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American Land Rights Association
PO Box 400 Battle Ground, WA 98604
Phone: 360-687-3087 Fax: 360-687-2973
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Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE Washington, DC 20003
Sen. Ag Hearing, Bad Obama Forestry Nominee Sherman Tues.9-29
Ag Nominee Harris Sherman Enemy Of Multiple-Use, oil and gas, mining, coal mining, timber, grazing, gravel extraction and recreation and much more.
This is an all out call to action!
Please forward this message widely and quickly.
Your senator is on the US Senate Agriculture Committee. That committee will
confirm or defeat Harris Sherman. They are holding a confirmation hearing
Tuesday, September 29th. You must urge your Senator to investigate Harris
Sherman and oppose his nomination.
Urgent action is required by you to call, fax and e-mail your Senators to oppose the Harris Sherman nomination. The complete list of the Senate Agriculture Committee is listed below. You can call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. You can send an e-mail or fax to the staff person listed. That is the best way to send an e-mail to your Senator.
Harris Sherman of Colorado has been nominated to take the place of Mark Rey as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. He would have responsibility over US Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He would be in charge of all activities under the Forest Service including the Roadless issue.
Sherman is currently head of the Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources under the Governor Bill Ritter Administration.
Here are some reasons why he should be defeated in the US Senate:
-----1. Harris Sherman supports the Clinton-Babbitt Roadless rule and has worked in Colorado to revert to the Clinton-Babbitt Roadless Rule.
-----2. He would be a threat to oil and gas, mining, coal mining, timber, grazing, gravel extraction and recreation and much more.
-----3. According to residents of Colorado, Sherman used his position to extort or shake down money from oil and gas firms to fund his wildlife studies in return for his office not opposing their permits. In effect, he set up a pay to play approval process for oil and gas permits under the Colorado Dept. of Wildlife. .
-----4. He rewrote important environmental documents with the assistance of environmental activist groups negating public meetings and public comment.
-----5. Environmental groups had special access under Harris not available to the public or other land users.
-----6. He set up rules that infringed on private property.
-----7. He set up a system whereby the CO Dept. of Wildlife could interfere
with private contracts between farmers, ranchers and landowners and oil and
gas and mining companies. He was able to blow up private contracts where
he did not want oil and gas or mining operations to occur.
-----8. Likely he will give environmental groups special control over the
US Forest Service. His pattern is to feather his own nest and he would
likely use the Forest Service to do that as he did in Colorado.
-----9. This is another Obama appointee who has not been properly vetted. At the very least, the Senate should hold up the confirmation process until they get the full background on Harris Sherman.
If you have additional horror stories about Harris Sherman, please make sure you send them to American Land Rights as well as to your Senator on the Agriculture Committee. You can send them to American Land Rights at ccushman@pacifier.com
Senate Agriculture Committee
Send your e-mail to the staff person listed. Keep in mind that there is an _
underscore between the first and last name of the staff person in their e-mail.
It may not show through the underlining. Call any Senator at (202) 224-3121.
Democrats
Blanche Lincoln, (D-AR) Chairman) -- Fax: (202) 228-1371 jim_stowers@lincoln.senate.gov
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont--Fax: (202) 224-3479 ed_pagano@leahy.senate.gov
Tom Harkin, Iowa -- Fax: (202) 224-9369 pam_smith@harkin.senate.gov
Kent Conrad, North Dakota Fax: (202) 224-7776 Chris_thorne@conrad.senate.gov
Max Baucus, Montana Fax: (202) 224-9412 jon_selib@baucus.senate.gov
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Fax: (202) 228-0325 chris_adamo@stabenow.senate.gov
E. Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska Fax: (202) 228-0012 joe_britton@bennelson.senate.gov
Sherrod Brown, Ohio Fax: (202) 228-6321 Joanna_kuebler@brown.senate.gov
Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania Fax: (202) 228-0604 larry_smar@casey.senate.gov
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Fax: (202) 228-2186 Marjorie_duske@klobuchar.senate.gov
Michael Bennet, Colorado -- Fax: (202) 228-5036 sarah_lane@bennett.senate.gov
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Fax: (202) 228-0282 brook_Jamison@gillibrand.senate.gov
Republicans
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Ranking Member Fax: (202) 224- 0103 camila_Knowles@chambliss.senate.gov
Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Fax: (202) 228-0360 chris_geeslin@lugar.senate.gov
Thad Cochran, Mississippi Fax: (202) 224-9450 steven_wall@cochran.senate.gov
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Fax: (202) 224-2499 scott_raab@mcconnell.senate.gov
Pat Roberts, Kansas Fax: (202) 224-3514 Jennifer_cook@roberts.senate.gov
Mike Johanns, Nebraska Fax: (202) 228-0436 Natalie_krings@johanns.senate.gov
Charles Grassley, Iowa Fax: (202) 224-6020 kurt_kovarik@grassley.senate.gov
John Thune, South Dakota Fax: (202) 228-5429 matt_zabel@thune.senate.gov
John Cornyn, Texas Fax: (202) 228-2856 russ_thomasson@cornyn.senate.gov
Chuck Cushman
American Land Rights
(360) 687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com
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