Recreational user fees and corporate sponsorships through cost-share agreements are two of the alternate funding sources the Agency has been actively pursuing. We are opposed to these alternative funding sources because of the inappropriate incentive they create for large-scale recreational development. User fees may also act as a step toward the privatization, commercialization and motorization of the National Forests.
American Lands
American Canoe Association
Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
John Muir Project/Earth Island Institute
Native Forest Network
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
US Public Interest Research Group
Active Students for a Healthy Environment
The Anacostia Watershed Society
Ancient Forest Rescue
Angles Chapter Sierra Club
Bay Area Action
California Wilderness Coalition
The Central Oregon Forest Issues Committee
Chattooga River Watershed Coalition
Cherokee Forest Voices
Citizens for Better Forestry
Clearwater Biodiversity Project
Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers
Colorado Wild
Columbia Group Sierra Club Forest & Wildlife Committee
Committee for Idaho's High Desert
EcoTours of Oregon
Federal Land Action Group
Forest Guardians
Forest Issues Group (FIG)
Forest Watch (VT)
Fresno Audubon Society
Friends of the Nescopeck
Friends of Nevada Wilderness
The Fyke Nature Association
Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society
Green America
Green Party of New Jersey
Idaho Conservation League
Idaho Watersheds Project
James Madison High Environmental Club
Kalmiopsis Audubon
Kettle Range Conservation Group
Klamath Forest Alliance
Lake Superior Greens
The Lands Council
Lassen Forest Preservation Group
Leavenworth Audubon Adopt-a-Forest
Marion County Water Watch
Michiana Watershed, Inc.
Mt. Adams Adopt-A-Forest
Native Plant Society of Oregon
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Ouachita Watch League
Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project
Pacific Environment and Resources Center
Placer Group Sierra Club
Predator Education Fund
Ranier Audubon Society
RESTORE: The North Woods
Sacred Earth Network
Save Our Canyons
Safe Alternatives for our Forest Environment (SAFE)
Santa Cruz Rainforest Action Group
SAFE: Save Our Ancient Forest Ecology
Save the West
Sequoia Forest Alliance
SEAC at U. Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Sinapu
Southwest Center For Biological Diversity
SRYCL
S.E.E.D. (OR)
Texas Committee on Natural Resources
Tule River Conservancy
Trees for the Planet
Umpqua Watersheds, Inc.
Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club
Utah Environmental Congress
Wild Utah Forest Campaign
Wild Wilderness
Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads
Wildlife Damage Review
Wild Earth
Wisconsin Forest Conservation Task Force
Wyoming Outdoor Council
Yosemite Area Audubon
The groups listed above have all signed on in support of the Forest Appropriations Initiative (FY 2000): A Budget to Protect and Restore the National Forest System. The statement at the top of this page is a condensed version of the statement which appears in the original document.
Scott Silver, Executive Director,
Wild Wilderness
248 NW Wilmington Avenue, Bend OR 97701
Phone (541) 385-5261 E-mail: ssilver@wildwilderness.org