Wilderness Groups Target Heather Wilson in New Mexico

As the political parties gear up for their national conventions, TPAC wants to bring you some of the latest news as it relates to our efforts to elect a pro-trail majority to the U.S. Senate.

According to recent reports by Politico and the Washington Post,   there are five major anti-trail organizations now targeting Heather Wilson in NM  -- one of TPAC’s key senate candidates – for elimination.  Those groups include the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund.

Sources claim the groups intend to spend massive sums over the next few months smearing Heather Wilson and promoting their own candidate, Martin Heinrich.  Heinrich is also a board member of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.  That group has a long history of opposing responsible OHV recreation on public lands.

TPAC is asking you to help us continue  our fight to defend and support pro-trail candidates like George Allen (VA),  Dean Heller (NV),  Denny Rehberg (MT),  Jeff Flake (AZ), and Heather Wilson (NM) against attacks from determined anti-OHV groups.   These are must wins to switch the Senate power structure!

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Don Amador, Founder

The Trail PAC

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Op-Ed on Shakeup at Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society

Op-Ed

By Don Amador, Founder

The Trail PAC

Date: November 22, 2011

Opinion on Political Events at Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society

Not since the radical departure of Dr. Patrick Moore from Greenpeace in the mid 1980s has the green lobby been rocked by two large seismic events.  Last week, Carl Pope, resigned from the Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society cut their staff by 31 percent.

According to the LA Times, the departure of Carl Pope, 66, chairman of the club and a member for more than 40 years, comes as the nonprofit group faces declining membership, internal dissent, well-organized opponents, a weak economy and hostile forces in Congress trying to take the teeth out of environmental regulations.

An E&E News article stated The Wilderness Society has reduced its workforce over the last year from 224 to 155. In addition, the Washington, D.C.-based group, which currently runs on a $26.7 million annual budget, cited reduced donations amid a sluggish economy as one reason for the cuts.

The Trail PAC believes the “trail-access tides” are turning in Washington D.C. and in many other places in the country.  Sure there will be many tough political battles ahead in 2012.  However, TPAC plans to be in that fight ensuring that pro-trail federal candidates have the support they need to win elected office.

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Environmentalists and the 2012 Election

The news article today about “Environmentalists Returning to Obama” should be a rallying point for Off-Road Voters to join The Trail PAC to counter green political action committees.

Article on Environmentalists Returning to Obama in 2012

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-07/obama-banks-on-disappointed-environmentalists-returning-in-2012.html

With the 2012 election cycle swinging into high gear, TPAC urges OHV recreationists to start getting engaged in the political process.  There will be dozens of key Congressional races this cycle.  Your support will help elect pro-trail candidates to the House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and the White House.

You can count on environmental political action committees and activists will be engaged in this election cycle.  Don’t let their actions go unchallenged.  Join The Trail PAC today.

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