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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 1 4 You may want to inform your senators and congressmen, too. Giving federal bureaucrats veto rights over free speech is one of the most egregious, frightening ideas to come out of Washington in decades. – Ron Spomer, Senior Editor New Kirkeby Novel is "Fun Ride" Sporting Classics' senior editors and contributing writers have published dozens of non-fiction books about hunting and fishing, conservation, sporting equipment, and wildlife art. But few have accepted the challenge of cranking out a first-rate novel. One who has accepted that challenge – and succeeded – is Ken Kirkeby, the author of Red Stick One. Kirkeby's second novel, Red Stick One, has earned such rave reviews as . . . "original, suspenseful . . . it's a fun ride," "engrossing and beautifully done," and "reminiscent of a classic tale, Kirkeby writes to natural resources but potential income. No one is supposed to make money off federal lands without a permit. When "hard news" journalists were threatened with limits on filming in national forests, the fecal material hit the fan. The forest service backed off, promising the permit process and fees would not apply to "hard news" journalists because they weren't filming for "commercial purposes." Journalists, of course, work for free. "Soft news" journalists (such as this one) would not need a permit unless they used "models, actors, or props." Like a hunter on a horse, for instance. Or an angler with a fishing rod. Or kids carrying shovels to repair a trail. Outfitters on national forests have been threatened with fines for publishing images and videos because they promoted income- producing enterprises. A daycare worker in Alaska was threatened for hosting a picnic for pre-school kids in a parking lot on public land because she was making income babysitting. For some inexplicable reason, bureaucrats seem opposed to U.S. citizens making money while paying federal income taxes that pay the wages of federal bureaucrats. On federal land, you can graze a cow and calf, log timber, cut Christmas trees, mine gold and silver, ride ATVs, but click – capturing reflected light is excessive environmental destruction. Will landscape artists need permits to paint Yellowstone Falls and poets need a license to publish their musings about the Bob Marshall Wilderness? Don't even think of writing a book about camping in national forests. Prior to December 3, 2014, you may give the USFS a piece of your mind on this proposed infringement of your First Amendment freedoms. Get online and visit http://tinyurl. com/fsoverreach.