TPAC wants to share this
"trail news" regarding President Obama's recent naming of Sally Jewell as
the Secretary of the Interior.
Sally Jewell has been associated with two
very active anti-OHV entities. Those include the National Park Conservation
Association (NPCA) where she has served as a board member since 2004 and REI
where she serves as their CEO.
The NPCA has been very active in the legal
arena where they have filed at least one lawsuit to ban or severely restrict
ATV use at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.
REI has corporately aligned itself with the
non-motorized Wilderness agenda of groups such as the Sierra Club, the
Wilderness Society, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Like NPCA, those
groups are actively engaged in lawsuits to ban or restrict OHV recreation on
public lands.
However last summer, Jewell as part of an
outdoor industry coalition - which included representatives from the
powersports industry - helped launch the Western Governor's Association's
report on the economic impact of outdoor recreation.
TPAC will be watching the senate
confirmation hearings to see if she indicates a willingness to continue working
in a collaborative manner with both motorized and non-motorized recreationists
or if she will use her new position to support the anti-OHV agenda of the
groups she has been associated with.
Best regards,
Don
The TrailPAC
www.thetrailpac.com