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To: John Ferro
Subject: Washington Newsletter - November 2018
 
Riders on a bridge, South Fork Salmon River, Idaho. Submitted by ARRA member.Midterm ElectionsFulfilling our civic duty by going to the polls is an important responsibility of our American citizenship
Fort Sage OHV Area, CA
Riders on a bridge, South Fork Salmon River, Idaho. Submitted by ARRA member.

Midterm Elections

Fulfilling our civic duty by going to the polls is an important responsibility of our American citizenship.  Election Day is this coming Tuesday, November 6th.  Do your part by voting.  And if you have small children, take them to the voting booth with you.  Show them what it means to vote!  They are never too young for this civics lesson.

Spangler Hills OHV Area, CA
Tom Jumping, Spangler Hills OHV Area, California, one of the five OHV riding areas covered by S. 32. Photo credit: Thomas Hart

Public Lands Legislation

Before the Senate left Washington so that Senators up for re-election could hit the campaign trail, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a business meeting and approved more than 40 bills having to do with federal public lands.  All of this is a prelude to an effort to pull together an omnibus public lands package that would be brought up for consideration in the House and the Senate during the lame-duck session.

Among the various bills reported out of the committee, three bills were of particular interest to us.

Executive Appointments

October 11th was an important day for Vicki Christiansen, the Interim Chief of the U. S. Forest Service because on that day she was sworn in as the new Chief of the agency.  Christiansen has been serving as the Interim Chief since March of this year.  She has been with the Forest Service since 2010 and prior to that she served as the Arizona State Forester and Director of the Arizona Division of Forestry.

Lame-Duck Session

In just a few more days, we will all know the results of the 2018 midterm elections.  After the dust settles, members of the House and the Senate will return to Washington to complete unfinished business.  For those members defeated at the polls, it will be a bittersweet moment since they will be limping back to the Nation’s Capital after having been clobbered in the elections; hence the reference to lame-duck.

Sincerely,

Larry E. Smith
Executive Director
Americans for Responsible Recreational Access



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