Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

The Salmon-Challis (SCNF) and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests (BDNF), which are working together on the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) from Miner Creek to Goldstone Pass, have released their Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Miner to Goldstone portion of the CDNST for review and comment. This segment of trail is located southwest of Wisdom, Montana, and east of Salmon, Idaho, in the Beaverhead Mountains of the Bitterroot Range.
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Time is running out to make your voice heard.

The comment period deadline on the draft winter and summer Travel Plan for the Clearwater National Forest is set for February 29, 2008. This is the first time a National Forest in Region 1 has attempted site-specific implementation of their new (and unlawful) de-facto Wilderness policy. COMMENTS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!

All you need to do is send an email to make your comments.

An example email and additional details are listed at UPDATE! NEW COMMENT DEADLINE ON U.S. FOREST SERVICE ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT AN UNLAWFUL “DE-FACTO WILDERNESS” POLICY.

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you write your own version of the letter and submit it via US Mail. Apparently, this has more influence than a mass emailing of the same letter.

PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE THE DEADLINE.