Dear HCN,
Jim Gerber, president of
Citizens for a User Friendly Forest, has written several letters to
the editor of High Country News in which he has
neglected to identify his affiliation. CUFF supports motorized
access to national forests. The vice president of CUFF, Adina Cook,
is also the public-lands director of the Blue Ribbon Coalition, a
group strongly supported by contributions from various RV industry
giants such as Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and
others.
It is curious that Mr. Gerber mentions
neither his connection with CUFF nor CUFF’s connection with the
Blue Ribbon Coalition and its industry contributors. In Mr.
Gerber’s letter of May 8, he states, “Enviros are mostly intruders
paid by wealthy foundations.” Well, I am an “enviro,” and am not
paid by wealthy foundations. Actually, I don’t know any
environmentalists, in my valley or elsewhere, who are supported by
wealthy foundations. If moving from somewhere else to the West
makes me an “intruder,” then I am one, as are all others who are
not Native Americans.
Kate
West
Victor,
Idaho
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