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Locals Oppose Berryessa Snow Mountain Land Designations FAMILY WATER ALLIANCE | JUNE 21, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family Water Alliance, a grassroots organization for the protection of private property rights and sustainability of agriculture in California, has voiced opposition to the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area proposal since 2007. A proposal to establish a National Conservation Area for over 500,000 acres in rural Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Napa and Solano counties is drawing opposition from those whom the designation will effect. The proposal to designate the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area will impact thousands of private property owners throughout the six county region. The concept, spearheaded by Tuleyome, has ranchers, private landowners, county government officials, recreational and resource based groups and OHV users in the region voicing opposition to the proposal. “The plan is to protect this rural region from being encroached on from the metropolitan area of Sacramento and San Francisco, but what the plan fails to address is the long history of increased environmental regulation that can actually do more harm than good. Landowners in the region feel the plan is using scare tactics to protect an area that is not being threatened,” said Ashley Indrieri, executive director of Family Water Alliance. The plan to “create a vision for this region” will only create a management plan that will tell ranchers and private landowners what they can and cannot do. We already have numerous environmental laws that are litigated throughout the state and an additional layer of bureaucracy will only further negatively impact farmers and ranchers and exacerbate poorly managed public land issues in the region. “It is surprising that Tuleyome will not take no for an answer, as they continue to create a vision for other people’s backyards. Ranchers and private property owners have managed this important region for over one hundred years and without the interference of government agencies and environmental groups they will continue to do so,” said Indrieri Don Amador, western representative for the BlueRibbon Coalition, a national trail-based recreation group, states, “The proponents of this plan failed to mention that two of the largest and best managed destination OHV areas in Northern California are located at Stonyford and Upper Lake in the Mendocino National Forest and sit right in the middle of this proposal. We saw what happened to the 1974 King Range National Conservation Area located in Congressman Mike Thompson’s District – it became the 2006 King Range Wilderness Area and cut off all OHV use. I don’t think folks will be fooled by this scheme.” Family Water Alliance urges our local congressional officials to not buy in to spending millions of taxpayer dollars protecting land that is already protected.
The Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area (BRBNA)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here to read FWA's press release on the BRBNA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click here to read FWA's Editorial on Capay Valley General Plan by Vicki Murphy, FWA Director ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Preserving America: It's Land and It's People real life video at Stewards of the Range ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more information on the BRBNA, be sure to check out the links below:
To view FWA's educational brochure on the BRBNA, click here. |
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