ALRA: Omnibus Lands Bill Sneak Attack In Lame Duck, You’ll Lose!

Land Rights Network
American Land Rights Association (ALRA)
Keep Private Land In Private Hands Coalition
http://www.landrights.org

Omnibus Lands Bill Sneak Attack In Lame Duck, You’ll Lose!

-----Before you do anything else after reading this message, forward
it on to as much of your e-mail list as you can.

By forwarding this message you can help create an uprising against
any Omnibus Federal Lands bill that rears it ugly head in the Lame
Duck Session of Congress.

The Omnibus Federal Lands bill as well as the LWCF Billion Dollar
Trust Fund and the Corps and EPA Wetlands Land and Water Grab bill
can be stopped but you and ALRA as well as many other groups as
possible. All of us must work together to stop this massive attack on
your rights.

You must let any Congressman or Senator who votes for the likely
Omnibus Federal Lands Bill know now, before the vote, that you will
remember and he or she will be held accountable.

We’ve listed the Senators who voted for the Omnibus Federal Lands
bill in 2009 so you can call them and make sure they know you will
hold any vote on a possible 2010 Omnibus Federal Lands Bill against
them. With the recent election results, they are likely to pay
attention to you.

-----Measure Number: H.R. 146 (Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009) Please go to www.landrights.org
for the details on the National Landscape Conservation System which
was just one bill among many included in this package. You must know
they will try to include the LWCF Trust Fund and the Corps, EPA
Wetlands Land and Water Grab bill in the new, 2010, Omnibus Federal
Lands Bill.

-----Measure Title: An act to designate certain land as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain
programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the
Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
This included the 26 million acre National Landscape Conservation
System described in detail at www.landrights.org

. It’s right on the home page.

-----Here are some Senators who had no business voting for the
Omnibus Bill in 2009 but did and it hurt their constituents and their
states. Alexander, Barrasso, Begich, Bond, Corker, Crapo, Dorgan,
Enzi, Hatch, Landrieu, Lugar, Merkley, Murkowski, Shelby, Snowe,
Tester, Webb, Wicker, and Wyden. Below is the complete list of yes
votes.

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Burris (D-IL), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Not Voting
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

-----The Election is over and a whole lot of defeated Congressmen and
Senators no longer need to pay attention to the voters in the Lame
Duck Session of Congress starting November 15th. They still get to
vote even though they were defeated or retired.

The Lame Duck Session of Congress is incredibly dangerous to you.

There must be an uprising of opposition to Congress passing any
Omnibus Federal Lands Bill, the LWCF Billion Dollar per year Trust
Fund and the Corps and EPA Wetlands Water and Land Grab bill.

The Omnibus Federal Lands Bill, Billion Dollar LWCF Land Acquisition
Trust Fund and Corps and EPA Wetlands Water and Land Grab are likely
to be rolled into one package. It will be called The Omnibus Federal
Lands Bill.

No bill number yet. But rural America and your future are on the
line.

You must start making calls immediately to make sure your Senators
and Congressman aggressively oppose any Omnibus Federal Lands Bill as
well as the LWCF Trust Fund and the Corps and EPA Wetlands bill if
they come to a vote separately.

Don’t wait. The Lame Duck session of Congress starts November 15th.
You can see the schedule below.

This must be an uprising of opposition. Because these are Democrat
bills, you must make it clear that if these bills pass, the Democrats
will suffer even more in 2012. Because they are Democrat bills, it is
more likely that their outgoing sponsors will seek to shove them
through the Lame Duck Session of Congress.

When you call, fax and e-mail, Don’t be nasty. Don’t be
threatening. Just be frank with the Federal Lands and Resources staff
person you talk to that these too bills will cost America a huge
number of jobs, destroy Rural America and strangle small business and
local communities in a sea of red tape. They will also add to the
deficit.

-----Table of Contents For This E-mail:

-----I. Omnibus Federal Lands Bill Overview. While this bill has not
been announced yet, a number of Democrats are putting a bill together
behind the scenes. This includes the Billion Dollar LWCF Land
Acquisition Trust Fund (HR 3663) and the Corps and EPA Wetlands Land
and Water grab (HR 5088 and S 787).

-----II. Action Items.

-----III List of Your Senators with E-mail, Fax and Phone numbers. It
is critical for you to ask them to vote NO on the Omnibus Federal
Lands Bill and the LWCF Trust Fund (S 3663).

Not all Senators are listed. We’ve left off most that are hopeless.
Included are some hopeless Senators when they are in the same state as
someone with an open mind because the people in that state are going
to get this e-mail anyway.

Your call, fax or e-mail could well make a difference with them. The
key to winning this battle is for you to get your Senator to commit
before the Lame Duck Session of Congress starts Nov. 15th to vote
against the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the LWCF Trust Fund and
Corps and EPA Wetlands bills what and if they come to a vote in the
Senate in the Lame Duck Congress. Remember that the LWCF Trust Fund
has already passed the House.

-----IV. Lame Duck Congress Schedule (See below).

-----Omnibus Federal Lands Bill ----- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid plan to sneak through the Multi-Billion
Dollar LWCF Trust Fund (S 3663) and the Corps and EPA Water and Land
Grab bill (HR 5088 and S 787) as part of a new Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill. They are working on putting the bill together now. One or both
of these bills will affect every landowner in America.

If you liked what happened in 2009 when Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid snuck through an Omnibus Federal Lands Bill, you’ll love what
Pelosi and Reid have planned for you during
the Lame Duck session of Congress in 2010.

The Omnibus Federal Lands Bill is a sneak attack tool used by Reid
and Pelosi to put together a package of bills trying to give as many
Senators and Congressmen at least one of their bills they care about.
That way the Senator or Congressman ignores the rest of the bill, even
though he or she would likely vote against some of them under normal
circumstances.

You must get a commitment now from your Senators and Congressman that
they will oppose any attempt to pass an Omnibus Federal Lands Bill in
the Lame Duck Session of Congress. It would likely include the
Billion Dollar LWCF Trust Fund as well as the Corps and EPA Land and
Water grab bill.

In 2009 Pelosi and Reid used the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill as a
technique to pass dozens of bills that they could not get passed the
normal way in 2008.

Just one example was the National Landscape Conservation System that
started out taking 26 million acres of BLM land and putting it off
limits to you. The NLCS was set up Administratively by Bruce Babbitt
in the Clinton Administration but never passed Congress until it was
snuck through in the 2009 Omnibus Federal Lands Bill. The NLCS was
just one bill of many that passed that hurt you.

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) voted for the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill in
2009 because he had a bill he supported in the mix. Never mind that
ranchers, miners, landowners and many others suffered great damage
from the National Landscape Conservation System bill that was hidden
inside the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.

You can go to www.landrights.org
where right on the home page is a map and read more about the NLCS.

-----Here’s how an Omnibus Federal Lands bill works. Reid and
Pelosi put together a bunch of bills trying to get one in the bill
for as many Senators and Congressmen as possible.

Because many Senators and Congressmen have bills in the Omnibus
Federal Lands Bill package, they don’t look at or read the other
bills in the package.

They vote YES on the Omnibus bill to get their bill passed but in the
process hurt not only their constituents but also many others.

-----Listed below are some examples of Senators who voted for the
2009 Omnibus Federal Lands Bill who hurt their constituents badly.
We’ve also listed all the Senators and how they voted in 2009 so
you can hold your Senator accountable.

The Omnibus Federal Lands Bill process is your enemy. It must be
stopped. You must insist that your Senators and Congressman oppose
any Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.

-----Action Items: Here’s what you must do quickly.

-----1. Please forward this e-mail as widely as you can. It’s
critical that the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill process be stopped.

-----2. Your Senators must be deluged with calls, faxes and e-mails
opposing the any Omnibus Federal Lands Bill. That’s because it will
include the Billion Dollar LWCF Trust Fund (S 3663) and the Corps EPA
Wetlands Water and Land Grab Bill (HR 5088 and S 787).

Your Senators and Congressman will vote for this bill when they
ordinarily would oppose it because they have something in the package
they want. But the total package kills you. You must tell your
Senators and Congressman that any vote for any Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill will be remembered and held against them forever. The Omnibus
Federal Lands Bill must not pass or you will lose in a huge way.

You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Call any Congressman at
(202) 225-3121.

-----3. Included below are the e-mail and fax numbers for your
Senators. Please do not fail to send them a message before the Lame
Duck session of Congress urging them to commit to voting NO on the
Omnibus Federal Lands bill.

Call them to ask for a commitment. We do not have a bill number yet.
But any staff person will understand when you call opposing any
Omnibus Federal Lands Bill. Ask for the staff person who handles
Federal land issues for your Senator and Congressman.

-----4. Hand out copies of this e-mail to your friends and business
associates. Carry copies in your truck or car.

-----5. Join American Land Rights. The first year is at the special
reduced rate of $25. Try us out at the reduced rate. Membership is
$35 per year after that.

American Land Rights is working hard to send hundreds of thousands of
e-mails, faxes and letters nationwide BEFORE THE LAME DUCK session of
Congress to alert our allies and get them to call, fax and e-mail
their Senators.

By joining American Land Rights, you give us the financial support to
send the necessary faxes and letters and get many more people involved
and informed.

A number of Congressmen and Senators who supported the Corps and EPA
Wetlands Water and Land Grab bill lost their election including the
Chairman of the House Committee James Oberstar and the author of the
bill in the Senate, Russ Feingold..

American Land Rights has bombarded their districts and states with
e-mails, faxes and letters to educate their constituents about these
incredibly dangerous bills. While ALRA is not taking credit for the
defeat of any of these Congressmen and Senators, it is clear that the
continued education of their Constituents about the Corps and EPA
Wetlands Bill hurt their chances for reelection.

You must continue to fight because there are other Congressmen and
Senators who will pick up the effort to pass the Corps and EPA
Wetlands Bill as well as the LWCF Trust Fund.

Your calls, faxes, e-mails and letters made the difference. And it is
your support now that will allow ALRA to continue to educate
landowners throughout America about the Corps and EPA Wetlands Bill
and the LWCF Billion Dollar per year land acquisition trust fund.

Your support made the difference. Your continued support will allow
ALRA to keep up the pressure and prevent passage of these terrible
bills.

You can contribute right on www.landrights.org

Or just send a check to American Land Rights, PO Box 400, Battle
Ground, WA 98604.

-----6. Please consider a special contribution for $1000, $500, $200,
$100, $50 or whatever you can to help defeat the Omnibus Federal Land
Bill as well as the new CARA, the Harry Reid LWCF Trust Fund Energy
Bill (S 3663) and the Corps and EPA Land Grab Bill, HR 5088 and S
787.

LWCF is the Land and Water Conservation Fund that has hurt inholders,
ranchers, farmers, miners and landowners for so many years.

Unfortunately, Senate Majority Leader Harry Read won reelection and
will continue to be a thorn in your side. But you can head him and
Nancy Pelosi off if we act quickly before the Lame Duck Session of
Congress.

-----7. Call your Senators at (202) 224-3121 to oppose Harry Reid’s
LWCF Trust Fund Energy Bill (S 3663) with the multi-billion dollar
LWCF CARA land acquisition trust fund hidden inside. It may be
further hidden inside of the Omnibus Federal Lands bill.

-----8. Call your Senators to ask for meetings before the Lame Duck
session of Congress. Get a group of friends to go to the meeting with
you. Tell your Senators face to face to stop any Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill. He or she must vote on each bill individually. They must not
vote Yes on some 1,000 page bill they have not read including dozens
of bills that hurt you.

-----9. Call your friends and neighbors to get them to call both your
Senators at (202) 224-3121.

Please make your calls, and send your faxes and e-mails as quickly
as you can. The more opposition you show quickly, the better chance
you have to stop the Reid LWCF CARA Billion Dollar Trust Fund
(S 3663).

-----Here are your Senators you must call, fax and e-mail.

Be sure to note that there is an underscore_ between the first and
last name of each staff person. Not all Senators are included.
We’ve left off the hopeless cases unless they were in a state where
we were already sending this e-mail.

Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Fax (202) 228-3398
Email david_morgenstern@alexander.senate.gov

John A. Barrasso (R-WY) Fax (202) 224-1724
Email shawn_whitman@barrasso.senate.gov
Max Baucus (D-MT) Fax (202) 224-9412
Email jon_selib@baucus.senate.gov
Evan Bayh (D-IN) Fax (202) 228-1377
Email charlie_salem@bayh.senate.gov

Mark Begich (D-AK) Fax (202) 224-2354
Email david_ramseur@begich.senate.gov

Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) Fax (202) 228-5036
Email sarah_hughes@bennet.senate.gov
Robert F. Bennett (R-UT) Fax (202) 228-1168
Email maryjane_collipriest@bennett.senate.gov

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Fax (202) 224-2852
Email stephen_ward@bingaman.senate.gov
Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO) Fax (202) 224-8149
Email brian_klippenstein@bond.senate.gov

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Fax (202) 224-0454
Email laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov

Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Fax (202) 228-6321
Email mark_powden@brown.senate.gov
Sam Brownback (R-KS) Fax (202) 228-1265
Email glen_chambers@brownback.senate.gov

Jim Bunning (R-KY) Fax (202) 228-1373
Email kim_dean@bunning.senate.gov

Richard Burr (R-NC) Fax (202) 228-2981
Email chris_joyner@burr.senate.gov

Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) Fax (202) 228-0002
Email barbara_videnieks@byrd.senate.gov

Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Fax (202) 228-0514
Email katharine_lister@cantwell.senate.gov

Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Fax (202) 224-0103
Email charlie_harman@chambliss.senate.gov

Tom Coburn (R-OK) Fax (202) 224-6008
Email michael_schwartz@coburn.senate.gov

Thad Cochran (R-MS) Fax (202) 224-9450
Email ta_hawks@cochran.senate.gov

Susan M. Collins (R-ME) Fax (202) 224-2693
Email jennifer_duddy@collines.senate.gov

Kent Conrad (D-ND) Fax (202) 224-7776
Email sara_garland@conrad.senate.gov

Bob Corker (R-TN) Fax (202) 228-0566
Email todd_womack@corker.senate.gov

John Cornyn (R-TX) Fax (202) 228-2856
Email beth_jafari@cornyn.senate.gov

Michael D. Crapo (R-ID) Fax (202) 228-1375
Email peter_fischer@crapo.senate.gov

Jim DeMint (R-SC) Fax (202) 228-5143
Email wesley_denton@demint.senate.gov

Bryon L. Dorgan (D-ND) Fax (202) 224-1193
Email elizabeth_gore@dorgan.senate.gov

Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) Fax (202) 228-0400
Email joe_shoemaker@durbin.senate.gov

John Ensign (R-NV) Fax (202) 228-2193
Email courtney_futryk@ensign.senate.gov

Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) Fax (202) 228-0359
Email flip_mcconnaughey@enzi.senate.gov

Russell D. Feingold (D-WI) Fax (202) 224-2725
Email mary_irvine@feingold.senate.gov

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Fax (202) 228-3954
Email chris_thompson@feinstein.senate.gov
Al Franken (DFL-MN) Fax (202) 224-0044
Email casey_aden-wansbury@franken.senate.gov

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) Fax (202) 228-0282
Email jess_fassler@gillibrand.senate.gov

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Fax (202) 224-3808
Email richard-perry@lgraham.senate.gov

Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) Fax (202) 224-6020
Email david_young@grassley.senate.gov

Judd Gregg (R-NH) Fax (202) 224-4952
Email alyssa_shooshan@gregg.senate.gov

Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) Fax (202) 228-2563
Email crystal_king@hagan.senate.gov

Tom Harkin (D-IA) Fax (202) 224-9369
Email brian_ahlberg@harkin.senate.gov

Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) Fax (202) 224-6331
Email jace_Johnson@hatch.senate.gov

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Fax (202) 224-0776
Email gene_diamond@hutchison.senate.gov

James M. Inhofe (R-OK) Fax (202) 228-0380
Email ryan_thompson@inhofe.senate.gov
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Fax (202) 228-0724
Email chris_carr@isakson.senate.gov

Michael O. Johanns (R-NE) Fax (202) 228-0436
Email terri_moore@johanns.senate.gov

Tim Johnson (D-SD) Fax (202) 228-5765
Email drey_samuelson@johnson.senate.gov

Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN) Fax (202) 228-2186
Email marjorie_ducke@klobuchar.senate.gov

Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Fax (202) 224-2207 Email tim_glazewski@kyl.senate.gov

Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA) Fax (202) 224-9735
Email jane_campbell@landrieu.senate.gov

George LeMieux (R-FL) Fax (202) 228-5171
Email ryan_duffy@lemieux.senate.gov

Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Fax (202) 228-1371
Email elizabeth_burks@lincoln.senate.gov
Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) Fax (202) 228-0360
Email andy_fisher@lugar.senate.gov

John S. McCain (R-AZ) Fax (202) 228-2862
Email mark_buse@mccain.senate.gov

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Fax (202) 224-2499
Email billy_piper@mcconnell.senate.gov

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Fax (202) 224-5301
Email karen_knutson@murkowski.senate.gov

Patty Murray (D-WA) Fax (202) 224-0238
Email jeff_bjornstad@murray.senate.gov

Ben Nelson (D-NE) Fax (202) 228-0012
Email tim_becker@bennelson.senate.gov

Bill Nelson (D-FL) Fax (202) 228-2183
Email brenda_strickland@billnelson.senate.gov
Harry Reid (D-NV) Fax (202) 224-7327
Email gary_myrick@reid.senate.gov

James E. Risch (R-ID) Fax (202) 224-2573
Email john_sandy@risch.senate.gov

Pat Roberts (R-KS) Fax (202) 224-3514
Email jackie_cottrell@roberts.senate.gov

Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Fax (202) 224-3149
Email rick_dearborn@sessions.senate.gov

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Fax (202) 228-3194
Email maura_keefe@shaheen.senate.gov

Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) Fax (202) 224-3416
Email alan_hanson@shelby.senate.gov

Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) Fax (202) 224-1946
Email john_richter@snowe.senate.gov

Arlen Specter (D-PA) Fax (202) 228-1229
Email scott_hoeflich.senate.gov
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Fax (202) 228-0325
Email amanda_renteria@stabenow.senate.gov

John Tester (D-MT) Fax (202) 224-8594
Email stephanie_schriock@tester.senate.gov

John Thune (R-SD) Fax (202) 228-5429
Email andi_fouberg@thune.senate.gov

David Vitter (R-LA) Fax (202) 228-5061
Email kyle_ruckert@vitter.senate.gov

George V. Voinovich (R-OH) Fax (202) 228-1382
Email phil_park@voinovich.senate.gov

Mark R. Warner (D-VA) Fax (202) 224-2530
Email luke_albee@warner.senate.gov
James H. Webb (D-VA) Fax (202) 228-6363
Email paul_reagan@webb.senate.gov

Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) Fax (202) 228-0378
Email michelle_barlow@wicker.senate.gov

Ron Wyden (D-OR) Fax (202) 228-2717
Email josh_kardon@wyden.senate.gov

-----Lame Duck Congress Schedule. This is the most dangerous time for
you. Any Congressman or Senator who is defeated for election or is
retiring will no longer be accountable to the voters. Yet they still
get to vote on your future in the Lame Duck session of Congress.

The likelihood of the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill passing in the Lame
Duck is great. That bill is likely to include the Billion Dollar LWCF
(S 3663) and the Corps EPA Wetlands Land and Water Grab Bill (HR 5088
and S 787).

Ask your Senator to filibuster the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill and the
LWCF Trust Fund as well and Corps EPA Wetlands Land and Water Grab. He
or she can also put a hold on it that will slow it down or stop it.

Congress will come back into session after the November election on
Monday, Nov. 15th. The House will be in session Monday through Friday
during the week of Nov. 15, 2010. Congress will then break for
Thanksgiving. The Senate will likely follow this schedule. Congress
comes back into session after Thanksgiving Monday through Friday
during the week of November 29, 2010.

Nothing is more dangerous to you than a Lame Duck session. That is
because many Congressmen and Senators have either lost their
elections or have retired but still come back and vote.

They are no longer responsible to you.

You must get a commitment now, before the election, from your Senator
if he or she is running for election, that he or she will oppose the
LWCF, (Land and Water Conservation Fund) multi-billion dollar trust
fund. Make the same calls to your Congressman. Even though the Trust
Fund already passed in the House, it could come back for another
vote.

You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Call any Congressman at
(202) 225-3121.

You must call, call and call again.

It does not matter if you have called or written before. Do it again
now. Letters are too slow. You must call, e-mail and fax. A letter
will be too late.

Send your elected officials faxes opposing the Omnibus Federal Lands
Bill and the Multi-Billion dollar trust fund. This is huge. You
future is at stake.

If the Trust Fund passes Congress, you will never escape the fear of
Eminent Domain or condemnation of private property. It will always be
hanging over your head.

The key to winning and stopping Eminent Domain is keeping the Federal
agencies from getting the money. You must stop the LWCF Trust Fund.

You are fighting a new version of CARA. Don’t let them sneak it by
inside an Omnibus Federal Lands Bill.

You’re in a race. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans a vote on
the Multi-Billion Dollar LWCF CARA Eminent Domain Trust Fund that is
attached to the Senate Energy Bill (S 3663). That vote could come in
the next few days or in the Lame Duck session of Congress.

You must assume it will come sooner. Do not fail to make your calls.

The bill number for the Omnibus Federal Lands bill is not available
yet. You need to call your Senators and Congressman, ask for the bill
number and make it clear this bill could greatly affect their future.

Make sure when you talk to Senate staffers that you are talking about
the Omnibus Federal Lands Bill that will likely include the LWCF Trust
Fund and the Corps EPA Wetlands Land and Water Grab.

Call, fax and e-mail both your Senators immediately.

NO trust fund. NO more entitlements. All funding must go through the
Congressional appropriations process and have to compete with other
national priorities like education, social services, the military,
jobs programs and many more.

Why should land acquisition get a priority over all other needs?

This is one of the biggest threats to you ever.

You must stop S 3663, the Senate Energy Bill or get your Senators to
amend the bill to take out the section on the Land and Water
Conservation Fund (LWCF). Be aware they may try to play games
with the bill number to confuse you. So always confirm that it is
the LWCF Trust Fund ha you are talking about.

You have a small window of time to call, fax, e-mail both your
Senators to let them know how bad the LWCF Eminent Domain Trust Fund
will be. You need to tell them how eminent domain and condemnation
will damage communities and rural America. It will be devastating.

Your Senators can stop the Billion Dollar LWCF Emin