Save our State Parks - Ask the members of House Commitee on Government Organization to Reject SB 688

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The WV Senate has passed the Committee Substitute for SB 688. Now, the House Committee on Government Organization reviews this bill next.

The bill, as currently written, potentially opens all WV public lands to widespread timbering and economic development for special interest projects. The protections against timbering for State Parks, Kanawha State Forest, and our Rail Trails could end. The purpose of Wildlife Management Areas could change from habitat preservation and hunting to timbering. This bill permits secret, noncompetitive bid contracts from out-of-state interests to threaten the beauty and value of our public lands. West Virginians know best how to protect our public lands. It is not too late to protect your Wild and Wonderful public lands.

We need your help NOW. Please tell the members of the House Committee on Government Organization to Reject SB 688. Tell the Committee to please protect our public lands.

Let the House Committee on Government Organization know you love our WV Public Lands - the way they are!

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Subject: Protect our State Parks and Rail Trails - Reject SB 688.

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I love our Wild and Wonderful WV public lands. SB 688 as written now allows private contracts for economic development in all our publicly owned recreational and conservation areas. Our State Parks, Kanawha State Forest, and our Rail Trails will lose the existing protections against timbering and other practices not compatible with the purpose of WV public lands. The priority for Wildlife Management Areas could shift from wildlife management and hunting to economic development. This bill also allows the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Economic Development to enter into no-bid agreements that affect our public lands without public knowledge or public input. We understand that prudent wildfire management is important. However, the Department of Forestry already has the necessary tools for wildfire management consistent with the purposes and beauty of our state public lands systems. For all of these reasons, I urge you to reject SB 688 in the House Committee on Government Organization.

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