THANKS to all who jumped in to help this cause.

AA Joint Chiefs of Staff...

EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED

2-24-2010

At a point in the ongoing process of the BLM creating the DEIS/RMP for the Clear Creek Management Area.  Rick Cooper head of the Hollister Field Office for the BLM made a comment that (“this is by far the most complex land management plan that I have ever been involved in”) it then took the BLM 18 MONTHS to release the document to the public, and the public was given only 90 days to comment on it.

As per our first e-mail request for your help, there is still more to be done.  At this time we need to turn up the pressure and get every single person you know to send in a e-mail or fax and demand that the Hollister Field Office grant the public a 90 day extension to the Clear Creek Management Area Draft Resource Management Plan/ Draft Environmental Impact Statement comment period, which is slated to end March 5, 2010. 

This will be the most critical land use battle in California History

The Clear Creek Management Area has been closed since May of 2008, and the BLM released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on December 4, 2009 that plans to virtually close that area permanently to ALL use. The 700+ page document was released right before Christmas, and the BLM employees in the Hollister Field Office went on vacation shortly afterward, and were unavailable for questions and comments. Furthermore, the BLM didn't hold any Public meetings for over 30 days, and just recently February 22, 2010 held a meeting with business owners and land owners affected by the closure.  To say the least there were more questions raised than answers given.

For the reasons above, and because of the shear complexity of the document, we now we need your help to flood the BLM computers and fax machines with e-mails and faxes till they melt down requesting a 90 day extension to the comment period. 

This is one of the LARGEST, ERRONEOUS, PUBLIC LAND CLOSURES ever attempted by a government agency.  Please, if you value your freedom, and wish to have the rights and ability to take your kids and grandkids to public lands then PLEASE ACT NOW.  Take a moment to send a quick e-mail and fax to the following demanding the BLM grant this 90 day extension.

Rick Cooper, Hollister Field Office Manager,

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Kathy Hardy, Central District Manager, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it     Fax: (916) 978-4657

Jim Abbott, Acting California State Director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it     Fax: (916) 978-4416

Robert Abbey, Head of the Bureau of Land Management,

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