ARRA Alert - Roadless Rule Comment Period

From the following Web site:
http://www.arra-access.com/campaign/roadless_rule_proposal/step1.tcl

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Take Action!
Make Your Views Count on Roadless Rule Proposal

Make Your Views Count on Roadless Rule Proposal

The comment period for the Forest Service’s proposed new Roadless Rule
has begun. The proposed regulations would give states and local
communities much more input in the process to determine areas that can
be designated as roadless. ARRA encourages you to learn about the
Roadless Rule by clicking here and then submitting your comments to
the Forest Service by September 14th.

Comments should be sent to:
Content Analysis Team
Attn: Roadless State Petitions
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 221090
Salt Lake City, UT 84122

By fax: (801) 517-1014

By e-mail: statepetitionroadless RemoveThis @fs.fed.us

Comments also may be submitted by going to the following website:
http://www.regulations.gov.

For more information, please contact: Dave Barone, Planning
Specialist, Ecosystem Management Coordination Staff, Forest Service,
USDA, (202) 205-1019. To read the original notice in the Federal
Register, click here.
http://roadless.fs.fed.us/documents/id_07/fr_pr.html



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Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

(Edit Letter Below)
As an avid recreationist, I feel that decisions regarding our public
lands need to be made with substantial public participation. I am
taking this opportunity to comment on the new Roadless Rule. The
Forest Service has just proposed a modification to the Roadless Rule
that allows the governor of each state to petition for the
establishment of roadless areas in National Forests within that state.

This proposal is a good one and should be adopted. By allowing state
governors to involve local communities and state officials in the
petition process, the Forest Service will then know how each national
forest should be managed according to its individual situation. In
forests where there is a reason to demarcate roadless areas, the
governor will have the chance to petition the Forest Service to
designate them as such. Where the roadless designation is not
warranted, the governor can make that determination after consulting
with local communities. This is how public lands management should
work - with significant public participation.


Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]