Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Motorized Travel Management DEIS Now Available
BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, located in northeastern Oregon, has released their Travel Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for public review and comment.
The Forest Service (FS) is asking for your input during a 60-day comment period, which will end on August 18, 2009.The public is invited to suggest changes, provide new information, and offer other alternatives. Your comments will assist in completing the analysis for travel management, and following the FS review of the comments received, a final EIS will be issued with a Record of Decision detailing the decision points.
A preferred alternative for this project has not been identified.
The DEIS Document, Maps, and Executive Summary are available on the Forest’s website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/w-w/projects/travel-management-plan/index-deis.shtml
Public comments are invited on the DEIS. Comments should be as specific as possible. It is also helpful if comments refer to specific pages or chapters of the DEIS. Before commenting, the public is urged to review the DEIS, including appendices and associated maps, and learn more about the current status of the project and the comment process at one of the public workshops.
Send Written Comments To:
Steve Ellis, Forest Supervisor
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
P.O. Box 907
Baker City, OR 97814
Those submitting hand-delivered comments may do so during regular office hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to any Wallowa-Whitman District Office, Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.
Send Electronic Comments To:
comments-pacificnorthwest-wallowa-whitman@fs.fed.us
Please put “Travel Management DEIS” in the subject line of email comments. Acceptable formats are email message, Microsoft Word (.doc), plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf) or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Comments should include your name and address.
COMMENT DEADLINE IS AUGUST 18, 2009
For more information, please contact Steve Ellis, Forest Supervisor, at (541) 523-6391.
JUST REMEMBER, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO KEEP RECREATION AREAS OPEN, PLEASE GET INVOLVED!
Thanks in advance for your support,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107
