5_Rights Campaigns, Projects & Politix

~ public advocacy, appeals to agencies & Congress...

Group Use Regs - "A LEGAL & LAND USE REVIEW" (December 1993) by Scottie Addison — last modified 2010-08-28 12:12 AM

The formal policy analysis presented by 'PCU' in December 1993: "Group Use Rules for National Forest Lands - A LEGAL & LAND USE REVIEW" ..... a campaign unto itself, developed by S. Addison in collaboration with the implacable, erascible William Thomas of Peace Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Avenue.

USFS Proposed 'Law Enforcement' Rules, Feb.-May 1994 by Scottie Addison — last modified 2011-03-25 05:39 PM

In February 1994 the Forest Service published a proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, broadly expanding police powers in the National Forests... how rights activists fought and STOPPED this move: The "Son of FrankenRegs" Campaign.

Rainbow 'Accommodation' w/ USDA, '07-08 by Scottie Addison — last modified 2008-05-14 07:03 PM

Gatherers' appeals to USDA-Forest Service, seeking an 'accommodation' for Rainbow Gatherings under Group Use regulations -- and some of the crossfires.

USDA Inspector General - Rainbow '08 Investigation by Scottie Addison — last modified 2008-12-30 06:24 PM

In July '08 the USDA Office of Inspector General ("OIG") launched an investigation into police incidents at Rainbow Gathering '08 in Wyoming. This was disclosed in a teleconference with outgoing USDA Under Secretary Mark Rey on Dec. 9, 2008.

The Mark Rey Files... Policy Crits, 2002-08 by Scottie Addison — last modified 2009-01-09 09:59 PM

Official correspondence from 'PCU_/Free Assembly Project' to USDA Under Secretary Mark Rey -- a series of timely policy critiques on Rainbow Gathering-related events & discussions, from Michigan '02 to Wyoming '08. As Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (a sub-Cabinet position), he was the top civilian official over U.S. Forest Service operations, and he took an active role in policy decisions and negotiations.

FOIA Moves in New Mexico by Scottie Addison — last modified 2010-01-12 03:16 AM

2 FOIA Requests to the Forest Service, on the signed Permit and the Delegation of Authority... and 1 to the Sandoval County Sheriff, tracking Rainbow detainees -- the queries, correspondence, and disclosures to date.