STOP HR 6939 FROM BECOMING LAW

Keep WSAs managed as wilderness

In my time living in Wyoming, I have enjoyed recreating on many of the landscapes that Representative Cheney's Bill would reduce protections for. I am an advocate of multiple-use, but multiple use does not mean every use on every acre. We need to protect certain landscapes from development for our own sanity and for future generations to enjoy.

Keep Wyoming protected.

Wild, open spaces owned by all is what makes Wyoming so special. Keep it wild.

HR 6939 is bad policy, badly implemented. Wyoming is one of America's last wild places, and this bill threatens irreparable damage to lands that make Wyoming the special place it is. Protected public lands are a major reason I choose to live in Wyoming. The Red Desert, BLM land, and Forest Service lands need protection and stewardship. HR 6939 is an assault on these lands.

Public lands belong to everyone in the nation. This bill involved NO public input. I love Adobe Town, the Boar's Tusk, the Red Desert area that is still protected near South Pass and Honeycomb Buttes. I want to be able to share these treasures with my grandchildren and their grandchildren. The existing protections need to be kept in place, not removed. HR 6939 is a short-sighted attempt to provide short term jobs while destroying these areas. It's rather obvious that long-term management keeping these areas protected brings in long term income to the state. HR 6939 needs to be voted down.

Wrongheaded representation in Congress!!!

I have spent time in several of the WSA's in the Red Desert that Representative Cheney's bill would reduce protection for. Many of the WSA's addressed in her bill were identified as "suitable" for Wilderness in the most recent RMP process. This is the wrong way to go about land management designation. I strongly urge action action Representative Cheney's HR 6939 bill.

What the world needs is MORE open spaces, quiet, peaceful and replenishing of the spirit and ecosystem.

I oppose HR 6939. I support protected land. I also support multi-use land access such as that for mountain bikes.

What kind of selfish, unthinking idiots exploit every bit of natural resource they can possibly lay their hands on? Stop it!

Wyoming can’t afford and doesn’t have enough qualified people to manage public lands, so they will sell the best to the 1 percent and squander what’s left to the energy industry and ranchers. I have spent two years on the Sheridan County Economic committe; I’ve watched this in action. Dick Cheney stole our privacy, now his daughter wants to steal our land. SAD!

I urge you o listen to those of us who actually live in Wyoming and use public lands.

Defeat this bad bill that is moving behind the backs of voters.

My family has ranched in Wyoming for Three generations going on four. We definitely aren't rich in monetary terms. In fact we all work jobs and then help maintain the public lands around our deeded property. Our grandfather homesteaded near Wind River Canyon. The area designated as Wilderness Study for Copper Mountain is next to Birds Eye pass road. It is the stage coach trail rich in history of settlers coming West to experience nature at it's best. There are other ranching families that we still work together with towards a common goal That goal is simple. We want future generations to be able to experience and appreciate what this state thrives on. We have only scratched the surface of fossils and clues to the past with the dinosaur museum in Thermopolis. We have state parks in the canyon and Boysen reservoir for camping, fishing, photographing, and wildlife watching. We have bighorn sheep, antelope,deer, elk, coyotes, mountain lions, Hawks, ducks, geese that all depend on s delicate ecosystem to thrive in this area. There is a proposal for the development of a trail for motorized rock crawlers in this area. This is in direct conflict with what people come to this area to experience. I see many options that would enhance the visitors experience s on public land that would not permanently alter this area. I am not against the off road community. There is a club in the park county area that has purchased land, developed and maintained trails. They respect the land. I beg you to carefully consider releasing the wilderness study areas and listen to public input. The public familiar with the area and who already collaborate with the government agencies can continue to work together to provide solutions where the land can be used in a way to satisfy everyone's needs using suitable areas for their particular activity. Please take the time to listen to the public and make informed decisions. Thank you.

Those is Wyoming who care about wild places have no representation in Congress. We must reach out to congress people in other states if we are to be heard.

I lived in Wyoming for 20 years, enjoying national forests, BLM lands, and Wilderness areas at every opportunity. I personally knew several individuals who invested their life energy into creating Wilderness areas for the good of all. Life has taken me to Iowa, where I notice accurately how the absence of wild places changes people. As I plan my return to Wyoming as a resident, I want to know that the investment I'm making, and the work of all those who came before me, won't be degraded. Please do not remove protections for these irreplaceable wilderness areas.

Please don’t strip Wyoming of some of it’s most powerful beauty.

Stop the land grab for greedy special interests!

This is a bad bill. Let us have some public meetings instead of going behind our backs.