ALERT
CITIZENS OF IDAHO COUNTY
The Officers and Members of the Idaho Pathfinders, Inc. want to alert the citizens of Idaho County to what our organization believes to be an imminent threat of a great loss of our public lands, our treasured freedom of access and ultimately an erosion of our rural heritage. We object to the land swap so vehemently opposed for so long by so many for so many good reasons.
It is not our intent when offering our concerns and asking for your participation in objecting to this potential travesty to impugn the integrity, intelligence or motives of elected officials or unelected bureaucrats whose actions have brought us to this point. However we are adamant in our objection to the results of their actions which we deem to be unacceptable.
Citizenship in our Republic can be hard and diligence is our responsibility even though it is hard. The First Amendment is usually thought of as defending freedom of speech but it protects more including our right to “..petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. We are asking the citizens of Idaho County to join with us to exercise this right and demand that the “land swap” be truncated now. Stand with us in objecting to the refusal of our Government to respect our wishes.
Please put down your remote control your novel or your crossword puzzle and meet your responsibility of citizenship, speak up! Contact the following people and express both your dissatisfaction with where the land swap stands and their failure to respect the desires of the taxpayers who really own these lands.
Commissioner Skip Brant – [email protected] or 208-983-2751
Commissioner Jim Chmelik – [email protected] or 208-983-2751
Commissioner James Rockwell – [email protected] or 983-2751
Forest Supervisor Brazell – 208-983-4099 or 104 Airport Rd Grangeville ID
Faye Krueger, Regional Forester- P.O. Box 7669 Missoula, MT 59807-7669
Chief Tom Tidwell USDA Forest Service, Mail Stop 1111, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-1111 or 800-832-1355
Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA
