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/* Written  4:16 AM  Sep 14, 1994 by sunlawbob@aol.com in igc:sci.environmen */
/* ---------- "Big Sur in BIg Trouble - Need Help" ---------- */
One of the most beautiful beaches and environments in the world is
threatened by a proposed Forest Service action that seems to be spiraling
out of control.  Pfeiffer Beach, just across from the State Park, has seen
use go from a hundred or so people just a couple of years ago, to as many
as 500 and 600 today.  The increased activity is harming the historic
Cypress trees that shelter the path to the beach.  The increased traffic
is way beyond what the road can safely handle for health, safety and fire
purposes (there was over an hour gridlock on this tiny road just a couple
of weekends ago).  In my personal opinion, however, the worst thing that
is happening is that the space of Pfeiffer Beach, which has provided
solitude and inspiration for so many over the last thousand years, is now
so filled with people, cars, exhaust emissions, litter, and inadvertent
toxic spills(including a illegal big one by the same Forest Service just
last year) that the experience of the place is sad while beautiful.  I
personally believe no more than 120 people should be on the beach or in
the air shed at any one time.  Some of my neighbors think that figure
should be as high as 200.  Others think access should be severely
restricted.

The Forest Service, whose environmental credibility with the local
population is near zero, recognizes as individuals, and on some matters
institutionally, that all of the above issues are real and must be
addressed promptly.  However, and it's almost too dumb to be true, THE
FOREST SERVICE PLANS TO ADDRESS THESE OVERUSE PROBLEMS BY INCREASING THE
USE OF THIS FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM.  And in so doing, they make much worse the
safety and fire problems.  As a resident, I feel directly threatened by
this bureacratic, committee-driven lunacy.  As a lover of this natural
treasure, I implore all of you to help preserve the specialness of this
place and this experience.

Below are the list of the House and Senate members of the Agriculture
Committees.  Representative Farr is the representative for the Big Sur
area and seems to have been snowed by the US Forest Service.

For further information contact Email Alan Perlmutter at fronthill
@aol.com or myself at sunlawbob@aol.com

Thank you - Bob Danziger

Agriculture Committees:

Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry (202)224-2035

Contact:  Alicia Bambara  (202)224-2035

MAJORITY MEMBERS
Patrick J. Leahy (VT) Chair
David Pryor (AR)
David L. Boren (OK)
Howell T. Heflin (AL)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Kent Conrad (ND)
Thomas A. Daschle (SD)
Max Baucus (MT)
J. Robert Kerrey (NE)
Russell D. Feingold (WI)

MINORITY MEMBERS
Richard G. Lugar (IN) Ranking 
Bob Dole (KS)
Jesse Helms (NC)
Thad Cochran (MS)
Mitch McConnell (KY)
Larry E. Craig (ID)
Paul Coverdell (GA)
Charles E. Grassley (IA)

House




House Committeee on Agriculture  (202)225-2171

CONTACT:  James Davis  (202)225-3556

MAJORITY MEMBERS
E (Kika) de la Garza (TX) Chair
George E. Brown, Jr. (CA)
Charlie Rose (NC)
Internet: CROSE@HR.HOUSE.GOV
Glenn English (OK)
Dan Glickman (KS)
Charles W. Stenholm (TX)
Harold L. Volkmer (MO)
Timothy J. Penny (MN)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Bill Sarpalius (TX)
Jill Long (IN)
Gary A. Condit (CA)
Collin C. Peterson (MN)
Calvin Dooley (CA)
Eva Clayton (NC)
David Minge (MN)
Earl F. Hilliard (AL)
Jay Inslee (WA)
Tom Barlow (KY)
Earl Pomeroy (ND)
Internet: EPOMEROY@HR.HOUSE.GOV
Tim Holden (PA)
Cynthia McKinney (GA)
Scotty Baesler (KY)
Karen L. Thurman (FL)
Sanford Bishop (GA)
Bennie G. Thompson (MS)
Sam Farr (CA)
Pat Williams (MT)
Blanche Lambert (AR)

MINORITY MEMBERS
Pat Roberts (KS) Ranking
Bill Emerson (MO)
Steve Gunderson (WI)
Tom Lewis (FL)
Robert F. (Bob) Smith (OR)
Larry Combest (TX)
Wayne Allard (CO)
Bill Barrett (NE)
Jim Nussle (IA)
John A. Boehner (OH)
Thomas W. Ewing (IL)
John T. Doolittle (CA)
Jack Kingston (GA)
Robert W. Goodlatte (VA)
Jay Dickey (AR)
Internet: JDICKEY@HR.HOUSE.GOV
Richard W. Pombo (CA)
Charles T. Canady (FL)
Nick Smith (MI)
Terry Everett (AL)