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laughter. You guys didn 't send any letters off to oppose an y of California 's Wild ern ess bills, did yo u? Not yo ur problem , hey. Well o kay, I'll mak e you a deal you ca n 't (or better not ) refuse. There's a rena issance to close increasi ngly la rger la nd areas in America to recreational users. That's vou and me. And it 's not restricted Just to California , not even . We're not prepared to protect our outdoor interests, yesterday, or today. Alan Cranston knows it. The Sierra Club knows it. All our adversaries know it. Surprise, surprise. Slowly but surely more and more of you are standing up for your righ ts. A letter here. A phone ca ll there. A post card and a telegram . T hey're adding up m o re tha n yo u' re a wa re . We're ge tting their a ttentio n. But, as our a d ve rsa r ies we ll kn o w , we' r e ' a sp lintered mob . The gu ys in the . H eart-land don't su pport th e folk s in th e West. The people in th e East . don 't help th e riders in th e South. And so on. So here's the dea l. Michigan doesn't have a single acre of land designed fed eral ' " wi lderness." T ha t's an area where ' humans ain 't p ermitted for any reason unless on foot or horseback. But the .Wolv erine State's riders ma y just have th eir first-ever wilderness area closed off to th em - forever. Congressman Dal e E. Kild ee' s bill (H R 148) will close off 93,000 acres to all recreational and off-highway veh icle u se. N aturall y, lumber , mining and gene ral tourism will also cease. This in areas where unemployment is up to 18%and in a sta te where tour ism is th e seco n d la r gest ind us try. Kildee's bill already sai led th rough the H ouse o n April 7. .Presentl y it's up in th e Se na te Committe o n Agriculture. If or when th e bill comes o ut of this com m ittee , it will go to the floor of th e Senate for vote . Take a guess how Cranston and Kennedy and Byrd and so o n will vote? I want everyone of you Cal iforni ans to send a letter off to Senator Pet e Wi lson opposing HR 148. Ob viously, all yo u Wolv eriners will send letters off to Senators Donald Ri egle and Carl Levin do ing same . But you g uys in Ohio a nd Alaba ma and Co lorado a nd each of th e 45 o ther sta tes need to hel p too. Get that le tter off right n o w. Co me o n, dammit. Mi ne's leavin g in to mo rrow 's post. This is a start. I'll scratch your back, you scra tch mi ne. O kay? We can make the di fferen ce. The precedent of Michigan establishing its first-ever fed era l wilderness land closure is fri ghtening beca use your state ma y be nex t. In th e domin o effect, where does i t stop? . For yo ur referen ce, Wol veriners, here's h ow HR 148 has been suppo rted in Mi chi gan . The b ill ' s author was , of course, Congressma n Kildee. Of your 18 H o use representatives, 12 congressmen sponsored the bill. They are: Co ngressma n Ford, T raxl er, Carr, Conyers, Pursell, Wol pe, Crockett, H en ry, Bonior, H ertel Levin and Kildee. T hese clowns in th e H ouse are all up for reelecti on in 1988. Let them know you remem ber . T ell 'em , and get registered to vote. Wri te to: U.S. . Senate, you r Senator, Washing ton, DC 20510; H ouse Offi ce Bldg., your Co ngressm a n, Wa shin g ton , D C 20515. Sol idarity . Let's start here. Forget those state boundary lines. Give a damn abo u t how it 's done here a nd there. Remem ber, ' keep writing to keep ri di ng. . Dave Ho leman JAM YOUR JAMS OFF ON'A YAMAHA. GET READY FOR THE ULTIMATE JAM SESSION-the WaveJammer is YamahaS exciting, new ride for soloflyers. Sitor stand as you challenge thewater with Yamaha performance thattakes freestyling to new heights. Show thejet set how its done-throttle upa WaveJammer andhang on to your jams. Call 1-800-447-2882 for theYamaha Water Vehicle Dealer nearest you. Water Vehicles byYAMAHA SHOE'W'NS A MA Supercro ss Tem pe. AZ. M ay 2 .1987 1st 250cc Main JEFF WARD A MA/CCS Enduranc e Series Elkhart Lake. WI. May 2 . 1987 1 st 0 1 A Team Hy per Cy cle CARRYAND~S~EFFHERZOG AMA/Camei Pro National Mile San Jose. CA. Ma y 3 . 1987 '151 Jr. BRIAN VILLELLA For Comfort IIIIdConfidence Top Pros rely on••; (SHOEI) The Choice of Champions S HOEI SAFETY HELMET CORPORATION 2228 Cotner. los Angeles. CA 90064 (213) 477·6051 ,