Activist Resources

This page is designed to be a resource for people actively fighting the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program (Fee Demo), or who plan to start. The information provided here will enable those who wish to join Free Our Forests to do so, or assist those wishing to take action on their own.

Fighting Fee Demo
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THINGS YOU CAN DO TO STOP FEE DEMO

#1. DO NOT BUY A PASS OR PAY THE FEES! This is a test program to get the public used to paying the fees. The Forest Service is judging the success of the program on compliance and revenue generated!

#2. Most important, call, write, and/or e-mail your Congressional Representative and Senators. Demand that they work on getting the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program cancelled immediately. It is also equally important to ask that Congress restore adequate funding to public lands. Hand written letters are encouraged and evoke a better response from legislators.

Don't know who represents you in Congress? Don't know the addresses? Check the government pages of your local telephone book, or...

find out who your Representative is and find his or her address by checking the website of the House of Representatives.

find out who your Senators are and find their addresses by checking the website of the Senate.

Are you curious how Congress stands on this issue? Have a look at FOF's list of Fee Demo supporters and opponents in Congress.

#3. Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers.

In general, you should keep a letter down to 250 words and include your home address, name, and phone number. Some papers will take letters of up to 400 words. Check the website of theses papers, or contact them for further information about their policies.

For addresses of editors of papers across the country, check Editor & Publisher's website.

Here are e-mail addresses for the editors of some of the papers serving Southern California and Southern Oregon:

Oregon

Southern Oregon

California

Los Angeles Area

Ventura Area

Santa Barbara Area

San Bernardino and Riverside Area

Bakersfield Area

San Luis Obispo Area

San Diego Area

#4. Call or write the Forest Service district offices and demand they document your protest!

FOF has gathered the addresses of the four Southern California National Forest Supervisors. To get the contact information for Supervisors in other regions, search the Forest Service's employee directory.

Los Padres National Forest:

Jeanine Derby, Supervisor
phone: (805) 681-2783
address: Los Padres National Forest, 6144 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117
e-mail: jderby/r5_lospadres@fs.fed.us

Angeles National Forest:

Michael Rogers, Supervisor
phone: (626) 574-1613
address: Angeles National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita, Arcadia, CA 91006

San Bernardino National Forest:

Gene Zimmerman, Supervisor
phone: (909) 620-6208
address: San Bernardino National Forest, 1824 S. Commerce Center Circle, San Bernardino, CA 92408-3430

Cleveland National Forest:

Anne Fege, Supervisor
phone: (619) 673-6180
address: Cleveland National Forest, 10845 Rancho Bernardo Rd. #200, San Diego, CA 93117

#5. Call, write, or make a personal visit to the businesses that sell passes and tell them you will no longer patronize their store as long they continue to support Fee Demo. But also indicate that you will return trade to their store after they've stopped selling the pass. Please bear this in mind when visiting businesses currently selling fees for the Forest Service.

#6. GET INVOLVED!! Support and participate in Free Our Forest's efforts to oppose the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program.

Regular Meetings:

Santa Barbara

For information regarding meetings, e-mail Rob Puddicombe at fiberglassrat@earthlink.net for further information.

Ojai

Unscheduled meetings take place in the clubhouse of Ojai Oaks Mobile Home Park in Mira Monte, California (950 Woodland Ave.) at 6:30 PM. Call (805) 649-9012 or e-mail Heidi Mauer at heidimauer@hotmail.com for further information.

Los Angeles

For information regarding meetings, call (626) 795-2642 or e-mail Bob Bartsch at rsbartsch@earthlink.net for further information.

Rogue Valley

For information regarding meetings, e-mail Scott Morrell at nslater@medford.net or call him at (541) 608-1043 for further information.

To get involved and/or for info in your area, please contact:

FREE OUR FORESTS

E-Mail List:

FOF has a regular e-mail list informing supporters about upcoming events and important new developments in the fight against Fee Demo. This list consists of between 2 and 8 messages per month. If you would like to be on the FOF e-mail list, e-mail zierhutm@ojai.net with "join local" or "join national" as the subject. If you are in the Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, or Ventura County area, choose "join local" to get updates on local events in addition to the national updates. To be removed from the mailing list, enter "quit" as the subject line.

Newsletter

FOF also has a monthly printed newsletter sent via the postal service. If you would like to be on the list to receive the newsletter, contact:

Free Our Forests
Attn.: Bob Barsch
449 Vista Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91107
rsbartsch@earthlink.net

Please provide a mailing address and phone number so we can be sure to get the newsletter out to you.

For additional information contact:

(These groups have done considerable research on the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program and the paper trails its promoters leave.)

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