Date: 03/30/2009 strongBLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!br / br / Stanislaus NF - Motorized Travel Management Public Meetings Continuebr / br / Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,/strongbr / br / The Stanislaus National Forest, located in west central California, has just announced they are continuing to hold public meetings on the Forest's newly released Motorized Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). br / br / To assist the public in understanding the DEIS, public meetings are planned for West Point and Modesto. A series of quot;drop-inquot; open houses are also scheduled in surrounding communities. In addition, the Forest will be hosting an Internet quot;Webinarquot; for those with on-line access.br / br / The Travel Management DEIS was released on March 6, 2009, for public review during a 60-day public comment period. Copies of the DEIS and newly published Errata are available at all Stanislaus National Forest offices.br / br / Meetings and open houses will include optional time for learning how to use the DEIS, maps and compact disc; browsing maps; and asking questions. To date, the Forest Service has held public meetings in Arnold, Sonora, Greeley Hill, and Lodi.br / br / strongThe next scheduled meetings, open houses, and Webinar are as follows:/strong strongCommunity/strong strongnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Date/strong strongnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Location/strong West Point March 30, 2009-Public Meetingbr / 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.br / (core meeting 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) West Point Community Hall Hathaway Pines April 2, 2009-Drop-in Open House Hathaway Pines District Ranger Station on Highway 4 Modesto April 4, 2009-Public Meetingbr / 3:00 pm to 8:00 pmbr / (core meeting 5:00-7:00) Stanislaus County Harvest Hallbr / 3800 Cornucopia Waybr / Modesto, CA Internet Webinar April 7, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Contact Sue Warren at (209) 532-3671 ext. 350 for information on how to sign up and participate. Sonora April 9, 2009-Drop-in Open House 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor's Office, Stanislaus Meeting Room at 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA Mi-Wuk Village April 13, 2009-Drop-in Open Housebr / 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mi-Wok District Ranger Station on Highway 108 Buck Meadows br / April 15-Drop-in Open Housebr / 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Groveland District Ranger Station on Highway 120 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; br / Comments are invited on the DEIS. The Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability (NOA) for the DEIS in the Federal Register on March 6, 2009; the opportunity to comment ends May 5, 2009.br / br / While comments may be submitted anytime during the analysis process, only those individuals and organizations who provide comments strongduring the comment period/strong are eligible to appeal the subsequent decision under 36 CFR 215. br / strongbr / Mail and Hand Deliver Comments To:/strongbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Stanislaus National Forestbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Attn:nbsp; Motorized Travel DEISbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 19777 Greenley Roadbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Sonora, CA 95370br / br / Hand-deliver comments to the address shown above, during normal business hours (Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm). Oral comments may be provided by calling (209) 532-3671 ext. 350.br / br / strongEmail Comments To:/strongbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; comments-pacificsouthwest-stanislaus@fs.fed.usnbsp;nbsp; br / br / Put quot;strongMotorized Travel DEIS/strongquot; 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.br / br / strongFax Comments To:/strongbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; (209) 533-1890 strongCOMMENT DEADLINE IS MAY 5, 2009/strong To request additional information regarding this project, contact Sue Warren, Team Leader, Stanislaus National Forest, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CAnbsp; 95370, or e-mail swarren@fs.fed.us (to ensure a timely response, it is important to include quot;Information Requestquot; in the subject line).br / br / Compact Discs containing the DEIS documents, resource reports, supporting documents and maps are available by request. The DEIS is also available for review at the Forest Supervisor's Office, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA 95370, or online at http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/stanislaus/projects/ohv.br / br / A Final Environmental Impact Statement and decision by Forest Supervisor Susan Skalski are expected this summer, with a Motor Vehicle Use Map scheduled for release by the end of 2009. Following the designation of specific motorized routes, motor vehicle use off designated roads and trails would be prohibited, unless under special use permit.br / br / The project web page (http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/stanislaus/projects/ohv) includes the latest project updates, schedules for public meetings, and other information. br / br / strongJUST REMEMBER, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP RECREATION AREAS OPEN, PLEASE GET INVOLVED!br / br / Thanks in advance for your support,/strongbr / Ric Fosterbr / Public Lands Department Managerbr / BlueRibbon Coalitionbr / 208-237-1008 ext 107img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BlueRibbonCoalition/~4/hU1A4eyPCoQ" height="1" width="1"/
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