"We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity's sake. It may take our
extinction to set things straight."
-David Foreman, founder of Earth First!, past director of the Sierra Club and
co-founder of the Wildlands Project
"The collective needs of non-human species must take precedence over the
needs and desires of humans."
-Dr. Reed F. Noss, co-founder of the Wildlands Project
Are the anti-access proposals that are being advanced by the Center for
Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Sierra Club in their Conservation
Alternative 6 an isolated campaign, or part of a much larger goal? Is there
a connection to the "Wildlands Project", founded by Dave Forman and Reed
Noss, which seeks to return much of North America to its' pre-European
state? As we will show the evidence speaks for itself.
As we've pointed out in our "Forest Plan Updates," the goal of the Center
for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club is to remove what has been
estimated as 60 to 70 percent of our access to the Forests.
If you missed our past Forest Plan Updates:
What's at Stake Part I (fire management)
What's at Stake Part II (roads/Access)
What's at Stake Part III (mountain biking)
What's at Stake Part IV (Vision)
you can view them on our web site by clicking on drop down list at the top of this page.
The CBD and the Sierra Club have pinned their hopes on the fact that the
public will not read the proposals contained in Alternative 6. They have
relied on a deceptive tactic to hide the details of their alternative by the
use of emotionally appealing slogans such as "Protect and Restore our
Forests!" and not truthfully telling the public of the radical proposals
this slogan represents.
The Sierra Club has criticized the Forest Service's chosen alternatives in
the press, yet in the very same stories they have not revealed to the public
the fact that their Alternative 6 would severely limit the public's ability
to access the forest. Why the lack of honesty?
I believe the real goal of the CBD and the Sierra Club is to set the
standards, time periods and conditions in the Forest Plans so high they
cannot be met, thus opening the avenue for their real agenda; to manage by
lawsuit, closing access off for not complying with the requirements or
standards of the Forest Plan if Alternative 6 were adopted.
They have been very successful in the past using the courts to force
closures due to what they claim are violations of policy or the Endangered
Species Act. Remember, there are many other provisions in their plan dealing
with other management issues that would have a drastic effect on public
access; we've just touched the surface in our Forest Plan Updates.
But the campaign to "Protect and Restore our Forests!" by removing the
majority of public access is not an isolated one. It is part of the
"Wildlands Project" being promoted by environmental organizations to restore
much of North America to its' pre-European state. But like their Forest Plan
campaign, the devil is in the details, details you won't find on the
Wildlands Project web site.
To find out the details and gain a deeper understanding of the history and
ideology of the Wildlands Project (given to you in the words of the founders
of the movement, including Dave Forman who was also one of the founders of
EarthFirst! and Dr. Reed Noss) visit this
web site.
No sane person would argue against protecting the environment. Where the
danger lies is how you go about it. Do you look for technology and common
sense methods, balance and reason to achieve it? Or do you make attempts to
go backwards and return 50 percent of the U.S. to its "pre-European" state
with an ideology that has a deep disdain for mankind?
Even the California Wilderness Campaign innocently and emotionally touts its
support of the Wildlands Project on its
web site.
Radical Forest Plan proposals, relentless Wilderness bills, as well as the
movement to remove dams, roads and reservoirs, are just a part of the agenda
to bring the Wildlands Project to fruition.
EarthFirst! described this campaign on their
web site.
Dave Forman, the Sierra Club (he was a past director), the CBD and their
followers do not care what will happen to the millions of citizens affected
by their goal to bring the Wildlands Project to fruition, to remove access
to our public lands and apply restrictions similar or more severe than the
wilderness act.
"Human beings, as a species, have no more value than slugs."
-John Davis, editor of Earth First! Journal
You can see the net effects of the "Wildlands Project" campaign in their
Alternative 6 Forest Plan proposals that seeks to remove 60 to 70 percent of
the access to our public lands. Their slogan should not be "Protect and
Restore our Forests!" it should be "Adopt the Wildlands Project and Remove
Public Access!"
Dave Forman and the leadership of the environmental movement are not fools.
They realized that the radical ideology Dave Forman originally espoused has
only alienated the public. They understand the lesson behind the story about
boiling a frog. If you want to boil a frog don't make the water too hot or
the frog will realize what is up and attempt to jump out. If you slowly warm
the water, before the frog realizes it, the water is boiling and he is a
dead frog.
"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought
up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are
once more slaves."
-D.H. Lawrence
Dave Forman and his allies in the environmental movement understand the
public's trust in, and emotional attraction to, the so-called mainstream
environmental movement. They hope Americans can be convinced to relinquish
their freedom and have lost our appreciation for it - and they understand
how to take advantage of this apathy. Instead of openly advocating terrorism
to advance his agenda, as Dave Forman has in the past, he will use the
millions of dollars in the coffers of these organizations to support policy
or legislation that will slowly bring their ideology of the Wildlands
Project to fruition.
Dave has decided to move on and start a new organization, The Rewilding
Institute, but he will still be collaborating with the
"Wildlands Project".
"We have wished, we ecofreaks, for a disaster or for a social change to come
and bomb us into Stone Age, where we might live like Indians in our valley,
with our localism, our appropriate technology, our gardens, our homemade
religion -- guilt-free at last!"
-Stewart Brand (writing in the Whole Earth Catalogue)
As I've stated, the Sierra Club deceptively hides the details that will
radically affect their naïve supporter's ability to access our public lands
by hiding this ideology behind emotionally appealing slogans such as
"Protect and Restore our Forests!" But as I will point out in my next
update, there are other aspects to their ideology that will severely affect
our ability to maintain America's standing in a world where nothing is
certain, and as recent events have shown, very uncertain.
The supporters of the Wildlands Project have no deep understanding of
freedom; it has been replaced with a blind obedience to the whims of the
environmental movement. This blind obedience to the environmental movement
is testimony that their followers are slaves to their ignorance - as well as
the deception of the CBD and the Sierra Club.
Like the frog slowly boiled to death, will their fate, as well as ours be
sealed? Even the founder of the Sierra Club Mountain Bike Committee, when
questioned at the San Juan Forest Plan meeting, stated to me he had not yet
read through the details of Alternative 6, which he was supporting; this
shows the depth of this blind obedience.
"None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are
free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who
rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like
right in their eyes."
-Johann Goethe
Will you follow blindly? Do you value your freedom and are you willing to
defend it? Or do you find your salvation in the abdication of your freedom
to the ideology of the environmental movement and the success of the
Wildlands Project?
As important as the future of our forests, as I will point out in my next
update, the future of our country rests on this decision. I put my faith in
you, my fellow citizens, to not fail those who came before us, and to not
fail those that will come after us.
What will you decide?
You are being given the opportunity to protect your freedom to access your
public lands by commenting on the future of your forests; please take this
responsibility seriously.
We will be evaluating and commenting on the forest plans before the comment
period ends in August. We will be releasing these comments to our supporters
to evaluate with an email address to the Forest Planning Team so you can
comment too. Please do your part to protect your access by visiting our web
site for this information to be kept informed on the forest plans.
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