Tag: Forest Service
IMPORTANT MEETING ON LAND USE IN EMERY COUNTY, UTAH
Courtesy of BRC and Utah Shared Access Alliance… your attendance is urgently requested for this meeting. Do you love the San Rafael in south eastern Utah? Your access to this place could be seriously jeopardized if you don’t get involved NOW. This precious area will be discussed in an upcoming meeting to determine how the […]
Oregon: New Forest Service Rules Limiting OHV Use
Source: http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090808/SPORTS/908080315/-1/NEWSMAP By Mike Stahlberg The Register-Guard August 08, 2009 SANTIAM PASS — A new era has begun here at one of Oregon’s most popular mountain ATV riding areas due in part to a desire to preserve remnants of an era long past. For more than a quarter century, trail bike riders and four-wheelers have […]
Clearwater Forest Releases Travel Planning Draft Environmental Impact Statement
The Clearwater National Forest, located in northeastern Idaho, announced the release of their Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for managing motorized uses on the Forest’s roads and trails system. The Forest Service (FS) is asking for your input during a 45-day public review and comment period, which will end on August 31, 2009. All travel […]
Kootenai National Forest – Three Rivers Ranger District Releases Motor Vehicle Use Project EA
The Kootenai National Forest, located in northwest Montana and northeast Idaho, has completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Three Rivers Ranger District’s Motor Vehicle Use Project. The EA is being considered for implementation, and the Forest Service is asking for your comments during a 30-day comment period, which began on July 5, 2009, and […]
Carson National Forest Releases Transportation Management Proposed Action
The Carson National Forest, located in northern New Mexico, has released Transportation Management Proposed Actions for the Jicarilla, Canjilon, EI Rito and Tres Piedras Rangers Districts for public review. A copy of the summary documents, the proposed actions, maps and figures can be found on the Forest website at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/recreation/travel_mgmt/documents.shtml. The public is invited to […]
Lower Trinity & Mad River Motorized Travel Management DEIS Comment Period Extended
The Six Rivers National Forest, located in northwestern California, has extended the public comment period for the Lower Trinity and Mad River Ranger District’s Motorized Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) an additional 15 days. The comment period will now end August 4, 2009. Copies of the DEIS and maps are available for viewing […]
Forest Service Implementation of the Travel Management Rule
USFS OHV Designation Center The U.S. Forest Service is in the process of implementing its Travel Management Rule. The rule requires all forests to designate and map OHV routes and when completed, no OHV use will be allowed except on these designated routes. Now that individual Forests are in the process of implementing the rule, […]
Obama Administration replaces Chief of the Forest Service
The Obama Administration took swift action on June 17 replacing the current Chief of the Forest Service, Gail Kimbell. The Secretary of Agriculture announced the appointment of a new Chief and in the concluding sentence of the press announcement, thanked Chief Kimbell for her service. Kimbell, in an email to her colleagues at the Forest […]