Utah’s Red Rock Wilderness under attack- Important!

[AK_Dan]

I received an email tonight asking me to send a form email to protest the opening of land around Moab and the Canyonlands park to oil & gas exploration. I hadn’t heard of this yet so wanted to look into it a bit more before I jumped in- I found this article from Oct 22 outlining what it calls 3 different crimes against the environment, the last of which is about the Moab area.
I personally work in the oil industry here in Alaska so have experience in the fields, its not really the drilling really that messes things up, its all the infrastructure that goes along with it, roads, buildings, fences, etc. Once public lands have been leased they essentially become private property with no trespassing allowed. This would greatly reduce the amount of lands available to us as citizens to ride in, land that would never be open to us again in our lifetime.
Article-
http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/200 … ure-5.html

These lands are going up for auction here in about 3 days (the 19th) so time is short for your voice to be heard if you want it to be, here is a link for the form letter-
http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/stop … s_giveaway

http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/

Robert Redford is on board and pushing this protest. I just seems to me that this has been pushed through without enough notice to or input from the public, with enough responses perhaps we can get them to postpone this until we all get a chance to weigh in. Thanks,
Daniel

[Jeff Barber]

Hey guys, I just got this from IMBA last week:

Moab Trails Spared From Drilling-Related Threat — For Now
IMBA applauds mountain bikers who came out in droves to protect iconic Moab rides from being displaced by oil and gas leases. Public outcry led the BLM to withdraw the vast majority of leases near famous trails like Porcupine Rim, Amasa Back and others. The BLM’s decision reflects a growing understanding of recreation as a valuable public lands resource, but it may be a temporary victory because the leases haven’t been permanently closed. Moab advocates, including former IMBA Board President Ashley Korenblatt and others, will try for a lasting solution to this issue while also keeping an eye on remaining open leases near areas like Tusher Canyon.

Not sure if this is the same thing, though I know IMBA has been asking mountain bikers to speak out against these leases since at least October…

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