Subject: ALARMING! State land Board Intends to LOCK UP SCHOOL TRUST LAND USE and more
Are MONTANA citizens saying bye, bye to our natural resources: oil, gas, minerals, timber, water, LAND ?????????
WAKE UP FOLKS, IT IS TIME TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.
A LOT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND MORE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN ! !
It is an "off " year for our Legislature ! Holiday Season is upon us ! The time is right for the death blow !
Will we welcome in the UNHAPPY NEW YEAR - INSECURE & POVERTY STRICKEN ????? ACTION IS NEEDED URGENTLY! NOW !
The MT State Land Board composed of state elected officials including the Governor and the Attorney General have been working diligently in combination with the Nature Conservancy to lock up the use of our state's natural resources. It is all under goals and objectives of the environmental movement and its misguided supporters who have gradually been gaining control of policy making and operations of all levels of our government,: city, county, state and federal.
Through this here in Montana they have both been active in placing use restrictions on our land and property converting it to non-productive uses: Federal lands such asForest Service, BLM, wetlands, Glacier Park, Crown of the Continent, Blackfoot Challenge, Forest Legacy, wilderness areas, stream set-backs, the new Baucus Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, and on and on.
(Refer also to Kalispell Daily Interlake, Sept. 8. 2011, " Governor Mulls Land Swap with Feds " )
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has not only been acting as an unlicensed real estate agent FOR the federal government, but has also been enticing private property owners using our own tax dollars as a benefits enticement, to gain control and limit the use and value of all land in PERPETUITY (FOREVER) .
TNC uses an assortment of tactics in addition to conservation easements, including outright purchase of private property which they in turn dedicate to an assortment of land lock-ups under various appealing labels to supposedly protect the environment. ALL OF THIS ASSURES THE ELIMINATION OF ANY FORM OF MINING, DRILLING FOR OIL OR GAS, AND ACCESS TO RARE MINERALS as well as the TIMBER HARVEST ALREADY LOST !!
Growth policies and other protections will prevent people from even LIVING on "open space" and restricted lands like the future "buffalo commons".
For heavens sake, just what does the pet term really mean? "Preserving it for future generations" These people are committing our children, grandchildren and all future generations to poverty. They are stealing from us the wealth of our beautiful state of Montana which belongs to its citizens. We must protect it from environmentalists who are unconstitutionally grabbing our land, its resources, its use and enjoyment, and giving it to THEMSELVES POSING AS "PROTECTORS" !
READ OUR OWN STATE CONSTITUTION as well as the U.S. CONSTITUTION which were established to protect citizens from exactly this sort of atrocity.
Clarice Ryan
PLEASE keep in mind my previous articles pointing out the expanse of BLM land in the north east corner of MT that is interspersed with DNRC School Trust Lands. Checkerboard lands will automatically become part of federal lands bordering them, whether by swap and trade, selling to govt. or declared ESA Habitat.
THIS IS THE AREA OF THE BAKKEN OIL FIELD AND WILLISTON BASIN. Will this also fall in the 100 mile buffer zone of the proposed SB1505 Homeland Security bill? cr
From: LeeF Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 10:22 AM
Subject: More road blocks coming to forest management State land Board
Take a minute to read more regulation coming and look who supports the current State land board, Defenders of Wildlife and others. Everyone of these top 5 on the Land board need to be replaced.
Montana’s wildlife need your help.
The State Land Board will vote early this Fall on a multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP) that the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) has
been developing for nearly eight years. This HCP covers five threatened and endangered
species including grizzly bears, Canada lynx, and bull trout. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires DNRC to develop an HCP in order to receive a permit to conduct management activities such as logging impact endangered species. Under the ESA, DNRC’s plan must minimize impacts to these species to the “maximum extent practicable.”
The HCP would guide DNRC’s land management activities
on 500,000 acres of forested State School trust lands for the
next 50 years. And, according to DNRC the plan would set a
precedent for future habitat conservation agreements on both
public and private land. The HCP’s large geographic scope
and long duration make it critical that it follow ESA guidelines
to protect species and their habitats. Unfortunately, DNRC’s
proposed HCP prioritizes timber harvesting over wildlife, and
will almost certainly diminish habitat for species over time.
The long process is almost complete, but it is not too late to
contact Land Board members. Ask them to require DNRC to
make changes:
Cap road densities miles of road per square mile of land.
Widen the streamside buffers beyond 50-foot no-cut
buffer by at least 100 feet, and eliminate the numerous
exemptions for logging, road building, and gravel mining.
Maintain or increase grizzly bear “core security” habitat.
The current plan replaces core security areas with much
weaker “quiet” areas where roads and other human
disturbances would be allowed.
Develop an adaptive management strategy to adequately
describe threats to species posed by climate change, and
identify how DNRC will adjust its management activities
based on potential impacts.
Require a thorough technical and scientific review of the HCP after 25 years to see if management strategies have been biologically effective.
Contact Land Board Members: www.leg.mt.gov
Governor Brian Schweitzer: governor@mt.gov
Attorney General Steve Bullock: contactdoj@mt.gov
State Auditor Monica Lindeen: stateauditor@mt.gov
Sup. of Public Instruction Denise Juneau: OPISupt@mt.gov
Secretary of State Linda McCulloch: sos@mt.gov
Montana Conservation Voters
endorsed and helped elect the
current Land Board, the state’s top
five elected officials. We track the
Board’s votes and decisions affecting
the air we breathe, our clean, cold
water, protection of public lands and
abundant wildlife. MCV works with
conservation groups who identify
common policy priorities, coordinating
our common work to develop and
advocate for strong policies to
protect Montana’s outdoor heritage.
In that spirit, MCV is advocating a
strong Habitat Conservation Plan
that protects our treasured wildlife
resources. Allies with whom we are
working on this campaign include
Defenders of Wildlife, the Earth
Justice Legal Defense Fund, Friends of
the Wild Swan, Montana Audubon,
Montana Environmental Information
Center, and the Natural Resources
Defense Council.
CALL TOLL-FREE 866-220-0044 OR 866-338-1015 TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS
All of in the USA need to understand that this will eventually creep into our states, but Montana's Bakken and Williston Basin is crucial to our energy resources, our fuel and gas, to our very survival. We cannot, as Americans, let that be taken from us. BY ANYONE!
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