All Entries in the "Political Arena" Category
Trail PAC – Fight Back Against Big Green
May is a very busy month for the OHV community as we attend events, camp with the family, or ride with our friends. As the election cycle starts to heat up this summer, TPAC is asking trail-voters to help us fight the Green PACs by making a donation today. These green PACs are already attacking [...]
EPA Resignation Signals Change
As off-roaders know, the EPA is often at the heart of land closures based on overregulation and abuse of the Endangered Species Act and other such laws. TPAC believes the following story about the recent resignation of a top EPA official is a signal that the regulatory tide may be changing. Article on EPA Official [...]
“OHV Voters Are Not Fool’s” Fundraiser By TPAC
Our friends over at the League of Conservation Voters (the PAC arm of the radical environmental movement) are having a 2-day fundraising campaign so they can support candidates for Congress who will vote for Big Green, Big Agency, and Big Courts, and Big Closures. TPAC is countering that effort with our own “We Won’t Get [...]
Victory: Kids Motorcycles and ATVs Saved
by: American Motorcyclist Association http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Rights/KeepKidMotorcyclesAndATVsLegal.aspx In a victory for families who enjoy responsible motorized recreation, President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to allow the sale of kids’ off-highway vehicles (OHVs) to continue. On Aug. 12, Obama signed into law H.R. 2715, introduced by Reps. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.). [...]
BRC National Legislative Update
BRC NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Western lawmakers move key issues via budget battle Greetings BRC Action Alert Subscribers, We wanted to update everyone about some significant news regarding public lands issues and the federal budget Continuing Resolution approved last week by the U.S. House and Senate and signed by President Obama on April 15, 2011. [...]
National BRC Election Update and Action Alert
National BRC Election Update and Action Alert Action Item Included Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The midterm election is over. Many have asked for BRC’s analysis of the outcome. We are cautiously evaluating the results, and think the answers are more complex than many realize. The U.S. House of Representatives has changed hands. From our [...]
Vote Like A Motorcyclist? or OHV’er
20 Days Until The Election More Info Dear Fellow Rider, We have 20 days until Election Day to Vote Like a Motorcyclist. The elections on November 2 are some of the most important in many years for the future of motorcycling. It is critical for motorcyclists to utilize these last 20 days to identify [...]
American Motorcyclist Association ramps up ‘Vote Like A Motorcyclist’ campaign
The AMA has ramped up its “Vote Like a Motorcyclist” campaign with T-shirts, pins and posters to supplement its new 2010 AMA Voter Guide. “The elections on Nov. 2 are some of the most important in many years for the future of motorcycling,” said Ed Moreland, AMA senior vice president for government relations. “It’s critical [...]
BLUERIBBON COALITION IDAHO LANDUSE UPDATE!
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, Phil Taylor, a reporter for E&E Publishing, a Washington D.C. based natural resource news source, wrote an article on Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson’s CIEDRA Wilderness bill. Taylor’s excellent article was also picked up by the New York Times (See links below for the article). Taylor reports about how successful the Idaho Recreation [...]
BRC National Land Use Update – USFS Planning Regulations
BRC National Land Use Update: U.S. Forest Service Planning Regulations The U.S. Forest Service (FS) is beginning the process of revising their regulations that govern how the agency prepares Forest Plans. Known as the “Planning Rule,” these regulations will be the driving force behind how the agency develops, amends and revises their Land Use Plans. [...]
