Here's a good page to check out that pretty much encompasses the ultimate goal. Unfortunately one of the links, wildlands project exposed, doesn't work anymore, that page had a great map of how "they" wanted to set things up. Do a google search for "Wild lands project" and see what you come up with.
Here's the basic scheme, all humans will live in cities, those currently living in remote area's will basically be booted off of their land, or have so many restrictions placed on them as to make it impossible to exist there. There will be a "buffer" area where humans will be allowed to go, and then another area, don't recall what they called it, where no humans would go. This area, and others, would stretch from coast to coast, and from the Aritic circle to the gulf of mexico. And, they are succeeding, bit by bit, mainly because of the lack of opposition by the populace due to misinformation given to the mass populace. Remember, these are the same people who want to breach all the dams, and that think that second hand smoke is the biggest threat to humanity. If you don't believe those statements are true, just let me know and I'll do the homework for you and provide you with credible documentation to back up my words.
I have been involved in varying degree's in the land use fight for the last 20+ years, and have witnessed first hand the inuendo's, slight of hand, misrepresentations, denial of sound scientific studies, and out right lies put forth by groups such as the Sierra Club, Center for Biological diversity, Earth First, Animal liberation front, PETA, et al and their willing accomplices in the Main Stream Media. I couldn't make this stuff up!
While you guys in Oregon have had your dealings with the BLM, and NFS, we had ten years down here developing the WEMO. Western Mojave Management, forgot what the O was for. Well, the short story is this, it was a group made up of all the "stake holders" anti access, shared access, blm etc. This study cost 10's of millions of dollars and 10 years to complete, when all was said and done, the ink wasn't even dry and the Center for Biological diversity had filed and injunction in the 9th circus court of appeals, and was granted said injunction, that basically said all of that money and time wasn't correct and we have to stop all activities on the land.
This came on the heels of the East Mojave National Scenic area that locked up 3.8 million acres of desert into wilderness. Old structures, houses, windmills etc were then dismantled and hauled off to make it conform to the 1964 wilderness act definition. Some of you might recall the infamous Barstow to Vegas race. Well that race course went through some of the EMNSA, but, said the enviro's and the government, we'll leave you a corridor for your race to go through if you'll just sign on for the rest of it. Guess what, we never got to use that corridor because the same enviro's that said we could have it later filed an injuncition every year to keep us from having the race, and the courts up held it and required, no ****, a new EIS study each year which was impossible to complete for a few reasons, not to mention the cost.
Fast forward to a couple of years back, we permanently gave up that race corridor as part of the WEMO plan so that we could get the checkers "River Run" back, a 235 mile race from Lucerne Valley to Parker Arizona. Well, it's been three years and we still can't get the permits because, oh wait, we found another critter or bush that we hadn't seen before that makes the area one of "critical environmental concern". I know the Checkers keep working on it and I do hope that we can get that event back again.
So, you see there is no barganing with these people, I have seen it over and over again for the last 25 years. They want you to sit down at the table with them and work out a compromise, but then they just turn right around and want more land locked up. The mountain bikers learned this the hard way back in the late 80's.
Like the old saying says, "Give a mouse a cookie, and he's going to want a glass of milk".
http://www.delalbright.com/Articles/wildlands.htm
