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I did so yesterday, seen it on the other site, so i went ahead and responded to this.
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Thanks, Darin. Could use the help / support from people of this section too so that's why I also posted it here. Thanks!
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Posted on Mon, Mar. 27, 2006
HOT TOPIC | SALE OF NATIONAL FOREST LAND
Ready to trade forest for funds?
THE ISSUE: The U.S. Forest Service has proposed selling more than 300,000 acres of national forest, including nearly 15,000 acres in the Carolinas. A public comment period on a controversial plan to sell nearly 15,000 acres of national forests in the Carolinas ends Thursday.
The U.S. Forest Service proposed the sales, its largest in decades, last month. The money from sales of more than 300,000 acres nationwide would extend a program that pays for rural schools in areas where timber revenues have dropped.
A storm of protest greeted the proposal.
Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat, said the plan "violates all tenets of good public policy." U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, a Brevard Republican who represents the N.C. mountains, says the plan is "not going to happen."
Both noted that a disproportionate amount of the revenues raised by the sales would go to Western states.
The Forest Service's N.C. office said state staff members didn't get a chance to review the sale tracts, which were selected by national and regional offices, and will recommend that some tracts be withdrawn.
Land trusts and other conservation groups say the sales would reverse their efforts to knit together the fragmented outer edges of the state's forests.
Proposed Sales in Carolinas National Forests
Nantahala 3,835 acres
Pisgah 2,780 acres
Uwharrie 2,317 acres
Croatan 895 acres
Sumter (S.C.) 3,558 acres
Francis Marion (S.C.) 1,095 acres
To see maps showing proposed sale locations: www.fs.fed.us/ land/staff/rural-pdf.shtml
To Comment
Comments must be received by Thursday. Send e-mail to: SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us. By postal mail, write: USDA Forest Service, SRS Comments, Lands 4S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop 1124, Washington, D.C., 20250-0003. Or fax comments to: (202) 205-1604.
Here is the text for those that haven't clicked the HTML link:
Maybe just posting the link will provide more visibility:
Posted on Mon, Mar. 27, 2006
HOT TOPIC | SALE OF NATIONAL FOREST LAND
Ready to trade forest for funds?
THE ISSUE: The U.S. Forest Service has proposed selling more than 300,000 acres of national forest, including nearly 15,000 acres in the Carolinas. A public comment period on a controversial plan to sell nearly 15,000 acres of national forests in the Carolinas ends Thursday.
The U.S. Forest Service proposed the sales, its largest in decades, last month. The money from sales of more than 300,000 acres nationwide would extend a program that pays for rural schools in areas where timber revenues have dropped.
A storm of protest greeted the proposal.
Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat, said the plan "violates all tenets of good public policy." U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, a Brevard Republican who represents the N.C. mountains, says the plan is "not going to happen."
Both noted that a disproportionate amount of the revenues raised by the sales would go to Western states.
The Forest Service's N.C. office said state staff members didn't get a chance to review the sale tracts, which were selected by national and regional offices, and will recommend that some tracts be withdrawn.
Land trusts and other conservation groups say the sales would reverse their efforts to knit together the fragmented outer edges of the state's forests.
Proposed Sales in Carolinas National Forests
Nantahala 3,835 acres
Pisgah 2,780 acres
Uwharrie 2,317 acres
Croatan 895 acres
Sumter (S.C.) 3,558 acres
Francis Marion (S.C.) 1,095 acres
To see maps showing proposed sale locations: www.fs.fed.us/ land/staff/rural-pdf.shtml
To Comment
Comments must be received by Thursday. Send e-mail to: SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us. By postal mail, write: USDA Forest Service, SRS Comments, Lands 4S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop 1124, Washington, D.C., 20250-0003. Or fax comments to: (202) 205-1604.
I just responded as well.
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Last day for feedback. Thanks to all who replied!! 
Hey, By the way thanks for posting this for us man.
