Your traditional lakeside access is threatened!

[TaftMan]

YOUR TRADITIONAL LAKESIDE ACCESS IS THREATENED!

As a participant in the Isabella Lake Fishing Derby who enjoys fishing, camping and other recreation around Lake Isabella we thought you should know. Please read the following and then take action IMMEDIATELY as outlined below to help protect your access to your public lands.
Thanks to Stewards of the Sequoia we recently discovered the Sequoia National Forest Service has proposed that "all vehicular traffic will be confined to project roads and will be controlled through placement of barriers and development of designated parking areas"
The Sequoia National Forest plan also proposes to close over 300 miles of existing roads around the lake.
As we all know the water level of the Lake changes, which means none of the few roads they propose to keep open are at lakeside.
In other words you will no longer be able to park at the lakeside or drive off the few designated roads to fish, camp or anything else.
The Sequoia plan will also restrict dispersed camping to within one car length of the few roads the Forest Service proposes to allow you to use.
There is a way to help prevent this by taking just Two Minutes to submit a comment to the Forest Service using the link (http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID=37) below. Save The Trails have provided a letter generator with pre drafted comments and we hope you will also add your own. The comment deadline is midnight next Tuesday 3/31/09, however we will accept comments after that date in case the deadline is extended.
PLEASE ACT NOW-ONCE THE LAKESIDE ACCESS IS CLOSED IT WILL BE TOO LATE. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT IN JUST TWO MINUTES: http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID=37 (http://www.savethetrails.us/Default.aspx?PetitionID=37)
Then if you can please call your legislators listed below
Please call and ask these legislators to help stop the closure of the roads and trails in the Mountains and the roads and areas around the Lake:
Congressman McCarthy's office (661) 327-3611
Senator Roy Ashburn (661) 323-0443
Assemblymember Fuller (661) 395-2995
Kern County Board of Supervisors (661) 868-3650
Please ACT NOW. The proposed plan will go into effect in as little as three months without everyone's help to stop it.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS THE LAKE OR THE MOUNTAINS
You can see maps of the proposed closures and read more at: http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/alert_sequoia_trail_inventory.html (http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/alert_sequoia_trail_inventory.html)
You can read about the public telling the Forest Service NO MORE CLOSURES at: http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/NoMoreClosures.html (http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/NoMoreClosures.html)
You can see KERO Channel 23 Newscast about the proposed closures at: http://www.turnto23.com/news/19015013/detail.html# (http://www.turnto23.com/news/19015013/detail.html)
We want to thank Stewards of the Sequoia for bringing this threat to our attention, based on their detailed research of the 600 page Sequoia Forest DEIS plan proposal.
Fred Roach, Lake Isabella Fishing Derby Committee
Ray Thurm, President Kern River Chamber of Commerce
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[thepuma]

Can't check the links here at work (Network Filter). I will check this at home. Thanks for letting folks know about this.

[Mojave River Angler]

Ya, I signed the petition as well as adding some of my own comments. I'm sick of these feds sitting around in airconditioned offices on our dime trying to figure out how to keep us off of public land. I pickup trash ever time I go out. I practice "leave no trace" as much as is practical. Most people are pretty good about taking care of these places. A few bums get in, and the responsible people can make up for their lack of care. We don't need federal regulation to make the rest of us criminals to "fix" the problem. Funny too, how you see all the volunteer groups collecting the trash and careing for the trails while the feds use the money that was supposed to go for that hiring consultants and enviro nazies to help them keep the public off public land.

If we can't use it...is it public land?
MRA

[seal]

Ya, I signed the petition as well as adding some of my own comments. I'm sick of these feds sitting around in airconditioned offices on our dime trying to figure out how to keep us off of public land. I pickup trash ever time I go out. I practice "leave no trace" as much as is practical. Most people are pretty good about taking care of these places. A few bums get in, and the responsible people can make up for their lack of care. We don't need federal regulation to make the rest of us criminals to "fix" the problem. Funny too, how you see all the volunteer groups collecting the trash and careing for the trails while the feds use the money that was supposed to go for that hiring consultants and enviro nazies to help them keep the public off public land.

If we can't use it...is it public land?
MRA

Well said! California is going to loose big time in the end. The economy of these local communities are going to be devestated by these decisions, and if it continues the state is going to loose even more revenue.

[FISH ON]

Well said! California is going to loose big time in the end. The economy of these local communities are going to be devestated by these decisions, and if it continues the state is going to loose even more revenue. there wont be that big of loss of revenue for cali. they will just raise and create more tax's for all of us. the small towns like issy,kernville and many many more will be ghost towns in no time at all. first the gov did away with trout plants. then limits and permits needed for private citizen to raft the river.(anything over 6ft needs a special use permit) now going to limit or just do away with family recreation 4x4,motorcycle,hiking,wilderness camping. it seems to me the gov wants all us to stay in big towns so they can keep an eye on us CRIMINALS. ..... THANKS TAFTMAN FOR THE INFO