we have the more power we have & we will keep
you informed on issues such as this.
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Petition to Stop Marginalizing OHV use
in Specific Plan |
Stewards of
the Sequoia have set up two types of petitions
Online & Printable
PLEASE BE TRUTHFUL & ACCURATE WITH
PETITIONS, FALSE INFORMATION WILL NOT HELP US
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ONLINE PETITIONS
Please signatures
over 18 years of age only, although
young riders can circulate the petition
& ask riders over 18 to sign
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RESIDENT
ONLINE PETITION for those
who live in the Lake Isabella area
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NON RESIDENT
ONLINE PETITION for
those who live somewhere other than Lake Isabella
After
submitting your signature you may be
asked for a donation by IPetition.com
This is purely voluntary. You are not
required to donate to them to sign the
petition
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PRINTABLE PETITIONS
Please
signatures over 18 years of age only, although young riders can
circulate the petition & ask riders over 18 to sign
You can
print out the below petitions & circulate them. We need people to take these out into
the community & ask people to sign this if they value OHV
recreation or their freedoms. Get everyone in your club to sign.
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RESIDENT PETITION for those
who live in the Lake Isabella area
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NON RESIDENT PETITION for
those who live somewhere other than Lake Isabella
Please ask your friends & associates
to sign the petition if they want to see historical OHV use
recognized in the Kern River Specific Plan
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We are pleased to
thank the over 2000 folks who have signed the
petition as of 3/3/06. The petition has been so
successful we have decided to continue to
collect signatures to present to County & other
agencies to show the incredible amount of
support for OHV recreation & access to public
lands.
So keep those signatures coming-THANKS
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The Kern River Valley Specific
Planning process started two years ago & Stewards of the Sequoia
have diligently attended every meeting & made verbal &
substantial written comments. Yet the Planning department has
decided to ignore much of the data we provided in favor of
questionable data marginalizing OHV use & other recreation.
What makes it so important that
OHV recreation be presented in fair light?
Marginalizing OHV recreation is
the first step to eliminating OHV recreation. Seemingly unimportant misrepresentations of facts in
Planning documents have a way of spreading like cancer.
Other forms of recreation are being marginalized in the plan
too, such as hunting & so called Active Recreation.
It is time to turn up the heat. We
need members & the public to speak out. So far minority special
interest groups, intent on regulating the world to their liking,
have been most effective at convincing the County to follow
their vision. It is time the County heard from the majority.
Even if you do not support OHV recreation, realize that your
form of recreation will be next. Please sign the online
petition.
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