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> Home > Middle Snake Group Action Alerts > Comment on the Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan! Comment on the Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan!Action needed by 2, 2009The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is open for public comment through October 2, and the Sierra Club is urging it’s members to support a modified alternative D. This alternative best protects wilderness characteristics, traditional non-motorized recreation opportunities, and provides the highest level of elk security of the four alternatives. The DEIS analyzes four alternatives. Alternative C (the agency’s preferred alternative,) adequately protects the Great Burn & Mallard-Larkins Roadless Areas however, other important wild areas such as Bighorn-Weitas will see continued impacts from inappropriate off-road vehicle use. Alt. D is designed with a Wildlife and Recommended Wilderness emphasis and best protects wildlife habitat, and recommended wilderness characteristics. Although D provides the least motorized access, there is still significant motorized use allowed in Roadless Areas. Take Action:Urge the Forest Service to adopt a modified version of Alternative D to include a year-round motorized prohibition in all Inventoried Roadless Areas. Urge the agency to drop the proposed Forest Plan Amendment. The agency proposes to remove Elk Habitat Effectiveness Standards from the Forest Plan which analyzes the important relationship between road & trail densities, elk security, and habitat effectiveness. Thank the Forest Service for recognizing the outstanding values of the Great Burn and Mallard-Larkins Roadless Areas as well as three proposed additions to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, proposing a year-round motorized prohibition in Alt. C & D. Miles of motorized trail routes in Inventoried Roadless Areas open either year-round or seasonally: Alternative A: 447 Alternative B: 454 Alternative C: 243 Alternative D: 139 More Information:Why Travel Planning? This process proposes to manage motorized and mechanized travel within the 1.8 million acre
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To view the DEIS: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/Projects/TravPlan/DEIS.htm Maps can found here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/Projects/TravPlan/Maps.htm
How to Comment Written and electronic comments will be accepted until October 2, 2009. Submitted to the project Team Leader: Kamiah Ranger Station Electronic comments must be submitted in a format such as an email message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Microsoft Word (.doc) document to: comments-northern-clearwater@fs.fed.us Email comments must include the commenter’s name, and the words “Travel Planning” should appear in the subject line of the message. |
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