Re: Re[2]: [ihc]...property rights

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 11:00 AM 12/10/04, John Hofstetter wrote:

Sounds like it's well past time for the Sierra Club HQ to burn down, by
golly !! (Greek lightning, of course)

Greg

>On Dec 9, 2004, at 5:03 PM, Pete Shubin wrote:
>
>>  I try to keep this in mind every day that I walk into a city hall for
>> to represent an applicant at a hearing and every day that I take the
>> Scout
>> for a drive.  It gives me my reason to fight.
>
>Well said. We're leaving before long and will spend a couple of months
>in the Death Valley area. Wow, we used to have a lot of fun down there
>exploring historic mines, old homesteads, great views where you could
>be by yourself while you look. Now all Wilderness and 95% closed off to
>vehicle travel.
>
>There is in the Panamint Valley a resort privately owned. It is an
>enclave in a vast wilderness. Owner wants to sell his resort which is
>the only gas within 50 miles for those who are exploring that area. The
>Park Service has coerced him into agreeing that they, the Park Service,
>will get first chance at buying the place with its very modern gas
>facility.
>
>Now, why would the National Park  Service want to buy a modern resort
>and fuel facility? Will they get it? Maybe not while the Republicans
>control congress, but .......
>
>There was a similar situation in the heart of the old National
>Monument. Folks with long histories in the DV area owned and operated,
>Wildrose Station, a cafe, motel, and gas station up in the mountains.
>Burned down by golly.
>
>Up high in the Panamints was a historic homestead owned by the Meyers
>family. Sierra Club said that having folks drive to, and spend time in
>the cabins there could hurt the Wilderness surrounding it. Burned down
>by golly. Out in the Argus Range there was an opal mine run by a couple
>of characters out of Hollywood. Burned down, by golly.
>
>If anyone is interested, there is more about the Meyers Ranch on my web
>site, Death Valley section.
>
>Perhaps the greatest 4WD challenge in the country, Surprise Canyon in
>the Panamints, was closed by the BLM because it went up through
>Wilderness as designated by the Desert Protection Act.
>
>Property rights, what property rights?
>
>John
>
>John Hofstetter
>Ol' Saline
>www.goldrush.com/~hofs