01 Aug 1997 The Green Pages: A Directory of Property Rights, Wise Use and Free Market Environmental Organizations
**Alaska Forest Association, Inc.
111 Stedmen, Suite 200
Ketchikan, AK 99901
Telephone: (907)225-6114
Fax: (907)225-5920
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ktn.net/afa
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organziations: AK Timber Insurance Exchange; AK Logger Pension
Members: 300 companies
Key Officers: Jack Phelps, Executive Director
Newsletter: Alaska Timber Times
Circulations: 900
*Activities
Grassroots Mobiliation: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Alaska Forest Association focuses mainly on resource industry laws and regulations, private property rights, and general environmental issues. The group has a membership of 300 companies. The Alaska Forest Association publishes Alaska Timber Times, a newsletter with a readership of about 900. The group’s program includes grassroots mobilization and training, policy analysis, sponsoring conferences, lobbying, and public relations.
*Issue Areas
Resource industry laws and regulations, property rights, general environmental issues.
**Alaska Miners Association
501 W. Northern Lights, #203
Anchorage, AK 99503
Telephone: (907)276-0347
Fax: (907)278-7997
E-mail: None
Website: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organziations: Alaska Minerals and Energy Research Foundation
Members: 1,000+
Key Officers: Steven C. Borell, Executive Director
Newsletter: The Alaska Miner
Circulations: 1,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistances: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on emand: N
Program Summary
The Alaska Miners Association is a grassroots group with over 1,000 members. The group publishes a newsletter, The Alaska Miner, that has a circulation over 1,000. The Alaska Miners Association sponsors conferences and seminars. The group also engages in grassroots mobilization, book publication, and policy analyses.
Issue Areas
Mining, water quality, air quality, mining law, reclamation, federal and state land management.
**Alexis deTocqueville Institution
1611 North Kent Street, Suite 901
Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: (703)351-4969
Fax: (703)351-0090
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.schoolreport.com/AdTI
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
saffiliated Organziatons: None
members: None
Key Officers: Merrick Carey, President; John Berthoud, Vice President; John Shanahan, Vice President
Newsletter: None
Circulationa: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobiliation: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publication: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program SummaryThe group produces opinion/editorials; AdTI Studies, policy analysis papers; AdTI Issue Briefs, quick read analyses of public policy issues; and monographs. The group also publishes joint studies, such as “Environmental Special Interest Influence: More Bark than Bite?”, an AdTI collaboration with the National Wilderness Institute. AdTI has no regular newsletter, but it does distribute its materials widely via fax and e-mail. In addition, many of AdTI’s materials are available on their web site.
*Issuer Areas
Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, environmental funding, general environmental topics, general regulatory topics, opportunity costs of regulation, property rights, and risk assessment/cost benefit.
**Alliance for America
P.O. Box 449
Caroga Lake, NY 12032
Telephone: (518)835-6702
Fax: (518)835-2527
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://home.navisoft.com/alliance/afaweb
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: Alliance for America Foundation
Members: 500 Grassroots Groups; 200 Policy Group
Key Officers: Bruce Vincent, President; Harry McIntosh, Vice President of Administration; Rita Carlson, Vice President of Public Land and Natural Resources; and Cheryl Johnson, Vice President of Private Property
Newsletter: Alliance News
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y – (c)(4) only
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Alliance for America is a coalition of close to 700 organizations representing individual property owners, timber workers, fishermen, miners and other resource users. It has an extensive and effective grassroots fax network through which it can reach two million people. Each year, the group sponsors the “Fly-in for Freedom,” which draws 300-500 grassroots members to Washington, D.C. for seminars and meetings with members of the House and Senate — and their staffs — to discuss environmental and property rights issues. Its frequent fax alerts keep members and allies informed on the latest legislative initiatives.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, mining, biodiversity, Heritage Areas Act, Endangered Species Act reform, clean water issues, forest health issues, general environmental topics, takings victims, recreational issues, public lands policies, and more.
**American Association for Small Property Ownership
4200 Cathedral Avenue N.W., #515
Washington, DC 20016
Telephone: (202)244-6277
Fax: (202)363-3669
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.smallpropertyowner.com/~aaspo
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 1,000
Key Officers: F. Patricia Callahan, President and Director and Marie Householder, Director
Newsletter: The Small Property Owner
Circulation: 10,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars:Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The group was founded in 1993 to assess the impact of government regulation, tax policy and litigation on the buying, selling, owning and managing of real estate investment property. AASPO’s national grassroots network shares information and strategies and responds to the property rights concerns of local, state and regional associations of landlords, property owners and real estate investors. AASPO has policy task forces that operate on rent control, warrant less searches of rental premises, tax issues, and land use/zoning, among others. The Private Property Legal Foundation, which is currently being established, will be the central resource on litigation support and legislative services dedicated exclusively for landlords and real estate investors. AASPO has formed alliances with other associations so its potential reach of grassroots activists exceeds 100,000. The group is an important bridge between rural property owners and urban property owners, and can offer a potentially large base of property rights activists.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, lead paint, rent control, general regulatory reform, government excess, regulatory “victims” and more.
**American Council on Science and Health
1995 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10023
Telephone: (212)362-7044
Fax: (212)362-4919
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.acsh.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, President and Founder; Dr. Ruth Kava, Director of Nutrition; Dr. William London, Director of Public Health; Adam Lieberman, Director of Media and Development
Newsletter: News from ACSH
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
ACSH offers scientific analysis on leading environmental and public health issues. ACSH provides the media with the “true science” perspective and has been featured on shows such as “60 Minutes.” The group produces a number of publications, including: the ACSH Directory, which lists ACSH’s directors, scientific advisors, and policy advisors; the Holiday Dinner Menu, which shows the level of carcinogens in typical servings of holiday food to demonstrate that “the poison is in the dose”; News from ACSH, a newsletter detailing accomplishments and upcoming projects of ACSH; and Priorities: For Long Life and Good Health, a quarterly magazine on health and environmental issues. Other aspects of ACSH’s program include: membership, opinion/editorials, speeches, monographs, and quick-read brochures, among others.
*Issue Areas
Animal testing, asbestos, biotechnology, climate change, dioxin, electromagnetic fields, environmental estrogen, environmental health issues, food irradiation, multiple chemical sensitivity, PCBs, pesticides, radiation, and water quality.
**American Land Foundation
400 West 15th Street, Suite 300
Austin, TX 78701
Telephone: (512)708-8083
Fax: (512)708-8298
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dan Byfield, President
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The American Land Foundation, formerly the Farm Credit Property Rights Foundation, was created to provide funding support to property rights groups. Regulations have a devastating impact on uses of property, reducing the value and affecting the security and collateral held by banks that loan money to rural landowners. Over the last three years, the foundation has contributed to 60 organizations, including original funding to Liberty Matters, a grassroots information network and produced two award wining videos, “Who Owns the Land?” and “Standing Ground.” In February 1997, with continued support from the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, FCPRF changed its name to the American Land Foundation becoming a membership organization.
*Issue Areas
General environmental issues, property rights, constitutional issues and liberty.
**American Land Rights Association (ALRA)
P.O. Box 400
Battleground, WA 98604
Telephone: (360)687-3087
Fax: (360)687-2973
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.worldaccessnet.com/NonProfitOrganizations/alra
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: League of Private Property Owners; Grassroots ESA Coalition
Members: 18,000
Key Officers: Charles Cushman, Executive Director; Elizabeth West, Assistant Director; and Bruce Grefrath, Washington, DC Representative
Newsletter: Land Rights Advocate
Circulation: Members and friends
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y – (c)(4) only
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
ALRA is a grassroots, non-profit private property rights/multiple-use advocacy organization. ALRA is well known for organizing allies and demonstrations — so much so that it has earned the nickname “rent-a-riot” from the press. ALRA has a grassroots fax network of 50,000+ that has been known to overload the Capitol Hill switchboard. The League of Private Property Voters (non-profit 501(c)3) publishes an annual scorecard based on Congressional votes affecting private property issues. This scorecard acts as an effective counter to the League of Conservation Voters’ National Environmental Scorecard.
*Issue Areas
Private property rights, multiple use, Endangered Species Act reform, issues impacting inholders, forest health issues, mining issues, Heritage Areas Act, public lands policy, general environment and regulatory issues, and more.
**American Legislative Exchange Council
910 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202)466-3800
Fax: (202)466-3801
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.alec.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 3,000
Key Officers: Timothy Beauchemin, Director of Legislation and Policy; Ross Bell, Task Force Director for Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; Scott Spendlove, Legislative Assistant for Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
Newsletter: FYI; State Factor
Circulation: 5,000 each
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
ALEC is a membership organization of some 3,000 state legislators. The group is a bipartisan, conservative, voluntary membership organization. ALEC is also offers partnerships between the public and private sectors. Working with these two sectors, ALEC crafts model legislation that can be introduced in state legislatures. The group seeks coordination of state policy initiatives and coordination between conservative state legislators throughout the country. It publishes one regular newsletter, FYI, with a circulation of 5,000. ALEC periodically publishes The State Factor, a “white paper” report. ALEC also offers analysis of state public policy initiatives and in the coming year will devote greater resources to environmental and property rights issues.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, public land use, environmental audit privilege, economic impact statements, unfunded federal mandates, general environmental issues, state and local solutions to environmental problems, electric industry restructuring, and more.
**American Policy Center
13873 Park Center Road #316
Herndon, VA 20171
Telephone: (703)925-0881
Fax: (703)925-0991
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.americanpolicy.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: American Policy Foundation (501(c)(3))
Members: None
Key Officers: Tom DeWeese, President; John Meredith, Legislative Director; Lars Delseide, Director of Media Relations
Newsletter: The DeWeese Report; The Insider’s Report
Circulation: 75,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The American Policy Center organizes grassroots leaders, policy makers and talk radio programs to bring about a united voice of action on specific issues. Through its “sledgehammer” action alert network, APC intends to unleash loud, vocal, organized opposition to environmental land grabs as well as to federal intrusion in the nation’s public school system, such as school to work, Goals 2000 and outcome-based education.
*Issue Areas
Property rights and back-to-basics (academic) education.
**American Rights Coalition
43445 Business Park Dr., #105
Temecula, CA 92590
Telephone: (909)699-6991
Fax: (909)676-8037
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.outdoorchannel.com
Tax Status:
Affiliated Organizations: Global Outdoors, The Outdoor Channel
Members: 1,500
Key Officers: Trudy K. Thomas, Director
Newsletter: American Rights Coalition Digest
Circulation: 2,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The American Rights Coalition (ARC) focuses on private property rights, utilization and management of natural resources, public lands access, and wise multiple use of public lands. The group has a membership base of 1,500. ARC produces a newsletter, American Rights Coalition Digest, which has a readership of 2,000. Other activities of the group include grassroots mobilization, television production, public relations, lobbying, and communications.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, natural resources, public lands access, wise use, and multiple use.
**American Sheep Industry Association
6911 S. Yosemite Street
Englewood, CO 80112
Telephone: (303)771-3500
Fax: (303)771-8200
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 90,000
Key Officers: Tom McDonnell, Associate Director for Natural Resources
Newsletter: National Lamb and Wool Grower
Circulation: 25,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand:N
*Program Summary
The group is particularly concerned with ecosystem management, wetlands designation and other regulations affecting the nation’s woolgrowers. In 1994, it proposed the creation of a new natural resources research institute as a “balanced and broadly-based alternative” to the federal government. The group is also concerned about the impact of international treaties on domestic environmental regulations and on U.S. sovereignty. ASIA publishes National Lamb and Wool Grower newsletter, with a circulation of 25,000.
*Issue Areas
General environmental issues and regulations affecting woolgrowers.
**Appalachian Forest Management Group
6800 Rich Patch Road
Covington, VA 24426
Telephone: (540)862-7621
Fax: (540)862-3375
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: N/A
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: Unknown
Key Officers: N/A
Newsletter: AFMG Newsletter
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Appalachian Forest Management Group conducts research, policy analysis, hosts conferences and engages in lobbying activities. Forest issues are its principal areas on concern.
*Issue Areas
Forest Service issues and federal and state regulations.
**Blue Ribbon Coalition (BRC)
1540 North Arthur
Pocatello, ID 83204
Telephone: (208)233-6570
Fax: (208)233-8906
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sharetrails.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations:
Members: 4,500 individuals; 500 organizations
Key Officers: Clark Collins, Executive Director; Jack Welch, President; A.D. Richardson, Vice President; Adena Cook, Public Lands Director; Joni Mogstad, Treasurer
Newsletter: Blue Ribbon Magazine
Circulation: 15,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
BRC is an alliance of outdoor recreationists that seeks to keep federal lands open for recreational uses. To that end, the group engages in grassroots activities, public relations, research, blast faxing, and publications. BRC offers a catalog, The Blue Ribbon Bookstore, which has many good books, including Dixy Lee Ray’s Trashing the Planet. The group’s most significant effort is Blue Ribbon Magazine, a 28-page tabloid-style newspaper with a circulation of 15,000. Through this magazine, environmental information is given to Americans who otherwise would not be politically active. BRC has 4,500 individual members and 500 organization members.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, multiple use, private property rights, recreation access, U.S. Forest Service, road budgets, and wilderness designation.
**California Association of Business, Property, and Resource Owners (CABPRO)
Post Office Box 902
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Telephone: (916)478-1331
Fax: (916)478-9528
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: Forthcoming
Tax Status: For profit
Affiliated Organizations: Sierra Environmental Studies Foundation, a 501(c)(3)
Members: Represents 2,800 working families
Key Officers: Walter White, Chairman; Margaret Urke, Executive Director; Todd Juvinall, Founder and Director; Cassandra Gagnon, Research Analyst
Newsletter: CABPRO News
Circulation: 300
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
CABPRO works on environmental and property rights issues at the federal and state levels. However, its primary interest is at the local level in Nevada County and the three cities in the county. The group works actively to elect local and state leaders who represent conservative views. CABPRO is currently assisting other counties in California to establish branches of CABPRO. The group represents over 2,800 working families. It publishes a regular newsletter, CABPRO News, which has a readership of 300. The group’s activities include grassroots mobilization, policy analyses, sponsoring conferences, lobbying, communications, and public relations.
*Issue Areas
General environmental issues and property rights.
**California Forestry Association
300 Capitol Mall, Suite 350
Sacramento, CA 954814
Telephone: (916)444-6592
Fax: (916)444-0170
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.foresthealth.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: California Forest Products Commission (Educational, State Sanctioned Marketing Organization)
Members: 130
Key Officers: David Bischel, President; John Hofmann, Vice President of Government Affairs; and Mark Rentz, Vice President of Environmental and Legal Affairs
Newsletter: California Forests Magazine; Weekly Bulletin
Circulation: 1,200-magazine
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The California Forestry Association is a membership organization of over 130 forest products companies that engages in lobbying, sponsoring conferences and seminars, grassroots organizing, policy analysis, public relations, and communications. It has two regular publications, the Weekly Bulletin and California Forests Magazine, both with circulations of 1,200. The group also maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Forest health, private property rights, Cal Owl EIS implementation, Coho salmon and Steelhead policies, Endangered Species Act, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Study.
**CATO Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202)842-3490
Fax: (202)842-0200
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cato.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Edward H. Crane, President and CEO; David Boaz, Executive Vice President; Jerry Taylor, Director for Natural Resource Studies
Newsletter: CATO Policy Reports
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
CATO publishes books, such as Forfeiting Our Property Rights, by Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL), which details the risks of civil forfeiture; writes and places opinion/editorials; produces policy analysis papers; hosts conferences and lectures; and testifies before Congress and other government bodies. Among its regular publications are CATO Policy Reports, a newsletter; Policy Analysis, a series of in-depth policy papers; and Regulation Magazine, a quarterly magazine on business and regulation. CATO also maintains an extensive web site.
*Issue Areas
general environment, general regulation, global environmental issues, hazardous waste, mining, privatization of energy, property rights, public lands, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, Superfund, takings, toxic release inventory, and toxic waste.
**Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
12500 N.E. 10th Place,
Bellevue, WA 98005
Telephone: (206)455-5038
Fax: (206)451-3959
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cdfe.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 30,000
Key Officers: Alan M. Gottlieb, President; Ron Arnold, Executive Vice President
Newsletter: Wise Use Memo
Circulation: 12,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The group was founded on the bicentennial of the American Revolution and seeks to “continue that Revolution of liberty, free enterprise, and individual initiative.” CDFE’s program includes grassroots activities, public relations, investigative research and publication (i.e. books, such as Trashing the Economy, and studies, such as Feeding at the Trough), legal assistance through its Free Enterprise Legal Defense Fund, and e-mail and fax communication. The group publishes The Wise Use Memo newsletter annually. CDFE has 30,000 members and maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Eco-terrorism, Endangered Species Act, environmental funding, environmental movement, general environment topics, government funding of environmental movement, grazing, hunting, mining, property rights, public lands issues, and the Wise Use Movement.
**Citizens Equal Rights Alliance
P.O. Box 2305
Santa Fe, NM 87502-3205
Telephone: (505)466-0216
Fax: (505)466-0216
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: None
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 3,000
Key Officers: Howard Hanson, President; Butch Tongate, Managing Director; Verna Lawrence, Vice President
Newsletter: CERA News
Circulation: 3,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
CERA is an umbrella organization with an estimated total membership of 3,000. CERA focuses on property rights, especially within Indian reservations. The group is particularly concerned with the property rights of 380,000 non-Indians who reside within the boundaries of the reservations. CERA hosts seminars and conferences, engages in grassroots organizing activities and publishes a newsletter three times per year, CERA News.
*Issue Areas
Property rights on Indian reservations, general environmental issues, land and jurisdictional issues and more.
**Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation
1250 H Street N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202)783-3870
Fax: (202)783-4687
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cse.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: An affiliated 501(c)(4)
Members: 250,000
Key Officers: C. Boyden Gray, Chairman; Paul Beckner, President; Wayne Brough, Director of Regulatory Affairs; Dana Joel, Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs
Newsletter: Backgrounder, Capitol Comment
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y – (c)(4) only
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
CSE, an organizations with 250,000 members nationwide, bills itself as “the voice of consumers for free enterprise.” CSE publishes papers on many environmental issues. The group’s greatest effort in recent years has been battling the Environmental Protection Agency’s new clean air standards. CSE organized demonstrations during EPA hearings, sponsored TV/radio spots about the new standards, wrote opinion/editorials, and coordinated coalition activities denouncing the new standards. Among their publications are Backgrounder,15-20 page policy papers, Capitol Comment, a commentary series, and Issues and Answers, quick read, talking point-style papers.
*Issue Areas
Acid rain, clean air, clean water, environmental self-audits, general environment, general regulation, global warming, property rights, safe drinking water, superfund, waste disposal, and wetlands.
**Citizens for Constitutional Property Rights Educational Foundation
P.O. Box 757
Crestview, FL 32536
Telephone: (850)682-6156
Fax: (850)689-3637
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: CCPR Legal Foundation
Members: None
Key Officers: David A. Russell, President
Newsletter: Freedom Alert
Circulation: 1,700
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand:N
*Issue Areas
Property rights, constitutional rights and general environmental topics.
**Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
P.O. Box 65722
Washington, DC 20035
Telephone: (202)429-2737
Fax: (301)858-0944
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.CFACT.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: STRATEK- Pretoria, South Africa
Members: 30,000 Supporters
Key Officers: David M. Rothbard, President and Craig J. Rucker, Executive Director
Newsletter: Citizen Outlook
Circulation: 15,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The group was founded in 1985 to “offer a new voice on consumer and environmental issues.” CFACT has a network of campus and citizen activists in 150 communities. The group’s core activities include”Just the Facts,” a daily, one minute radio program on science, technology, and the environment, which is heard on over 250 radio stations; Citizen Outlook, a six times per year newsletter with a circulation of 15,000; The Positively Profound Power of Human Progress, a video that demonstrates that people and their technological innovations are the earth’s single greatest natural resource; sponsoring speeches on campuses and in local communities; writing opinion/editorials and letters to the editor; and distributing “white papers” on selected subjects.
*Issue Areas
Atmospheric issues, biodiversity, biotechnology, clean air issues, clean water issues, Endangered Species Act, energy issues, environmental hazards, environmental funding, general environment, population issues, property rights, risk assessment/cost-benefit, Superfund, and waste management.
**Communities for a Great Northwest (CGNW)
P.O. Box 1320
Libby, MT 59923
Telephone: (406)293-8844
Fax: (406)293-4739
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 2,500
Key Officers: Bruce Vincent, President
Newsletter: The Communities for a Great Northwest Newsletter
Circulation: 2,500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Based in Libby, Montana, Communities for a Great Northwest is a grassroots group with approximately 2,500 members. CGNW produces a regular newsletter, The Communities for a Great Northwest Newsletter. Its programs include grassroots mobilization, training, and organizing; research and publications; public relations; education; and some occasional legal assistance. CGNW has been involved in many battles: Heritage Areas and World Heritage Areas designations, mining restrictions, and the Endangered Species Act, to name a few.
*Issue Areas
Biodiversity, Endangered Species Act, forest health, general environmental topics, Heritage Areas, logging, mining, property rights, public lands issues, and water issues.
**Competitive Enterprise Institute
1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. #1250
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)331-1010
Fax: (202)331-0640
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cei.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Fred L. Smith, Jr., President; Marlo Lewis, Vice President for Policy; and Jonathan Adler, Director of Environmental Studies
Newsletter: CEI Update
Circulation: 9,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
CEI publishes CEI Update, a 12-page monthly newsletter that includes information on forthcoming publications and activities, private sector stewardship success stories, and feature stories; an “Environmental Briefing Book,” offering a basic overview of environmental issues for candidates; policy analysis papers under its Environmental Studies Program and Center for Private Conservation program; books, including The True State of the Planet (counter-point to the World Watch Institute’s State of the World Report); a free market environmental bibliography; books; and more.
*Issue Areas
Atmospheric issues, biodiversity, clean air issues, clean water issues, the Endangered Species Act, energy issues, environmental hazards, environmental organizations, free market alternatives, general environmental topics, global environmental issues, population issues, property rights, public lands issues, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, Superfund reform, takings “victims,” trade and the environment, and waste management.
**Consumer Alert
1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. #1128
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)467-5809
Fax: (202)467-5814
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.his.com/~calert/
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 5,000
Key Officers: Fran Smith, Executive Director
Newsletter: Consumer Comments
Circulation: 5,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The mission of the consumer group is, in part, “to inform the public about the consumer benefits of competitive enterprise and to expose the flawed economic, scientific and risk data that underlie certain public policies.” To fulfill their mission, CA writes opinion/editorials, hosts conferences, develops consumer educational materials, and drafts coalition statements. In addition, the group publishes a quarterly newsletter, Consumer Comments; CPSC Monitor, which monitors the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and Issue Briefs, opinion/editorial sized papers on current public policy issues, with an emphasis on the consumer impact of proposals. The group has a membership of 5,000 people. CA also coordinates the activities of the National Consumer Coalition, which includes a sub-group on global climate change. CA also has a web site.
*Issue Areas
Biotechnology, CAFE standards, chlorine, environmental estrogens, global climate, pesticides, and risk assessment.
**Defenders of Property Rights
6235 33rd Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20015
Telephone: (202)686-4197
Fax: (202)686-0240
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 4,000
Key Officers: Nancie Marzulla, President and Chief Legal Counsel; Roger J. Marzulla, Chairman; Barry C. Hodge, General Counsel; Christopher J. Oberst and Michael A. Wasylik, Staff Attorneys
Newsletter: Property Rights Reporter
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Defenders bills itself as “the only national legal defense foundation dedicated exclusively to the protection of private property rights…” The group offers legal help to property owners who have been victims of regulatory takings. Defenders coordinates a monthly teleconference, Property Rights Roundtable, which brings together property rights leaders from Washington and the grassroots. The group also publishes Pocket Guides, fast-read, self-help brochures and a book, Property Rights: Understanding Government Takings and Environmental Regulation, written by Roger and Nancie Marzulla. Defenders produces a bimonthly newsletter, Property Rights Reporter, and a monthly question and answer column, Your Property Matters. The group offers legislative analyses of proposed state and federal legislation.
*Issue Areas
Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, coastal zone management, Endangered Species Act, government abuses, historic, scenic, wilderness and other designations, Rails to Trails Act, state endangered species, state wetlands programs, property rights, Superfund, wetlands, and zoning.
**EPA Watch
1725 DeSales Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)739-0179
Fax: (202)833-8945
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status:
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dr. Bonner Cohen, Editor
Newsletter: EPA Watch
Circulation: 900
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
EPA Watch is a twice monthly newsletter which monitors the regulatory activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, OSHA, the White House, and state and legal agencies.
*Issue Areas
Atmospheric issues, dioxin, Endangered Species Act, general environmental issues, junk science, federal agency abuses, federal agency grants, property rights, radon, risk assessment, Superfund, and wetlands.
**Fairness to Land Owners Committee (FLOC)
1730 Garden of Eden Road
Cambridge, MD 21613
Telephone: (410)228-3822
Fax: (410)228-3965
E-mail: The [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status:
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 19,000
Key Officers: Margaret Ann Reigle, Chairman and C. Charles Jowaiszas, Vice Chairman
Newsletter: News from the FLOC
Circulation: 5,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
FLOC is a national grassroots private property group with over 19,000 “mom and pop” members who are private property owners faced with confiscatory federal, state, and local land-use laws and regulations. The group is dedicated to protecting property rights — especially the right to the prudent use of one’s land. The group assists landowners in regaining the right to the prudent use of their land, recommends action against the abuses of regulatory bureaucrats, and supports legal cases on significant issues of broad interest to its members. The group publishes a newsletter on current and potential federal state land-use issues, News from the FLOC, which has a circulation of several thousand.
*Issue Areas
All land use restrictions on private property — federal, state and local — from endangered species to wetlands to zoning.
**Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment
945 Technology Boulevard, Suite 101F
Bozeman, MT 59715
Telephone: (406)585-1776
Fax: (406)585-3000
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.free-eco.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: John A. Baden, Chairman; Pete Geddes, Program Director; Christy Fullen, Operations Director; Amy Morgan, Conference Coordinator; Douglas S. Noonan, Research Assistant
Newsletter: Free Perspectives
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
FREE works on a broad range of environmental issues, including mining and land resources. FREE’s mission is to “advance conservation and environmental values consistent with individual freedom and responsibility.” The group’s programs include publishing FREE Perspectives, a 12-page newsletter, sponsoring “Towards a New Shade of Green,” a radio show, and hosting a series of seminars geared toward federal judges on environmental economics and policy. FREE’s niche is in seeking common ground on environmental issues by reaching out to environmentalists.
*Issue Areas
Agriculture, biodiversity, bureaucracy, business, chemicals, development/poverty, ecology, energy policy, environment and economics, fisheries, forestry, grazing and range issues, health economics, hunting, land resources, mining, parks, pollution, property rights, public lands, recreation and amenities, regulation, risk analysis science, subsidies, Superfund, trade and environment, waste management, water issues, wilderness areas, and wise use.
**Frontiers of Freedom Institute
1735 Lynn Street, Suite 1050
Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: (703)527-8282
Fax: (703)527-8388
E-mail: None
Web Site: http://www.ff.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: Frontiers of Freedom (501(c)(4))
Members: Yes
Key Officers: Senator Malcolm Wallop (ret.), Chairman; Jeff Taylor, Executive Director; Myron Ebell, Policy Director
Newsletter: On the Frontier
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y – (c)(4) only
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Frontiers of Freedom Institute was founded by Senator Malcolm Wallop (ret.) to promote and expand constitutional protections. Its programs include “The Freedom Index,” a congressional vote index on personal liberty issues; coalition building; seminars; and a strong opinion/editorial program. The group is a key member of the Grassroots ESA Coalition, which promotes a non-regulatory incentive-based alternative to the Endangered Species Act, with Senator Wallop serving as coalition chairman and staffer Myron Ebell serving as coalition coordinator. Through its (c)(4) group, Frontiers of Freedom is building a strong grassroots network.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, global warming, Endangered Species Act reform, federal lands issues, Heritage Areas/National Monuments, regulatory reform, free market environmental alternatives, takings victims, Clean Water Act issues, Safe Drinking Water Act issues, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, global environmental issues, and environmental organizations.
**George C. Marshall Institute
1730 K Street, N.W. Suite 905
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202)296-9655
Fax: (202)296-9714
E-mail: 71553.3017@ Compuserve.com
Web Site: http://www.marshall.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Frederick Seitz, Chairman; Jeffrey Salmon, Executive Director; Dr. Sallie Baliunas, Senior Scientist; and Kathleen deBettencourt, Director of Research
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The George C. Marshall Institute was established to provide “information on scientific issues with a public policy impact.” The Institute helps determine the facts in complex scientific issues, enhancing the likelihood of good policy development. The group is directed by numerous scientists of international reknown. Core environmental programs include: The Independent Commission on Environmental Education, a commission that has conducted the first comprehensive content analysis of K-12 environmental education; the Roundtable on Science and Public Policy, a series of lecture/seminars; Seminar for College Journalists, training for student journalists to write accurate, unbiased reports on the environment; and reports on various environment issues.
*Issue Areas
Environmental education, global warming, ozone depletion, risk assessment/cost benefit, sound science, Superfund, and technology.
**Land Rights Foundation
P.O. Box 1111
Gloversville, NY 12078
Telephone: (518)725-1090
Fax: (518)725-8239
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 750+ (subscribers)
Key Officers: David B. Howard, President and Editor, The Land Rights Letter
Newsletter: Land Rights Letter
Circulation: 750+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Land Rights Foundation’s (LRF) primary area of work is property rights. The group publishes the Land Rights Letter, a 12-page monthly newsletter that includes articles from grassroots property rights leaders, Washington think tank analysts, and conservative columnists. LRF has 750 members. The group also offers grassroots assistance, resource archives, and a news service.
*Issue Areas
Property rights.
**Liberty Matters
P.O. Box 15919
Austin, TX 78761
Telephone: (800)847-0227
Fax: (518)725-7890
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.libertymatters.org
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dan Byfield, Director; Margaret Gabbard, Director; David Howard, Director
Newsletter: Liberty Matters Journal
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
Liberty Matter’s mission is to connect grassroots America with public policy institutions and lawmakers. To facilitate this, its program includes: a fax news service on environmental and property rights issues; a fax on demand system, Faxback, the only service of its kind dedicated exclusively to property rights and environmental issues; and a web site with extensive property rights and environmental resources and links. The group also publishes a magazine, Liberty Matters Journal.
*Issue Areas
Agricultural issues, general environmental, property rights, public land issues, regulatory takings, rights of way, and water rights.
**Maine Conservation Rights Institute (MECRI)
P.O. Box 220
Lubec, ME 04562
Telephone: (207)733-5593
Fax: (207)733-2014
E-mail: None
Web Site: http://www.nemaine.com/mecri
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 920 supporters
Key Officers: R.O. “Bob” Voight, President; David Guernsey, Secretary
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
MECRI is dedicated to property rights and private conservation. MECRI holds The Conservation Rights Congress annually, a conference that has featured property rights and wise use leaders. MECRI assembled the Sustainable Freedom Coalition, a coalition of 125 grassroots groups, to counter the President’s final report on sustainable development. Other MECRI programs include: monthly national property rights teleconferences; a national fax network; and a clipping service for members. MECRI does not offer membership, but has approximately 920 associates. In addition, the group is the only state-wide property rights group in the United States that is a land trust (it holds a conservation easement on 2,100 acres of forest and also owns an island).
*Issue Areas
Biodiversity, conservation easements, endangered species, forest legacy, forest policy, growth management, land issues (state), property rights, rural zoning, and wetlands.
**Meeteetse Multiple Use Association
PO Box 366
Meeteetse, WI 82433
Telephone: (307)868-2470
Fax: (307)868-2470
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status:
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 300
Key Officers: Alice R. Renner, President
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The group has a membership of 300. Meeteetse Multiple Use Association produces policy analyses, engages in grassroots mobilization, and is active in lobbying.
*Issue Areas
General environmental issues.
**Montana Forest Owners Association
17975 Ryan’s Lane
Euaro, MT 59802
Telephone: (406)726-3787
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 55
Key Officers: Thorn Liechty, President; Tom Castles and Dave Hein, Vice Presidents; and Jim Haviland, Treasurer
Newsletter: NIPF-ty Notes
Circulation: 75
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Montana Forest Owners Association publishes, NIPF-ty Notes, a newsletter about forest policies for nonindustrial private forest landowners. It also sponsors conferences, produces policy analyses and engages in grassroots mobilization.
*Issue Areas
Forest policies for non-industrial private forest landowners.
**Montana Resource Provider Coalition
P.O. Box 190187
Hungry Horse, MT 59919
Telephone: (406)387-4165
Fax: (406)387-4262
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: Tammy Johnson, President and Peg Wagner, State Coordinator
Key Officers: 500
Newsletter: Resource News from Across the Big Sky
Circulation: 500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
Montana Resource Provider Coalition works to keep Montana’s public and private lands open for natural resource management. The group does so in numerous ways, including grassroots training and mobilization, sponsoring conferences and seminars, and through communications. The group publishes a newsletter, Resource News from Across the Big Sky.
*Issue Areas
Keeping Montana’s public and private lands open for natural resource management.
**Montana Snowmobile Association
Box 392
Lincoln, MT 59639
Telephone: (406)362-9629
Fax: (406)362-4606
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 20,000
Key Officers: Alan Brown, President; Ken Harrestal, Lobbyist; Bob Bushnell, Public Lands
Newsletter: Montana Snowmobile Association Paper
Circulation: 20,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The group delves into a wide array of activities. Montana Snowmobile Association is one of the few groups that has a fax on demand system. The group has a membership of 20,000, so grassroots mobilization and training is a primary activity of the group. The Montana Snowmobile Association also sponsors conferences and seminars. Other activities of the group includes public relations, communications, lobbying, and video/radio production.
*Issue Areas
Public lands, clean water, logging, and mining.
**Montanans for Private Property Rights
P.O. Box 112
Dupuyer, MT 59432
Telephone: (406)472-3312
Fax: (406)472-3312
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 65
Key Officers: Harold Yeager, President; Carolyn Salansky, Treasurer; Joe Barrett, Past President; Pat Shephard, Secretary; Dick Artz, Vice President
Newsletter: MRRP Newsletter
Circulation: 80
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand:
*Program Summary
Montanans for Private Property Rights focuses primarily on private property rights and issues relating to agriculture. The group has a grassroots mobilization component to their program. Montanans for Private Property Rights is a member of the Montana Resource Providers’ Coalition.
*Issue Areas
Private property rights, predator control, wildlife numbers, problems with Montana Fish and Game, and federal agencies.
**Mountain States Legal Foundation
707 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3030
Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (303)292-2021
Fax: (303)292-1980
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: William Perry Pendley, President; Todd Welch, Senior Attorney; Bev Jacka, Vice President
Newsletter: The Litigator
Circulation: 20,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Mountain States Legal Foundation is one of the legal foundations most focused on property rights and environmental issues. MSLF published It Takes a Hero, a 300-page book profiling many heroes of the wise use/property rights movement. The group also distributes Summary Judgment, their president’s monthly column, to 500 newspapers. MSLF publishes The Litigator, a quarterly newsletter, which details MSLF’s activities and includes stories of regulatory takings victims. The group published War on the West, a book that details how Washington and the environmental establishment are waging war on the rural western way of life. The group’s program also includes: legal assistance, policy analysis, testimony, and speeches.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, environmental buffer zones, environmental laws, farming, forest health, government abuse, land use regulations, mining, property rights, public lands, ranching, takings, water issues, and wetlands.
**Multiple Use Association (MUA)
332 North Road S
Shelbourne, NH 03581
Telephone: (207)836-2624
Fax: (207)836-2200
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 500
Key Officers: Y. Leon Fauvreau, President; Barry Kelly, Vice President
Newsletter: Multiple Use Association Newsletter
Circulation: 500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Multiple Use Association was founded in 1987 to promote sound forest management policies on public and private land. The group does so by hosting educational symposiums, sponsoring conferences, addressing civic groups, and by participating in citizen/government hearings. MUA publishes the Multiple Use Association Newsletter, which reports on the activities of the MUA in the previous year. MUA writes numerous opinion/editorials and letters to the editor. The MUA has 500 members.
*Issue Areas
Land, multiple use, forestry, open space policies, sound science, and wise use.
**National Center for Policy Analysis
12655 N. Central Expressway, #720
Dallas, TX 75243-1739
Telephone: (972)386-6272
Fax: (972)386-0924
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ncpa.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dr. John Goodman, President and CEO; H. Sterling Burnett, Environmental Policy Analyst
Newsletter: Executive Alert
Circulation: 7,600
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
NCPA produces many publications: Brief Analysis papers, quick read, two-page policy analysis papers with charts in a media friendly format; Executive Alert, a six times per year newsletter with a circulation of 7,600; Policy Backgrounder, short policy papers; and Policy Studies, lengthy policy papers. NCPA also has a daily e-mail service, Policy Digest, which summarizes editorials on public policy issues. The group hosts numerous “events” including lectures, receptions, and conferences. Other aspects of NCPA’s program include: placing opinion/editorials, syndicated columns, and testimony. The group also maintains an extensive web site.
*Issue Areas
Agriculture, atmospheric issues, CAFE Standards, devolution to the states, Endangered Species Act, environmental education, environmental ethics, environmental racism, indoor air pollution, property rights, public lands, regulatory reform, recycling, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, sound science, Superfund, waste disposal, wealth as means of environment protection, and wetlands.
**National Coalition for Public Lands and Natural Resources
301 N. Main St.
Pueblo, CO 81003
Telephone: (719)543-8421
Fax: (719)543-9473
E-mail:
Web Site:
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 25,000
Key Officers: Elizabeth Arnold, Chairman; Robert E. Quick, Jr., President; Jeffrey P. Harris, Executive Director
Newsletter: People for the West!
Circulation: 10,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The National Coalition for Public Lands and Natural Resources works primarily on natural resource production and property rights issues. The cornerstone of the group’s activities are its grassroots mobilization and grassroots training. The group publishes People for the West!, a newsletter with a readership of 10,000. The National Coalition for Public Lands and Natural Resources maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Natural resource production and private property rights.
**National Environmental Policy Institute (NEPI)
1100 17th Street, N.W. Suite 330
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)857-4784
Fax: (202)833-5977
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nepi.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: U.S. Representative Don Ritter (retired), Chairman; Frances Spell, Executive Director; F. Scott Bush, J.D., Director for Reinventing EPA and Environmental Policy Working Group
Newsletter: NEPI Progress Report
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
NEPI’s mission is to provide a substantive framework for improving environmental policy and management. NEPI draws upon the skill, experience and knowledge of elected officials, industry representatives, government policy-makers, academics and members of the environmental and scientific communities. NEPI has two working groups, “Reinventing EPA and Environmental Policy” and “How Clean is Clean? And for What Purpose?” These groups’ meetings serve as the basis of White Papers, NEPI’s research papers. NEPI hosts regular lunches with key congressional staffers aimed at crafting a new environmental agenda for Congress. The group hosts various conferences and seminars. Producing and publishing opinion/editorials and holding press conferences rounds out NEPI’s activities.
*Issue Areas
Environmental vision, general environment, risk assessment/cost benefit, Superfund, brownfields, and toxic release inventory.
**National Federal Lands Conference (NFLC)
P.O. Box 847
Bountiful, UT 84011
Telephone: (801)298-0858
Fax: (801)295-0172
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Kent Howard, President; Bert Smith, Vice President; Ruth Kaiser, Secretary/Treasurer
Newsletter: Property Rights Update
Circulation: 2,500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand:
*Program Summary
National Federal Lands Conference promotes greater county involvement in federal land decisions by offering legal materials to county officials, organizing conferences, and networking with other property rights groups. Among the group’s core programs its its annual conference for county officials, “Power and Authority of County Government.” NFLC also produces a regular newsletter, Property Rights Update, engages in grassroots activities and sells books to supply people with the tools to defend their property rights. NFLC occasionally places articles in legal journals.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, public lands issues.
**New Hampshire Landowners Alliance
P.O. Box 221
Campton, NH 03223
Telephone: (603)726-4025
Fax: (603)726-3273
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 2,000+
Key Officers: Cheryl Johnson, President
Newsletter: Alert
Circulation: 1,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The New Hampshire Landowners Alliance was founded in 1991 to preserve the private property rights of New Hampshire landowners. NHLA is primarily active in regulatory and legislative initiatives which include: Property rights, public access, zoning, wetlands, and forestry. NHLA is pure grassroots, with no paid staff and all volunteers.
*Issue Areas
Property rights, wetlands, zoning, forestry.
**North Carolina Fisheries Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 12303
New Bern, NC 28561
Telephone: (919)633-2288
Fax: (919)633-9616
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations:
Members: 1,100
Key Officers: Jerry Schill, President/Secretary; Rick Marks, Vice President, Government Affairs and Science; Mike Cowdrey, Chairman, Board of Directors
Newsletter: Tradewinds
Circulation: 3,500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The North Carolina Fisheries Association is a grassroots membership organization with some 1,100 members. The group works principally on water quality and fishery issues, mobilizing the grassroots, sponsoring conferences, lobbying and engaging in public relations efforts around these issues. It publishes a regular newsletter, Tradewinds,which has a readership of 3,500.
*Issue Areas
Fisheries, water quality.
**Northwest Mining Association
10 N. Post St., Suite 414
Spokane, WA 99201-0772
Telephone: (509)624-1158
Fax: (509)623-1241
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nwma.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 2,900
Key Officers: Laura E. Skaer, Executive Director
Newsletter: Bulletin
Circulation: 3,500
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The Northwest Mining Association has a membership of 2,900 and publishes a regular newsletter, Bulletin, which has a circulation of 3,500. The group also publishes policy analyses, sponsors conferences, and engages in public relations activities. Its public relations program includes producing television spots. The group is one of a handful of organizations that has a fax on demand component to its program.
*Issue Areas
All mining related issues, public land issues, and multiple use issues.
**Oregon Lands Coalition
3415 Commercial SE, Suite P
Salem, OR 97301
Telephone: (503)363-8582
Fax: (503)363-6067
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.speaksoftly.com/olc
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 71 groups
Key Officers: Judy Wortman, Chair; Laura Cleland, State Coordinator
Newsletter: Network News
Circulation: 1400 per week
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Oregon Lands Coalition is a coalition of 71 member groups that focuses on natural resource issues and private property rights. It produces a weekly newsletter, Network News, which has a readership of approximately 1,400. The group lobbies and engages in grassroots mobilization and training and maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Natural resources and property rights.
**Oregonians in Action Legal Center (OALC)
P.O. Box 23067
Tigard, OR 97223
Telephone: (503)620-0258
Fax: (503)639-6891
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: Oregonians in Action (501(c)(4)), Oregonians in Action Education Center (501(c)(3))
Members: None
Key Officers: Frank Nims, President; Bill Moshofsky, Vice President; Larry George, Executive Director
Newsletter: Looking Forward
Circulation: 18,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Oregonians in Action Legal Center was founded to fight regulations imposed by the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). The group represented Florence Dolan in the landmark property rights case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Dolan vs. City of Tigard. OALC publishes Legal Highlights, a quarterly newsletter, outlining recent court cases. OAEC, OALC’s affiliated education center, publishes Looking Forward, a bimonthly newsletter. OAEC produced a video documenting the excesses of the Oregon LCDC which included personal interviews with victims. The group continues to locate similar stories for dissemination to the media and public officials. OAEC hosts an annual Land Use Forum which draws 400 participants.
*Issue Areas
Free market land use, land use planning, property rights, and regulatory takings.
**Pacific Legal Foundation
2151 River Plaza Drive, Suite 305
Sacramento, CA 95833
Telephone: (916)641-8888
Fax: (916)920-3444
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Robert K. Best, President; Robin L. Rivett, Director of Environmental Litigation; James S. Burling, Director of Property Rights
Newsletter: Amicus, Guidepost, Pacific NW Dispatch, Project HI Dispatch
Circulation:
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Pacific Legal Foundation offers legal services and at any given time is working on 100-125 cases. The group has numerous publications: Action Report, an activity update; Amicus, a quarterly newsletter offering financial advice; Guidepost, a quarterly newsletter that includes information on PLF programs, successes, and events; At Issue, which details stories of PLF clients and summarizes PLF victories; newsletters from various regional legal programs; and monographs ranging from 10-15 pages in length. PLF’s program also includes monitoring hearings, speeches, and testimony.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, environmental buffer zones, environmental laws, farming, government abuse, land use regulations, mining, National Heritage Areas, property rights, property taxes/fees, public lands, ranching, rent control, takings, water issues, wetlands, and zoning.
**Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI)
755 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415)989-0833
Fax: (415)989-2411
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ideas.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Sally Pipes, President and CEO; Dr. Steven Hayward, Research and Editorial Director
Newsletter: Capitol Ideas
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy’s environmental research advocates new resource economics, which emphasizes markets, property rights, and individual incentives as a superior strategy to protect the environment. PRI’s environmental efforts include publishing books; publishing occasional studies on environmental issues; co-sponsoring an annual workshop to train state think tanks and grassroots groups how to fight environmental issues at the local level; an Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, published annually, that cites positive environmental trends; periodic opinion/editorial placement; and a fax newsletter, Capitol Ideas.
*Issue Areas
Air quality, environmental law, free market solutions, general environmental issues, land use, property rights, sustainable development, and urban sprawl.
**Pennsylvania Landowners’ Association
P.O. Box 391
Waterford, PA 16441
Telephone: (814)796-3578
Fax: (814)796-6757
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 2,000
Key Officers: Keith Klingler, President; Robert Brace, Vice President; Rhonda McAtee, Director of Policy
Newsletter: The Pennsylvania Landowner
Circulation: 2,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Pennsylvania Landowners’ Association works to promote legislation which protects private property rights. To achieve this, the group engages in grassroots mobilization, radio/video production, communications, public relations, and sponsoring conferences. The group has a membership base of approximately 2,000 people. The Pennsylvania Landowner is the group’s newsletter, which has 2,000 regular readers.
*Issue Areas
Property rights.
**Political Economy Research Center
502 S. 19th Avenue, Suite 211
Bozeman, MT 59718
Telephone: (406)587-9591
Fax: (406)586-7555
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.perc.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Terry Anderson, Executive Director; Richard Stroup, Senior Associate; Jane Shaw, Senior Associate; Donald Leal, Senior Associate; Daniel Benjamin, Senior Associate; Randy Simmons, Senior Associate
Newsletter: PERC Reports
Circulation: 5,100
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The majority of PERC’s efforts are devoted to natural resource issues. PERC’s activities consist mostly of publications and hosting conferences and seminars. To counter the environmental movement’s indoctrination of the nation’s youth in the public schools, PERC helped produce Facts not Fear, a book billed as a parent’s guide to teaching children about the environment, and developed a school curriculum. The group produces PERC Policy Series, quick read policy papers, on topics ranging from Superfund to conservation; and PERC Reports, a quarterly newsletter. PERC has sponsored numerous seminars and conferences reaching hundreds of people over the last 15 years.
*Issue Areas
Community-run fisheries, Endangered Species Act, environmental education, environmental federalism, forestry, growth and open space, Indian economies and property rights, natural resource policy, private environmental protection, public land management, state parks, state property rights bills, Superfund, water marketing, and wildlife.
**Private Landowners of Wisconsin (PLOW)
15930 Shady Hollow Lane
Woodman, WI 53827
Telephone: (608)533-3677
Fax: (608)533-3677
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: non-profit
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 1,000
Key Officers: Gene Luebker, President; Alan Russell, Vice President; Jerry Streem, Secretary
Newsletter: PLOW Newsletter
Circulation: 1,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
PLOW’s original mission was to fight efforts to designate the Wisconsin River a Wild and Scenic River, but has since expanded. PLOW now addresses numerous environmental issues. The group’s activities include publishing PLOW Newsletter, which is sent to PLOW’s members; writing about 12 opinion/editorials or letters to the editors per month; testifying before the Wisconsin legislature; and organizing and engaging in extensive grassroots activities, including rallies and demonstrations.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, farming, Heritage corridors, logging, property rights, and scenic rivers.
**Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF)
1301 K Street N.W., Suite 550 East
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202)289-8928
Fax: (202)289-6079
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.pff.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: George A. Keyworth, Chairman; Jeff Eisenach, President; Thomas Lenard, Senior Fellow and Director of Regulatory Studies
Newsletter: Progress Report
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
In 1996, the Progress and Freedom Foundation sponsored Environmental Roundtables, meetings that brought together business and industry representatives, free market environmentalists, and establishment environmentalists to discuss results-oriented approaches to environmental questions rather than the command and control system. PFF has a quarterly newsletter, Progress Report, which focuses on their projects and achievements. The group distributes White Papers, detailed policy papers. One of these, “Clean Air and Emerging Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A Time for Environmental Innovation Areas,” shows how the federal government’s alternative fuel vehicle mandates have hindered the development of such vehicles and in turn harmed the environment. PFF maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Clean air issues, environmental vision, general environment issues, and general regulatory issues.
**Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
P.O. Box 75
Stony Creek, NY 12878
Telephone: (518)696-5748
Fax:
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Carol LaGrasse, President; Bruce Dederick, Vice President; Robert Prentiss, Director
Newsletter: New York Property Rights Clearinghouse
Circulation: 3,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. has two regular publications: Positions on Property, which monitors activities of federal, state, and local agencies to restrict private property rights and New York Property Rights Clearinghouse, which addresses New York state property issues. Both publications emphasize how government restrictions on property rights affect real people. PRFA publishes Background Briefs, short policy papers; offers legal assistance; and engages in grassroots activities. The group sponsors an annual Property Rights Conference, which has included speakers such as Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA). PRFA has placed several opinion/editorials in newspapers and its research has been used in The Wall Street Journal.
*Issue Areas
Constitution, Heritage Areas, land trusts, national forests, New York property issues, property rights, public lands, rails to trails, local zoning, takings victims, UN Biosphere Reserves, wild lands, and public trust doctrine.
**Reason Foundation
3415 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034-6064
Telephone: (310)391-2245
Fax: (310)391-4395
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.reason.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: Reason Public Policy Institute
Members: None
Key Officers: Robert J. Poole, President; Lynn Scarlett, Vice President of Research; Dr. Kenneth Green, Senior Environmental Policy Analyst; Alexander Volokh, Assistant Policy Analyst
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Reason Foundation’s environmental programs seek to promote “policies that harness the power of the marketplace to advance environmental protection.” Its research has focused mainly on air quality, hazardous and solid waste, and risk issues. Reason combines research with aggressive marketing and outreach, including public speaking. Reason Public Policy Institute (RPPI) Executive Director Lynn Scarlett has served on a number of governmental and non-governmental committees and panels. RPPI publishes Policy Studies, detailed policy analyses; Privatization Watch; and an annual privatization report. The foundation publishes Reason Magazine, an eleven times per year magazine. Other activities of the group include “how-to” privatization guides; hosting seminars and conferences; and a web site.
*Issue Areas
Air quality, citizen participation, ecolabels, environmental enforcement, environmental information, free market alternatives, global warming, hazardous waste, ISTEA, recycling, regulatory reform, risk assessment/cost benefit, solid waste, Superfund, Toxic Release Inventory, and urban land use.
**Rhode Island Wise Use
199 Austin Farm Road
Exeter, RI 02822
Telephone: (401)392-0212
Fax: (401)397-5507
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: None
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 250
Key Officers: Brian Bishop, Founder and Director
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Rhode Island Wise Use was founded by Brian Bishop who was once described by a friend as the political equivalent of Magellan, having sailed around the world to the left until he was coming in from the right. Bishop has written papers and opinion/editorials on a wide range of issues, including Superfund, zoning, grazing rights, recycling, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act, to name only a few. Rhode Island Wise Use’s mission is to seek “solutions to environmental problems that are sensitive to the needs of human communities as well as those of other plants and animals.” To this end, the group engages in lobbying, grassroots organizing, public policy analysis and organizes seminars and conferences.
*Issue Areas Property rights, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act.
**Riverside County Farm Bureau
211160 Box Springs Road Suite 102
Moreno Valley, CA 92557
Telephone: (909)684-6732
Fax: (909)782-0621
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(5)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 2,000
Key Officers: Bob Perkins, Executive Manager and Secretary of the Corporation
Newsletter: Riverside County Agriculture
Circulation: 2,300
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Riverside County Farm Bureau is a private, non-profit organization of farmers and ranchers at the county level. The group engages in a number of grassroots activities, including organizing rallies and demonstrations; sponsors conferences and seminars; and conducts public policy analysis. In addition, it publishes a monthly magazine, Riverside County Agriculture, which has a circulation of 2,300. The Riverside County Farm Bureau’s membership currently numbers 2,000, incorporating 820 farm families.
*Issue Areas
Agriculture, general environmental topics, and land use issues relating to farming and ranching.
**Science and Environmental Policy Project
4084 University Drive, Suite 101
Fairfax, VA 22030
Telephone: (703)934-6940
Fax: (703)352-7535
E-mail: 501(c)(3)
Web Site: E-mail: [email protected]
Tax Status: http://www.his.com/~sepp
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Dr. S. Fred Singer, Ph.D., President; Dr. Frederick Seitz, Chairman; and Douglas Houts, Executive Assistant
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand:
*Program Summary
The mission of the Science and Environmental Policy Project is to bring sound science to the debate over environmental issues. SEPP scientists publish opinion/editorials, articles in scientific journals, and books. The organization produced Economic Growth and Better Air Quality, a report prepared for the Governor of Virginia, offering market solutions to air quality problems. Recently, SEPP has focused on the global climate change issues. Other components of SEPP’s program are conferences, testimony to Congress, and outreach to scientists, educators, and the media.
*Issue Areas
Acid rain, asbestos risk, chemical risk, free market alternatives, global environmental issues, global warming/cooling, National Institute on the Environment, ozone depletion, radiation risk, and urban smog.
**Small Business Survival Foundation
1320 18th Street, N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)785-0238
Fax: (202)822-8118
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sbsc.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: The Small Business Survival Committee(501(c)(4))
Members: 40,000
Key Officers: Karen Kerrigan, President; Raymond Keating, Chief Economist
Newsletter: Small Business and the Economy
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
SBSF has a grassroots activist approach to public policy challenges, boasting over 40,000 members. The group has been a leader in the Get Government Off Our Backs coalition. SBSF published a handbook on Superfund, Highly Toxic: The Superfund Assault on Common Sense, Business, and Entrepreneurship. SBSF’s program also includes publication of Small Business and the Economy, a quarterly newsletter; Hill Alert, a blast fax legislative alert to business leaders; Ratings of Congress, a voting scorecard; Small Business Briefing, a bi-weekly column distributed by American City Business Journal Network; Small Business REG Watch, periodic studies on regulatory reform; and maintenance of a web page.
*Issue Areas
Clean air issues, CAFE Standards, Congressional Review Act, general environmental topics, general regulatory topics, property rights, recycling, Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, and Superfund.
**Stewards of the Range
P.O. Box 1189
Boise, ID 83701
Telephone: (208)336-5922
Fax: (208)336-7054
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: Liberty Matters
Members: 8,000
Key Officers: Margaret Gabbard, Executive Director
Newsletter: Cornerstone
Circulation: 10,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: Y
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Stewards works to teach individuals how to best protect and restore their property rights and personal liberties. Stewards played a central role in Hage v. United States, a key property rights case, currently before the US Court of Federal Claims. The group publishes Cornerstone, a periodic property rights newspaper, which has a circulation of 10,000. Stewards maintains the Natural Rights Library, an extensive catalog of literature on private property rights. Stewards also conducts Property Rights Training Conferences, which are intended to train property owners on how to protect their property rights from federal government infringement. The group participates in numerous coalition activities.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, general environmental issues, Heritage Areas legislation, private property rights, federal land issues, regulatory takings, and water issues.
**Stop Taking Our Property
P.O. Box 599
Chesterton, IN 46304
Telephone: (219)926-6315
Fax: (219)926-4651
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://member.aol.com/jwaugh7596/STOPwatch.html
Tax Status: No Status
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 500
Key Officers: Bill Theis and Joanna Waugh, contacts
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
STOP was founded in 1989 when property owners along Salt Creek and Little Calumet Rivers in Porter County, Indiana learned that their land would soon become part of the Indiana Dune National Lakeshore if they didn’t act. Thanks to STOP’s efforts, just 43 acres of the 1,300 acres in Porter County slated for inclusion in the park were eventually included. In 1991, STOP helped found the Alliance for America. The group remains involved in state and local issues and defeating a proposal to include Indiana in the federal Coastal Zone Management program. Its current efforts focus on zoning and wetlands.
*Issue Areas
Zoning, wetlands, parks, general environmental topics, property rights, and general regulatory topics.
**TEAM Families for Montana
PO Box 967
Malta, MT 59538
Telephone: 406-654-1969
Fax: None
E-mail: None
Web Site:
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 200
Key Officers: Clark Kelly, President; Jim Sandsness, Secretary/Treasurer; Pete Clausen, Vice President
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
TEAM Families for Montana, a 200-strong membership organization, engages in both grassroots mobilization and training activities. The group also sponsors conferences and engages in such activities as lobbying, mass communications and public relations.
*Issue Areas
Mining, agriculture, timber, recreation, multiple use.
**The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition
1725 DeSales Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202)739-0186
Fax: (202)833-8945
E-mail: None
Web Site: http://www.junkscience.com
Tax Status:
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: Unknown
Key Officers: Steve Milloy, Executive Director
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition is a nationwide coalition of scientists dedicated to promoting sound science among decision-makers in both the public and private sectors. It produces studies, books, opinion/editorials and engages in public relations activities. In addition, it has a web page, the Junk Science Home Page, that employs humor to make its point about the use and abuse of science. Among the group’s books is American Values: An Environmental Vision, a 240+ page book outlining a positive free-market environmental vision, and Science Without Sense, a tongue-in-cheek guide to risk assessment.
*Issue Areas
Atmospheric issues, dioxin, Endangered Species Act, general environmental issues, junk science, federal agency abuses, federal agency grants, property rights, radon, risk assessment, Superfund, and wetlands.
**The Heartland Institute
800 East Northwest Highway, #1080
Palatine, IL 60067
Telephone: (847)202-3060
Fax: (847)202-9799
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.heartland.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Joseph L. Bast, President and CEO; Diane Carol Bast, Vice President and Publications Director; and Mike Dixon, Vice President for Finance
Newsletter: Eco-Sanity Report, The Heartlander
Circulation: 300; 2,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: Y
*Program Summary
The group began its involvement with environmental issues in 1993 with the publication of Eco-Sanity: A Commonsense Guide to Environmentalism, a 300+ page reference book covering a wide range of environmental topics. Heartland’s environmental program has grown to include: publication of brochures; publication of Earth Day ’96, a 36-page tabloid-style newspaper for distribution on college campuses; creation of PolicyFax, a fax on demand service; publication of the Eco-Sanity Report, a monthly newsletter on free market environmentalism; publication of Heartland Policy Studies, analysis papers; publication of Heartland Perspectives, an opinion/editorial series; and publication of Intellectual Ammunition, a bimonthly journal. Heartland also maintains a web site.
*Issue Areas
Air pollution, animal rights, chemicals, endangered species, environmental education, environmental groups, environmental justice, fisheries, forestry, global environmental issues, global warming, hazardous waste, market-based environmentalism, natural resources, nuclear energy and radiation, ozone depletion, population issues, public lands, regulatory reform, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, solid waste, Superfund, tobacco, water pollution, and wetlands.
**The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
Telephone: (202)546-4400
Fax: (202)544-5421
E-mail: N/A
Web Site: http://www.heritage.org; www.regulation.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Edwin Feulner, President; Phil Truluck, Executive Vice President; Stuart Butler, Vice President and Director of Domestic Policy Studies; Angela Antonelli, Deputy Director of Economic Policy Studies
Newsletter: N/A
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: Y
Book Publications: Y
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Heritage hosts about six conferences, lectures, and working groups per year on environmental issues. It also publishes approximately five environmental policy papers per year including: Backgrounder, in-depth policy papers; Issue Bulletins, quick read issue briefs; and Executive Memorandum, quick read policy briefs. Heritage played a prominent role in drafting property rights legislation offered by Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX). In 1995, the group’s environmental program generated 150 media hits. Heritage has a weekly television show on NET, “Heritage Talk of the Town.” The group has two web sites: the Heritage web page, and a web page dedicated to regulation (regulation.org).
*Issue Areas
Energy issues, general environment issues, general regulatory issues, global warming, clean air, property rights, regulatory victims, risk assessment, Superfund, and wetlands.
**The National Center for Public Policy Research
20 F Street, NW #700
Washington, DC 20002
Telephone: 202-507-6398
Fax: 202-543-5975
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nationalcenter.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: N/A
Key Officers: Amy Moritz Ridenour, President; David Ridenour, Vice President and Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs; Chad Cowan, Deputy Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
Newsletter: Relief Report, Scoop
Circulation: 2,800; 5,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The National Center for Public Policy Research specializes in rapid-action communication, coalition building, filling holes in strategy and tactics, and press relations. Programs include development of a regulatory victims database, publication of succinct “Talking Points” cards and grassroots “How-to” guides. The group also offers “Dossier,” a series of papers offering biographical information on key figures in the environmental debate — including Bruce Babbitt. The group produces several fax newsletters, including Scoop, covering all issues, and the Relief Report, covering environmental and regulatory issues.
*Issue Areas
General environmental topics, regulatory victims, Endangered Species Act reform, wetlands, atmospheric issues, general regulatory reform, property rights, free market alternatives, environmental organizations and their funding, environmental justice and civil rights issues, global warming, clean air standards and more.
**The National Wilderness Institute
P.O. Box 25766
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: (703)836-7404
Fax: (703)836-7405
E-mail: 74747.2650@ Compuserve.com
Web Site: Forthcoming
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: Unknown
Key Officers: Robert E. Gordon, Executive Director; James R. Streeter, Policy Director; James K. Lacy, Publications Director
Newsletter: FreshTracks
Circulation: 16,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
NWI seeks to ensure environmental quality for future generations through common-sense approaches that respect the free market. The group publishes NWI Resource, a magazine with a circulation of 16,000, and Fresh Tracks, a six times per year newsletter, updating environmental and property rights issues. A key component of NWI’s program is the American Conservation Ethic, a list of principles for conservation that work for both people and the environment. The group was a key founder of the Grassroots ESA Coalition. NWI produced a comprehensive review of all existing federal endangered species recovery plans, complete with a tally of their costs. Other aspects of NWI’s program include membership, writing opinion/editorials, policy analysis, and testifying before Congress.
*Issue Areas
Biodiversity, Endangered Species Act, free market solutions, general environmental topics, global environmental issues, grazing, interior appropriations, National Biological Survey, property rights, public lands, and wildlife.
**Thoreau Institute
14417 S.E. Laurie
Oak Grove, OR 97267
Telephone: (503)652-7049
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.teleport.com/~rot
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: None
Key Officers: Randal O’Toole, Director and Economist; Karl Hess, Jr., Senior Associate; Karyn Moskowitz, Senior Associate; and Rocky Barker, Communications Director.
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: N
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: N
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
Thoreau bills itself as an organization “dedicated to finding and promoting ways to protect the environment without big government.” The group’s programs include publication of a quarterly journal, Different Drummer; organization of workshops and conferences; an e-mail newsletter focusing on the perverse effects of government regulations, Subsidies Anonymous; periodic studies; placement of opinion/editorials; and a web site. The group also formed a coalition, the Consensus Project, in which the group brought together environmentalists and large ranchers to develop a consensus on changes to federal grazing policies.
*Issue Areas
Endangered Species Act, national parks, public lands, natural resources, state lands and resources, urban growth/transportation, and rural growth/development.
**Treasure Coast Coalition
1322 US Hwy. 1
Sebastian, FL 32976
Telephone: (561)664-2343
Fax: (561)589-6141
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 3,000
Key Officers: Affi Fisher-Abt, President and Chairman of the Board; P.T. Rampy, Secretary-Treasurer
Newsletter: TCC News
Circulation: 15,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Treasure Coast Coalition was founded in response to Public Law 101605, enacted on November 16, 1990, which designated the Florida Keys as a Natural Marine Sanctuary. The group seeks an equitable balance of environmental protection with inevitable growth in the Florida Keys. The Treasure Coast Coalition has a membership of 3,000 and publishes a regular newsletter, TCC News, which has an estimated readership of 15,000.
*Issue Areas
Natural Marine Sanctuary designation and equitable balance of environmental protection that recognizes inevitable growth.
**United Four Wheel Drive Associations, Inc.
PO Box 3553
Evansville, IN 47734
Telephone: (812)477-7871
Fax: (812)477-5093
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.ufwda.org
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 10,000+
Key Officers: Rob St.Clair, President and Alan Lane, Director of Environmental Affairs
Newsletter: United’s Voice
Circulation: 30,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
United Four Wheel Drive Associations, Inc. has a sizable membership base over 10,000 strong. Grassroots mobilization is a key component of the group’s program. Other aspects of the group’s program includes sponsoring conferences and producing policy analyses. Its newsletter, United’s Voice, has a circulation of 30,000.
*Issue Areas
Off-highway recreation advocacy, public land recreational access and use protection, right to operate older vehicles.
**Virginians for Property Rights
12750 Chatter Brook Drive
Catharpin, VA 22018
Telephone: (703)368-1878
Fax: (703)330-1924
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: Unknown
Key Officers: Patricia Bradburn, President
Newsletter: Virginians for Property Rights Newsletter
Circulation: Unknown
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: N
Public Relations: Y
Communications: N
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The group publishes a quarterly newsletter, Virginians for Property Rights Newsletter. Virginians for Property Rights also produced a booklet, U.S. vs. National Park Service, which chronicles the National Park Services abuse in the Old Dominion, and a pamphlet, “What About Property Rights?” The organization engages in some grassroots activities, policy analysis, research, and press work.
*Issue Areas
Property rights.
**Washington State Farm Bureau
1011 10th Avenue SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Telephone: (360)357-9975
Fax: (360)357-9439
E-mail: None
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(5)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 16,000
Key Officers: Steve Appel, President; Ron Gamache, 1st Vice President; Jon Warling, 2nd Vice President; Patrick Batts, Administrative Vice President
Newsletter: Farm Bureau News
Circulation: 8,000
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: N
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Washington State Farm Bureau’s primary area of concern is land use. The group has 16,000 members and produces a regular newsletter, Farm Bureau News, which has a circulation of 8,000. The Washington State Farm Bureau engages in many activities such as grassroots activities, lobbying, communications, and public relations.
*Issue Areas
Land use.
**Western States Coalition
P.O. Box 560
New Harmony, UT 84757
Telephone: (801)586-4239
Fax: (801)586-7660
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(4)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 4,100
Key Officers: Met Johnson, Executive Director
Newsletter: None
Circulation: N/A
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: N
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences:Y
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: Y
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Western States Coalition is a membership organization of county and state elected and appointed government officials that seeks to facilitate “new environmentalism” — environmentalism that incorporates “hope instead of fear, solutions instead of conflict, education instead of litigation, science instead of emotion, and employing human resources instead of destroying them.” The group has a membership of 4,100, focuses the most on land use issues, and hosts two summits per year drawing the participation of several hundred government officials.
*Issue Areas
Timber, grazing, mining forestry, wool recreation, ranching, water conservation and wool growers’ concerns.
**Yellow Ribbon Coalition
P.O. Box 240
Springfield, OR 97477
Telephone: (541)747-5874
Fax: (541)747-0612
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: None
Tax Status: 501(c)(6)
Affiliated Organizations: None
Members: 5,000
Key Officers: Muriel Peay, Executive Director
Newsletter: Yellow Ribbon Coalition Newsletter; The Express (weekly fax)
Circulation: 5,000+
*Activities
Grassroots Mobilization: Y
Grassroots Training: Y
Policy Analyses: Y
Conferences: N
Video/Radio Production: N
Book Publications: N
Legal Assistance: N
Lobbying: Y
Public Relations: Y
Communications: Y
Seminars: N
Fax on Demand: N
*Program Summary
The Yellow Ribbon Coalition plays an important role in the education of children, sponsoring activities at local schools such as paper making and sponsoring an activity group, Renewable Resource Recyclers (3R). The group also sets up tours and arranges speakers for both school children and the media. The Yellow Ribbon Coalition has a membership of 5,000 and publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Yellow Ribbon Coalition Newsletter.
*Issue Areas
Timber issues, property rights and federal lands issues.