[pct-l] Roadless Initiative

[Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>]

This may be of interest to listers. Public comment directions are at the end

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  4 proposals being considered for federal Roadless Initiative

  June 27, 2000

  There are four alternatives being proposed by the U.S. Forest Service in its
  Roadless Initiative:

   *No rule prohibiting activities in inventoried areas would be issued. Road
  construction and reconstruction would be prohibited only in areas prescribed
  by local forest land management plans. Local forest officials would consider
  proposals for road construction and reconstruction case by case.

   *Road construction and reconstruction would be prohibited in inventoried
  areas.

   *Road construction and reconstruction would be prohibited in inventoried
  areas. Timber harvesting would be prohibited except when specifically
  designed for preserving ecological balance. For example, thinning overly
  dense stands of trees so that fire can be safely reintroduced. Commercial
  timber activities would be prohibited. But personal-use harvesting -- such as
  firewood and Christmas tree cutting -- would be allowed.

   *Road construction and reconstruction would be prohibited in the inventoried
  areas. All timber harvesting would be prohibited, except for personal use,
  such as firewood or Christmas Tree cutting.

  The deadline for submitting written public comments on the roadless proposal
  is July 17.

  Comments can be faxed directly to (877) 703-2494 or mailed to USDA
  Forest Service-CAET; Attention: Roadless Area Proposed Rule, P.O. Box
  221090, Salt Lake City, UT 84122. Comments also can be submitted to the
  U.S. Forest Service Web site at www.roadless.fs.fed.us




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