Re: IMPORTANT TRAIL ISSUE: Forest Service public rulemaking process

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: RC: Sunday's Headlines!
> > Clinton, before leaving office Jan. 20, 2001, has pledged to change the
> management of millions of acres of public lands, largely in the West.   We
have been discussing Trails and this represents 40 to 60
> million acres of trails that could potentially be closed to any type of
> competitive event be it CTR or     Endurance.

The Forest Service is conducting a national scoping process to evaluate
public comment on several proposed rule changes.  These rules concern a plan
to limit new roads in areas which have previously been designated
"roadless".  To quote an 11/10/99 "Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement", "This proposed rule is designed primarily
to better manage the existing national forest road system.  It would also
establish new procedural requirements to help managers make more informed
decisions concerning entry into roadless areas."

The deadline for public comment is TOMORROW.  If anyone is interested, I
would encourage them to visit the website set up by the Forest Service to
address this issue and also for anyone interested to write and ask for more
time for public comment.  The fact that the period for comment has occurred
during Thanksgiving and Christmas has caught a lot of groups unprepared to
offer substantive response.  The roadless area rule website is:
http://roadless.fs.fed.us.

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