Date: 06/05/2009 pstrongBLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!/strong/ppstrongDear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, /strong/ppstrongKlamath National Forest Motorized Travel Management DEIS Available/strong/ppThe Klamath National Forest, located in northwestern California, release their Motorized Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) today, June 5, 2009.nbsp; This action begins a 45-day comment period for the Klamath National Forest proposal to designate roads, trails and areas for motorized use. The comment period will end on July 20, 2009./ppThe public is invited to review maps and discuss the alternatives for motorized travel with Forest resource specialists at open houses that are scheduled as follows:nbsp;/ppnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; June 11, Goosenest Ranger District, U.S. Highway 97, Macdoelbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; June 17, Yreka Community Center, 801 N. Oregon Street, Yrekabr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; June 18, Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District, U.S. Highway 96, Happy Campbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; June 23, Salmon/Scott River Ranger District, Siskiyou County Highway 3, Ft. Jones/ppAll open houses are scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m./ppThe public may review the DEIS and associated maps at the Forest's website located atnbsp;nbsp; http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath/projects/ohv/index.shtml.nbsp; The DEIS and maps of all the alternatives are available for viewing at U.S. Forest Services offices in Yreka, Happy Camp, Macdoel, Fort Jones, Orleans, and Siskiyou County libraries.nbsp;nbsp;br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; br /strongSend Written Comments To:nbsp;/strongbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Travel Management Teambr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Klamath National Forestbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 1312 Fairlane Rd.br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Yreka, CAnbsp; 96097/ppstrongSend Electronic Comments To:/strongbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; comments-pacificsouthwest-klamath@fs.fed.us/ppPlease put quot;Travel Managementquot; in the subject line of e-mail comments. Acceptable formats are email message, MS Word (.doc), plain text (.txt), or rich text format (.rtf). Comments should include your name and address./ppFor more information, or to request further updates about the travel management process, contact Jan Ford, project leader, at (530) 841-4483./ppbr /strongJUST REMEMBER, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP RECREATION AREAS OPEN, PLEASE GET INVOLVED!/strong/ppstrongThanks in advance for your support,br //strongRic Fosterbr /Public Lands Department Managerbr /BlueRibbon Coalitionbr /208-237-1008 ext 107/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BlueRibbonCoalition/~4/-0zfTiy9JIk" height="1" width="1"/
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