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Email Us New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed on American Soil-National Park Service Press Release, April 10, 2007 The Office of International Affairs of the National Park Service has published a tentative list of 26 sites in the United States for which applications have been received for UN World Heritage Site designation. “Biosphere Reserves Do Have Consequences” — Source: U.S. Senate Subcommiteee on Forests and Public Land Management, May 16, 1999 An environmental group, Help Alert Western Kentucky, Inc., filed a lawsuit against a timber sale in the Land Between the Lakes area owned by TVA, arguing that the Biosphere Reserve Core Area should be undisturbed. March 2001: “American Land Sovereignty Protection Act Reintroduced - H.R. 833 would protect private property rights and national sovereignty from UN designation of Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites” See Also Additional Resources Our America - By David Hight (Self-published, 2005, 110 pp., 8-1/2 x 11, $20.00 ppd.) Collection of essays about socialism, environmental regulation, and other topics in the U.S. today. Valuable section about the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wilderness restoration planning for the Chicago region. Ordering information: David Hight, Our America P. O. Box 1259 Fulton, TX 78358-1259 “The Ozark Highlands Man and the Biosphere Reserve: A Study of a Failed Nomination Effort - Final Report of Research for the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, United States Department of State” - By Theresa L. Goedeke & J. Sanford Rikoon, University of Missouri, Columbia - September 1998 “The Ozark activists successfully cast the MAB program as a threat to property rights and local control, thereby winning the support of fellow citizens and politicians. The social problem was no longer water quality or exotic species, but property rights and political process.” - From Chapter 5 - “TheOMAB Legacy” MAB Secretariat address “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S.: 1. Central California Coast Biosphere Reserve map 2. Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve map 3. Chihuahuan Desert Biosphere Reserve map 4. Colorado Rockies Regional Cooperative map 5. Crown of the Continent Biosphere Reserves map 6. International Sonoran Desert Alliance map 7. Land Between The Lakes Biosphere Reserve map 8. Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve map 9. New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve map 10. Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve map 11. Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve map 12. Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve map link to main page Official U.S. MAB Web Site link World Heritage Sites - Official UNESCO Web Site link Environmental Conservation Organization/Sovereignty International www.freedom.org U.S. House of Representatives www.house.gov U.S. Senate www.senate.gov Additional Helpful Organizations Environmental Conservation Organization Sovereignty International’s executive director Henry Lamb attends and monitors meetings of the United Nations, publishes newsletter Ecologic address Essential Books & Publications Positions on Property Vol. 2, No. 1 Jan. 1995 Contact PRFA for complete copy of this issue ($3.00 ppd.), which has been blamed for its part in the defeat of two UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Publication Order Form “Strategic Plan for the U.S/ Biosphere Reserve Program” — Biosphere Reserve Directorate, U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, 1994 (free). MAB official newsletter: U.S. MAB Bulletin address   Exposé on UNESCO, Biosphere Reserves: In The Presence of Our Enemies - By Ellen McClay (Authorhouse, 2006) info

In-Depth Information “Enormous Wilderness Corridors Masquerading as Land Management Refinements” - By Carol W. LaGrasse, Reprinted from New York Property Rights Clearinghouse, Vol. 15, No. 1 (PRFA, Spring 2011) The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Strategic Plan for its 442 state forests comprising 786,000 acres outside the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves focuses on ensuring connectivity for wildlife movement between large “matrix blocks” of state forests maintained as mature cover connected with wide, natural strips of land with a high percentage of forest cover. This system would enhance connectivity though deep forested areas from Ontario to Georgia. “The Meaning of the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve” - By Peter J. LaGrasse, Chairman, Stony Creek Board of Assessors, Thirteenth Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA, Lake George, N.Y., October 17, 2009) The meaning of the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve is made clear by a study of the technical literature of proponents and a map study of the state acquisition of land in the Adirondacks since the designation in 1989. The core area, reserved to be without human influence, is defined as all of the state-owned land. The areas between the state-owned land in 1989 are rapidly being filled in with fee simple state acquisitions and state purchases of conservation easements. The Biosphere Reserve designation, which is under UNESCO auspices, is at the heart of the goal to depopulate the region. “Foreign Intrusion on County Soil—A Zoning Tool” - By Albert L. Wassenhove, Retired Business Executive, Ghent, N.Y., Presented at Twelfth Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA, Albany, N.Y., October 18, 2008) The decision of the Office of International Affairs of the National Park Service to reject Olana’s request to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site came after articulate citizen reaction, objective press coverage, and conscientious investigation by the Columbia County Board of Supervisors and Planning Director. “National & International Land Use Planning” - Peyton Knight, Director of Environmental & Regulatory Affairs, The National Center for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C., Eleventh Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA, Albany, N.Y., October 13, 2007) A National Heritage Area facilitates national land use planning as a preservation-driven congressional pork-barrel designation created in conjunction with the National Park Service and private interest groups to influence decisions over local land use to preserve natural, historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational resources. UNESCO World Heritage Site designations are an international tool to push land use restrictions on the sites and land surrounding them. “A Word about UNESCO” - By Ellen McClay, Author, Arizona; Eleventh Annual National Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA, Albany, N.Y., October 13, 2007) Tracing her involvement back to the fifties, author Ellen McClay refers to individuals, including Alger Hiss and Secretary of State Dean Achenson, who were involved with UNESCO’s role in changing textbooks in the United States to derogate Washington and the founding fathers, as well as private property rights, while substituting Marxist values. “Why Was Olana Jilted?” - By Carol W. LaGrasse, Reprinted from the New York Property Rights Clearinghouse, Vol. 11, No. 4 (PRFA, Fall 2007) During October 2007, the Office of International Affairs of the National Park Service announced that Olana, the home of Hudson River landscape artist Frederic Church, had been dropped from the list of surviving applications for UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. But the reason given at that late date, that Church was not a world class artist, doesn’t jibe, considering that it is common knowledge that Church, although revered in the U.S., is not considered of world significance. In reality, the Park Service backed off because of property rights opposition. “Stop Proposed World Heritage Sites in the U.S. - Ten Steps to Success” - By Carol W. LaGrasse, PRFA, August 2007 By systematically opposing the 36 new applications for UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the U.S., citizens can prevent the exploitation of UNESCO influence to impose preservationist land use control on surrounding areas. Ten steps that can bring success to local efforts are outlined. “Our Stolen Legacy: The Betrayal of the Declaration of Independence for the Cause of Landscape Preservation” - By Carol W. LaGrasse, President, PRFA, July 5, 2007 Government from distant places, fatiguing the people into compliance; a multitude of new offices and swarms of officers to harass the people…A government far from the vision of justice based on all men being created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Landscape preservation from the regional, state, federal and international level takes precedence, eradicating freedom. “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. “Four More APA Porn Violators Revealed, New Ethics Accusation Made” - By Carol W. LaGrasse, Reprinted from the New York Property Rights Clearinghouse, PRFA, Spring 2006. Edward J. Hood, top planner and UNESCO Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve figure, was punished for computer porn along with the APA spokesman Keith McKeever. The State Ethics Commission accused APA staffer Sunita Halasz of violating the Public Officers Law by attempting to funnel work to her spouse and accused her supervisor Dan Spada of holding meetings for this purpose. “Chicago Biosphere Reserve Considered by Steering Committee” — By Wesley Sholtes, Contributing Writer, (PRFA, February 15, 2003) Chicago Wilderness, a committee involving a coalition of over 160 government agencies, non-profit organizations, environmental groups, and other private entitles, is clamoring for a U.N. Biosphere Reserve to encompass the City of Chicago and 10 counties in southeastern Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, and northwestern Indiana. “Beware of Those Noxious Wildlife Corridors” - By Nate Dickinson, Wildlife Biologist (PRFA, Aug 16, 2002) Americans should wake up to the threat to traditional American values posed by the pseudo-science of the Wildlands Project, which is being used to advocate federal ownership of land between “core” areas such as the Okefenokee and Osceola National Forests in Florida. “College Professors Advocate NY Metropolitan Area Biosphere Reserve - International attention would focus on wetlands” - Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, June 2001) The college scientists’ recommendation for a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to include 31 counties from Connecticut through lower New York to New Jersey would be the “perfect” environmental scheme, wasting billions of dollars on wetlands and distracting millions of people from New York City’s eco-colonialism. Full proposal for New York Metropolitan Region Biosphere Reserve: “Biodiversity and the City: A Case Study of the New York Metropolitan Region”- by Cynthia Rosenzweig and William D. Solecki, presented on May 23, 2001 at the International Conference on Biodiversity and Society, sponsored by Columbia University Earth Institute and UNESCO. “Bias Fear or Biosphere — The Proposed Bay of Fundy Biosphere Reserve” — Guest editorial by Douglas Boddy, Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada (April, 2002) The proposed designation of the Bay of Fundy Biosphere Reserve threatens people and sovereignty. It would include five counties, over 180,000 people, and approximately 900,000 hectares (2,225,000 acres). United States Senate Hearing on American Land Sovereignty Protection Act “LaGrasse Testifies before U.S. Senate—UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are Hostile to Future of Designated Regions” - Press Release (PRFA, May 28, 1999) “Testimony in Support of S. 510, The American Land Sovereignty Protection Act,” Carol W. LaGrasse, President, Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc., Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, United States Senate, May 26, 1999” “Testimony Before the United States Senate, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management of the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, May 26, 1999, S. 510, the American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, By Steven C. Borell, P.E., Alaska Miners Association, Inc.” “Biosphere Reserves Do Have Consequences” — Source: U.S. Senate Subcommiteee on Forests and Public Land Management, May 16, 1999 An environmental group, Help Alert Western Kentucky, Inc., filed a lawsuit against a timber sale in the Land Between the Lakes area owned by TVA, arguing that the Biosphere Reserve Core Area should be undisturbed. Tannersville, N.Y., Field Hearing on the American Land Sovereignty Protection Act - “Testimony of Carol W. LaGrasse, President, Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc., Submitted to The Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives, May 5, 1997” “New York Local Elected Officials, Property Rights and Labor Leaders Decry Secrecy and Endorse Congressional Scrutiny of U.N. Land Designations—Tannersville, New York—House Resources Committee Field Hearing on H.R. 901” - PRFA Property Rights report (May, 5 1997) “Dangers of Designations—Regional, Federal, State and International Land-Use Intrusions—National/American Heritage Areas, U.N. Biosphere Reserves and U.N. World Heritage Sites” - Property Rights Foundation Background Brief, April 1997 “Existing and Tentative U.N. World Heritage Sites in the United States”-reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) “U.N. World Heritage Sites-National Park Service Seeks Additional Designations” - reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Nov. 1998) “UNESCO Catskill Biosphere Reserve Plan Put to Sleep—U.N. involvement in Catskill preservation was secretly planned for many years” - reprinted from New York Property Rights Clearinghouse, Vol. 2, No. 2 (PRFA, July 1995) “A Little-known NPS Program-Biosphere Reserves: The International Vanguard of Rural Depopulation” - Carol W. LaGrasse, from Positions on Property Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1995) “Structure of Biosphere Reserves,” - reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1995) “Culture for Elite Consumer Consumption,” - reprinted from Positions on Property, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1995)

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