TONTO NF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT RULE OPEN FOR COMMENT

[rthrbhntng]

The ARIZONA ELK SOCIETY is currently working on our comments for the Tonto NF.

This post is an effort to reach out to Sportsmen and let you know what the AES is working on and see if you have any comments we need to consider.

You can comment yourself and it would be good for you to do it.

Any person or organization that comments will be able to appeal later, if you didn't comment you can't appeal the decision.

Last time I tried the links were not working but they were trying to fix them.

 

30-day comment period begins, for the Tonto National Forest, Travel Management Plan trail closures and environmental impact assessment.

The email: http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558...LT2_072203.pdf

 

Here is information to provide comments via email, internet, phone, and other information including maps.

http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-po...?project=28967

 

Their website posting: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tonto/news-events/?cid=STELPRDB5346557

 

Direct link to document page: http://data.ecosystem-management.org/nepaweb/fs-usda-pop.php?project=28967

 

OBTW: "Only those who provide comment or otherwise express interest in the proposed action during the comment period will be eligible to appeal. "

[elkaholic]

THANK YOU - this is what we need - orginizations coming forward and stating an issue of importance - to US.

 

then we can not wonder later when something is passed and we ask- why didn't I know about this.

 

MY thanks to the AES for bringing this to my attention

[rthrbhntng]

The Arizona Elk Society is working on our comments and we should be able to post these so you have some points of discussion with out reading through all the data.

A couple of quick ones to note, no big game retrieval or BGR limited to 200 yards off a road. Designated camping along side the roads only a car width.

In general the road closures in Elk Habitat aren't too restrictive as we know now. OHV crowd has a concern about the lack of trails designated for just OHV.

Steve

[elkaholic]

well i got on the site and tried my best to give an accountable protest to a few items = one car length - what happened to the heritage of camping out in the NF-- i really want to camp a car length from a dusty driven road - what can we do to change the wording - this is plane crazy!