| Coalition for Public Accesse-Newsletter (December 2008) |
This massive, 1076-page measure includes more than 150 bills that would: create or expand a number of wilderness areas; establish new conservation areas; create/ add to wild and scenic designations; designate new national scenic trails; add new national and historic park units and nearly a dozen new national heritage areas appears to be on hold until the next Congress. Thanks for all the letters you wrote in response to our eELERT. This bill is still of great concern and CPA continues to look for ways to fight this bad legislation. More information on the bill can be found at http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-3213.
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest - Bridgeport Ranger District - will hold three public meetings to take public comment on Scoping Document regarding a Travel Management Plan. December 8, 2008, 4-6pm Hawthorne Public Library. December 9, 2008, 4-6pm Bridgeport Memorial Hall. December 10, 2008, 6-8pm Smith Valley High School. Motorized use of public lands in the Bridgeport District will be RESTRICTED. By September 2009 motorized travel will be allowed ONLY ON DESIGNATED ROADS. Now is the time to review the proposed routes. PLEASE ATTEND one of these meetings - COMMENTS TO THE FOREST SERVICE MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 31, 2008. More information can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/projects/.
The BLM issued the following statement. The BLM-Carson City District Office has tabled further work on amending the land use plan for the Pine Nut Mountains until FY 2010. BLM is anticipating the start of a District-wide resource management plan (RMP) amendment process at that time if funds are made available. A District-wide RMP Amendment would cover all of the 3.2 million acres of public land administered by the Carson City District, and will be a more comprehensive document than the Pine Nut RMP Amendment could have been. Any future District-wide RMP amendment will include prospective management decisions on travel management, recreation, land tenure, areas of critical environmental concerns (ACEC's), special status species management and other resource concerns. The Draft RMP Amendment contained significant restrictions on motorized travel. CPA will continue to monitor the BLM activities and alert the public when the planning process restarts.
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