Action Alert: IMPORTANT RULE CHANGE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
Date: November 09, 2001

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PLEASE SEND A LETTER SUPPORTING A RULE CHANGE THAT WILL REDUCE "ANALYSIS PARALYSIS" AND GIVE LOCAL FS LAND MANAGERS MORE DISCRETION. COMMENT DEADLINE NOVEMBER 19

To send a letter, visit the BlueRibbon Coalition Rapid Response Resource Center at:

http://capwiz.com/share/issues/alert/?alertid=69367

DETAILS
This interim rule called, "National Environmental Policy Act Documentation Needed for Certain Special Use Authorizations" proposes to give local forest service land managers more discretion. It has made it clear that land managers can categorically exclude a project from further environmental documentation (an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement) even though certain resource conditions are present.

Examples of "certain resource conditions" are steep slopes or highly erosive soils, and threatened or endangered species or their designated or proposed habitat. A land manager must consider these conditions, but can determine that their presence has no effect on the project. The project can then go forward without further review.

You can see that this local flexibility can make it easier to implement on-the ground projects where real environmental protection and recreation benefits can occur.

Please send the comment letter today! Time is short; the comment period is up November 19!

Adena Cook, Public Lands Director
Phone: 208-524-3062;
Fax: 208-524-2836
e-mail: bradena@sharetrails.org

come on guys, only a few days left....what are you waiting for???

Once you have your information input into the BlueRibbon database, every action alert after that take only a matter of seconds to send.

Crowdog