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The following news release was received today from the Inyo National
Forest. The meeting will involve both the Inyo and Sequoia National
Forests which make up a huge portion of the outdoor recreation and firewood
cutting opportunities available to residents of the Indian Wells and
Searles Valleys. The route designation process to be presented at this
meeting is NOT an OHV specific management plan but a forest transportation
plan that will involve an inventory and final designation of ALL roads and
trails open to the public across each national forest. Once this plan is
finalized, any routes and trails now on the forest but not inventoried AND
designated WILL BE CLOSED to the public once and for all. This applies to
virtually every aspect of motorized access to the Inyo and Sequoia National
Forests. This includes hunters, fishermen, campers, jeepers,
motorcyclists, firewood gatherers, and other recreation activities that
require motorized support such as equestrian events, rockhounds and many
others. Areas on the Inyo National Forest included in the road/trail
inventory and route designations involve practically all areas north of the
Inyo County Line. Places such as Monache Meadows, White Mountains, Inyo
Mountains, Coyote and Buttermilk areas, Mammoth Lakes, Benton, and south of
Bridgeport. Areas on the Sequoia include the Paiute Mountains, the Green
Horn Mountains, and others.
I understand that maps of the current inventories will be available for
review at the meeting and comments on any routes not shown on the inventory
will be accepted. It is very important that everyone who recreates on
either the Inyo or Sequoia National Forests attend this pubic meeting to
ensure that the roads and trails that they use are considered for
designation and remain open to the public.
Please pass this information on to everyone on your e-mail list who
recreates on the Inyo or Sequoia National Forest. We need a good showing
at this meeting to illustrate the demand for access and the public interest
in the final decision of which roads and trails will be open to the public.
Please plan on attending and bring a friend.
Ron Schiller
High Desert Multiple Use
Coalition, Inc.
News Release
Inyo National Forest
INYO NATIONAL FOREST TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
ON ROUTE DESIGNATION AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
The Inyo National Forest will be hosting a public meeting in Ridgecrest on
Wednesday May 10, regarding the forest-wide Route Designation process. This
process will designate a transportation system of routes on the Inyo
National Forest that provides access and recreational opportunities,
protects the forest resources, and is sustainable. Representatives of the
Sequoia National Forest will also be at the meeting to describe how the
process is proceeding on that national forest.
Many members of the public participated in the first step of the five step
Route Designation process, which was the inventorying and mapping of all
the motorized roads and trails on the Inyo National Forest. The Forest
Service is currently nearing the end of the second step in which a
temporary Forest Order will be put into place prohibiting cross country
travel until the five step process is complete.
During the upcoming public meeting the public will learn how they can
participate in Step 3 of the process, which will be an initial analysis of
what the transportation system on the Inyo should look like. The Forest
has been divided up into geographical study areas for the purpose of the
initial analysis, and workshops will be held in various communities for
discussion about the routes in the vicinity of each study area. This step
will likely take at two field seasons to complete the whole forest. A
similar process will be taking place on every national forest in the
nation.
So who should be interested in participating in this Route Designation
Process? Anyone who currently uses the Inyo National Forest for various
recreational purposes or for such things as firewood gathering, or who has
an interest in doing so in the future, should be aware that this process is
currently going on and that it could potentially have an affect on a
favorite motorized route. Whether it is camping off a backcountry road, or
accessing a trailhead or hunting place or fishing hole, or seeking a great
4-wheel drive experience, if you drive on dirt roads on the Inyo National
Forest, this public meeting may be of interest to you.
The May 10 meeting will take place at the Kerr McGee Center, 100 West
California Avenue in Ridgecrest. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. All
are welcome to attend.
For more information please call JoEllen Keil at 760-873-2515.
# # #
This information is provided by Ron Schiller, Chairman, High Desert
Multiple Use Coalition. As usual, please feel free to pass this
information on to any other interested parties. Anyone wishing to receive
future information regarding issues related to the management of public
lands in the California Desert should send an e-mail to
[email protected] and request to be placed on the distribution
list. Please print "PLEASE ADD TO LIST" in the subject line.
Forest. The meeting will involve both the Inyo and Sequoia National
Forests which make up a huge portion of the outdoor recreation and firewood
cutting opportunities available to residents of the Indian Wells and
Searles Valleys. The route designation process to be presented at this
meeting is NOT an OHV specific management plan but a forest transportation
plan that will involve an inventory and final designation of ALL roads and
trails open to the public across each national forest. Once this plan is
finalized, any routes and trails now on the forest but not inventoried AND
designated WILL BE CLOSED to the public once and for all. This applies to
virtually every aspect of motorized access to the Inyo and Sequoia National
Forests. This includes hunters, fishermen, campers, jeepers,
motorcyclists, firewood gatherers, and other recreation activities that
require motorized support such as equestrian events, rockhounds and many
others. Areas on the Inyo National Forest included in the road/trail
inventory and route designations involve practically all areas north of the
Inyo County Line. Places such as Monache Meadows, White Mountains, Inyo
Mountains, Coyote and Buttermilk areas, Mammoth Lakes, Benton, and south of
Bridgeport. Areas on the Sequoia include the Paiute Mountains, the Green
Horn Mountains, and others.
I understand that maps of the current inventories will be available for
review at the meeting and comments on any routes not shown on the inventory
will be accepted. It is very important that everyone who recreates on
either the Inyo or Sequoia National Forests attend this pubic meeting to
ensure that the roads and trails that they use are considered for
designation and remain open to the public.
Please pass this information on to everyone on your e-mail list who
recreates on the Inyo or Sequoia National Forest. We need a good showing
at this meeting to illustrate the demand for access and the public interest
in the final decision of which roads and trails will be open to the public.
Please plan on attending and bring a friend.
Ron Schiller
High Desert Multiple Use
Coalition, Inc.
News Release
Inyo National Forest
INYO NATIONAL FOREST TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
ON ROUTE DESIGNATION AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
The Inyo National Forest will be hosting a public meeting in Ridgecrest on
Wednesday May 10, regarding the forest-wide Route Designation process. This
process will designate a transportation system of routes on the Inyo
National Forest that provides access and recreational opportunities,
protects the forest resources, and is sustainable. Representatives of the
Sequoia National Forest will also be at the meeting to describe how the
process is proceeding on that national forest.
Many members of the public participated in the first step of the five step
Route Designation process, which was the inventorying and mapping of all
the motorized roads and trails on the Inyo National Forest. The Forest
Service is currently nearing the end of the second step in which a
temporary Forest Order will be put into place prohibiting cross country
travel until the five step process is complete.
During the upcoming public meeting the public will learn how they can
participate in Step 3 of the process, which will be an initial analysis of
what the transportation system on the Inyo should look like. The Forest
has been divided up into geographical study areas for the purpose of the
initial analysis, and workshops will be held in various communities for
discussion about the routes in the vicinity of each study area. This step
will likely take at two field seasons to complete the whole forest. A
similar process will be taking place on every national forest in the
nation.
So who should be interested in participating in this Route Designation
Process? Anyone who currently uses the Inyo National Forest for various
recreational purposes or for such things as firewood gathering, or who has
an interest in doing so in the future, should be aware that this process is
currently going on and that it could potentially have an affect on a
favorite motorized route. Whether it is camping off a backcountry road, or
accessing a trailhead or hunting place or fishing hole, or seeking a great
4-wheel drive experience, if you drive on dirt roads on the Inyo National
Forest, this public meeting may be of interest to you.
The May 10 meeting will take place at the Kerr McGee Center, 100 West
California Avenue in Ridgecrest. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm. All
are welcome to attend.
For more information please call JoEllen Keil at 760-873-2515.
# # #
This information is provided by Ron Schiller, Chairman, High Desert
Multiple Use Coalition. As usual, please feel free to pass this
information on to any other interested parties. Anyone wishing to receive
future information regarding issues related to the management of public
lands in the California Desert should send an e-mail to
[email protected] and request to be placed on the distribution
list. Please print "PLEASE ADD TO LIST" in the subject line.
