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Action Program is a team effort between vehicle manufacturers, retailers
and customers. Just as environmental extremists have learned there
is strength in numbers, so have we. A well-funded legislative and
public relations movement on our part will save public land access
and, in the long run, save our industry.
Where
will we be in five years, or ten? If we do nothing, we will be worse
off than we are now. Land closures are happening every month, and
there are more slated for the future. We can stem the tide and encourage
sane stewardship of our open land. But we can only do this if we
band together.
The
goal of the Action Program is to forge this partnership now, before
it's too late. The benefits to all of us are increase representation
in local and federal legislatures, improved public awareness, and
ultimately continued access to public land.
The
threat is very real. If you do not think this is a war, you are
wrong. When the fighting is all over, there will be a winner and
a loser. Right now, we are looking like losers. How much public
land must close before customers learn there is no place left to
go? How long will it take at the present rate of closures, before
we reach that point? That is how long our industry has to live.
We
can do something about it, and we are. It's called the Action Program,
a movement on a national scale. The range of the Action Program
is unprecedented: manufacturers, retailers, customers, activists,
lobbyists, legislators, and more, are all drawing together to defend
the simple right to visit a piece of land whenever they wish.
By
joining the Action Program, you are becoming an integral part of
this national movement. You will be linked into national advertising
campaign and will be recognized for your commitment to keeping our
public lands free.
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