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Sacramento meeting on July 1st to kick off overhaul of federal forests plan

Posted by: Maven on June 13, 2009 at 6:38 am

From the Sacramento Bee:

A major overhaul of the federal government’s plans to manage forest lands in California is likely to affect recreation, logging and habitat for a generation to come. Yet the process is freighted with legal conflict and shifting political winds stretching back to the Reagan administration.

The forest-plan makeover kicks off at a public meeting in Sacramento July 1, at which the U.S. Forest Service will launch a three-year process to revise the management plans for 14 national forests. All federal timberland from the Sequoia National Forest north to the Oregon border is involved. Four forests in Southern California are not affected because their plans were updated in 2005.

“It’s just important for people to understand that we’re inviting them in at all phases,” said Ron Pugh, acting deputy planning director for the Forest Service Pacific Southwest region.

The plans are supposed to be updated every 15 years, but many are overdue, Pugh said. Like a city’s general plan, they serve as policy guidance for all activities in each forest, from camping and other recreation to habitat restoration, stream management and logging practices.

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June 13, 2009 · Filed Under Water Quality

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