Eldorado NF Releases Preliminary EA On Re-opening Routes Closed via
Court Order
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,
As most of you know, 42 routes on the Eldorado National Forest were
closed by court order last July. The Eldorado NF has initiated a
planning process that will determine whether these routes will remain
closed permanently.
Below is a brief informative blast about the process from the USFS.
We will have more info and comment suggestions in the very near
future. Stay tuned!
Thanks in advance and, as always, if you have any questions or
concerns, please contact BRC.
Don Amador
Western Representative
BlueRibbon Coalition
925-625-6287
ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST UPDATE
Eldorado NF Releases Preliminary EA On Re-opening Routes Closed via
Court Order
The Eldorado National Forest has began an environmental analysis that
will determine whether portions of 42 travel routes that were closed
by court order will be re-opened to public wheeled motor vehicle use.
The Forest Supervisor's decision is expected in July 2013.
The portions of the forty-two routes that are affected have been
closed to public motorized use by court order since July 2012. This
analysis will be limited to addressing the 42 routes in the judge's
order as they pertain to meadows and Standard and Guideline 100 of the
ENF LRMP, as amended by the SNFPA.
As a first step in preparing the Travel Management Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (TM SEIS), the Forest Service has
prepared a Proposed Action, which serves as a point from which to
begin a dialog with the public about the routes. The proposed action,
maps and other SEIS information are posted on the Eldorado National
Forest website at
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/eldorado/home/?cid=STELPRDB5362046
.
Three public open houses are scheduled for people to meet with the
Forest Supervisor and other Forest Service employees. The drop-in
opportunities will be hosted on October 22 from 4-7 p.m. at Turtle
Rock Community Center in Markleeville, on October 25 from 3-8 p.m. at
the Placerville Inn in Placerville and on October 29 from 3- 8 p.m. at
the Civic Center in Jackson.
If you have issues (points of dispute, debate or disagreement
regarding potential effects of the Proposed Action) or suggestions on
how issues might be resolved, please send these in writing to "Kathryn
D. Hardy, Forest Supervisor; Eldorado National Forest Supervisor's
Office; 100 Forni Road; Placerville, CA 15667; attn.: Travel
Management SEIS" on or before November 7, 2012. Comments on the
proposed action may also be sent electronically to
comments-pacificsouthwest-eldorado@fs.fed.us
mailto:comments-pacificsouthwest-eldorado@fs.fed.us
.
If you have any questions about this proposal, you may contact Diana
Erickson at (530) 622-5061.
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