John Ferro
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1/17/2022 10:24 AM
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John Ferro
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From: BlueRibbon Coalition <brmedia@sharetrails.org>
Date: January 17, 2022 at 10:12:09 AM PST
To: jaferro@live.com
Subject: Action Alerts in Georgia, Montana, California, and Utah
Reply-To: BlueRibbon Coalition <brmedia@sharetrails.org>
Action Alerts in Georgia, Montana, California, and Utah
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Action Alerts in Georgia, Montana, California, and Utah
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Land Management agencies continue to release planning materials at a blistering pace. If you’ve been following our work over the previous months, you will know that we have been incredibly busy keeping up with these plans that impact recreation
access all across the nation. To do this work effectively, we need to show the agencies that we have the numbers to influence better decision. This is why we invest serious effort into preparing action alerts to make it easy for you to add your voice to these
projects and plans. This week we have four new action alerts, and we encourage you to add your voice to the projects. You are always welcome to customize the content we’ve prepared. We appreciate your willingness to take a few minutes to get this done.
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Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Improvements in Georgia
It’s not often that we see projects proposed that are looking to improve recreation access on public lands. The Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area Improvement projects not only look to improve access but also
accommodate larger groups and vehicles. This area is popular for fishing, hiking, kayaking, camping as well as other uses. Generally BRC supports the proposed projects.
You should add your voice in support as well.
Comments are accepted until Jan. 18th.
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Decommissioning Trails in North Superior, Lolo National Forest in Montana
The Forest Service in the Lolo National Forest, the Superior North district located East of Missoula and near the town of Superior, is proposing several projects including vegetation and recreation management projects.
BRC supports vegetation projects that help maintain the forest to prevent wildfires that ultimately cause loss of access. However, we are concerned with the recreation management projects. There are several routes being proposed to decommission,
change to non-motorized only or only allow seasonal access. There are many miles of new, nonmotorized trails being proposed but no new motorized trails. Land agencies consistently give preferential treatment to nonmotorized users. Not only will restriction
of access hurt motorized users but also dispersed camping and other forms of recreation.
Add your voice to this proposal. Comments are due January 18
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Stanislaus National Forest SERAL Project
The Stanislaus National Forest in Northern California is accepting public comment for its proposed Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape (SERAL) project. After
watching catastrophic fires destroy so much of our forests in California, it’s become abundantly clear that the public needs to support projects proposed by agencies to actively manage the forests before they burn up. Wildfires lead to forest wide closures
while they burn, and in many cases forests remain closed after they burn for restoration projects. In some cases we see closures become permanent. This project will likely be controversial because it involves removing vegetation spotted owl habitat to prevent
that habitat from burning up. If you support reasonable management of our resources,
you should add your voice to this project.
Comments are due by January 24.
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Ashley National Forest Plan Revision in Utah
The Ashley National Forest located primarily in Utah but partially in Wyoming has not updated their management plan since 1986. The USFS has released the draft Environmental Impact
Statement and the draft is open for public comment. This is the second stage in the whole management plan process. As with the other big forest plans we’ve analyzed in recent months, this is a plan that will impact access to a high value recreation area for
decades. These forest plans often receive thousands of comments, and we need to make sure those of us support outdoor recreation access
make our voices heard.
Comments for this plan are due by February 17.
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Amazon Smile and BlueRibbon Coalition
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Last year Amazon Smile reported sending $13,000 in donations to BlueRibbon Coalition. We’re grateful to be part of this program that allocates a small percentage of your purchases on Amazon to our organization. Shopping through Amazon
Smile is free, and
easy to set up. If you haven’t signed up for Amazon Smile yet, we encourage you to
check it out and choose BRC as your charity to support.
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