Date: 04/17/2009 pstrongUmpqua National Forest Seeks Comments on Proposed Action/strong/ppstrongDear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, /strong/ppThe Umpqua National Forest, located in southwestern Oregon, has released a Proposed Action to develop a Travel Management Plan./ppThe Forest Service (FS) is seeking your input to help them analyze the potential environmental effects of the Proposed Action for their Environmental Assessment (EA). Over-the-snow vehicles are excluded from this Proposed Action./ppThe Proposed Action would:/p Amend the Forest Plan to make it consistent with the Travel Management Rule; Designate approximately 360 miles of National Forest System (NFS) roads open to highway legal vehicles only; Designate approximately 3,175 miles of NFS roads open to mixed use; Designate approximately 721 miles of NFS trails open to class 1 and class 3 non highway legal vehicles; Designate approximately 517 miles of dispersed camping corridors along motorized routes; Close the Forest to cross-country motorized travel. Change approximately 426,589 acres from open yearlong to closed and approximately 197,780 acres from open seasonally to closed;pMaps illustrating the Proposed Action can be found on the Umpqua National Forest Travel Management website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/projects/travel/index.shtmI. In addition, maps will be available for viewing at the Forest Supervisor's Office, as well as each of the Ranger District offices./ppPublic involvement will be ongoing throughout the EA process. However, written and electronic comments to be considered in the preparation of the EA should be submitted by May 15, 2009./ppYour comments will help the FS assess the Proposed Action, develop alternatives and prepare the EA. Site-specific comments are the most helpful. For example, simply stating that you are opposed to road closures is not as helpful as telling them which road you would like left open and why./ppstrongSend written comments to:nbsp;/strongbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Umpqua National Forestbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Attn: Scott Elefritzbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 2900 NW Stewart Parkwaybr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Roseburg, OR 97471/ppYou may also hand deliver your comments to any of the Forest Service offices during normal business hours, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays./ppstrongEmail comments to:/strongbr /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; comments-pacificnorthwest-umpqua@fs.fed.usnbsp;nbsp;/ppPlease put quot;strongTravel Management Plan/strongquot; in the subject line./pp style="text-align: center"strongCOMMENT DEADLINE IS MAY 15, 2009/strong/ppIf you have any questions concerning this proposal, please contact Scott Elefritz, Natural Resource Specialist, at (541) 957-3437./ppstrongJUST REMEMBER, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP RECREATION AREAS OPEN, PLEASE GET INVOLVED!/strong/ppstrongThanks in advance for your support,/strongbr /Ric Fosterbr /Public Lands Department Managerbr /BlueRibbon Coalitionbr /208-237-1008 ext 107/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BlueRibbonCoalition/~4/8MtvhMKsuxY" height="1" width="1"/
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