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Subject : [SFDirtbikes] Digest Number 903
There are 3 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Attention Nor Cal / Stanislaus National Forest Riders
From: "nordi56"
2. Here's something you can do!
From: Tor Anderson
3. Re: Here's something you can do!
From: Rob Norstrom
_______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:59:42 -0000
Subject: Attention Nor Cal / Stanislaus National Forest Riders
The below information is from Stanislaus National Forest. Pass this
around. This type of "Route Designation Process" generally
leads to closure of OHV roads & trails. We need to unite as a
community and stay involved. Don't let the Sierra Club and other
environmental groups close down riding areas. They are not mentioned
below, but they will be involved. (Trust me!) They are much more
organized than we are.
Regards,
Rob
Dear Interested Stakeholder:
The Stanislaus National Forest is participating in a region wide
effort with other national forests in California, to complete an
inventory of all the roads, trails, and areas used by off-highway
vehicles, identify a system of routes from that inventory, and
designate those routes/areas for off-highway vehicle use. A
Memorandum of Intent between the Forest Service (Region 5), the Off-
Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission and the Off-Highway
Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of the California State Parks and
Recreation established a strategy to guide the designation process
and set a schedule for completion.
Three public workshops/briefings have been scheduled to `kick off'
the Off Highway Vehicle Route (OHV) Designation Process on the
Stanislaus National Forest (STF). We need your participation and
help. The objectives of each workshop are to: 1) provide an overview
of the OHV Route Designation Process; 2) identify where the STF is
within the multi-step/multi-year process; 3) provide our draft
existing condition route inventory map; and 4) seek your assistance
in completing the map and participating in the overall process.
The first public workshops/briefings will be held:
August 30, 2005 6:30-9:00 PM
Best Western Sonora Oaks
19551 Hess Ave
Sonora, CA
September 1. 2005 6:00-9:00 PM
Native Sons Hall
389 Main Street
Murphys, CA
September 7, 2005 6:30-9:00 PM
Greely Hill Community Club House
Fiske Rd
Greely Hill, CA
For your convenience, I have included two enclosures. The first
enclosure will provide you with some additional, detailed
information regarding the OHV Route Designation Process. The second
enclosure is a form that will help us identify how you would like to
participate in the route designation process. Please review the
form, complete it, and either return it to the address indicated or
bring it with you to one of the public meetings/briefings.
If you have any questions or need further information, please
contact:
Sue Warren, Project Leader
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
(209) 532-3671 ext. 321
E-mail address: swarren@fs.fed.us
We hope to see you at one of the workshops/briefings. All three
workshops/briefings will cover the same information.
Thank you for your interest in helping to manage our National Forest
System lands.
Sincerely,
TOM QUINN
OHV Route Designation Process
Stanislaus National Forest
August 2005
Background
The rapid expansion of OHV use on national forests and grasslands is
impacting the natural and cultural resources of federal lands. The
Chief of the Forest Service has identified unmanaged recreation -
especially impacts from OHVs - as one of the key threats facing the
nation's forests today. Unmanaged OHV use has resulted in unplanned
roads and trails, erosion, watershed and habitat degradation, and
impacts on cultural resource sites.
Improved management of wheeled motor vehicle use on National Forest
System lands would allow the Forest Service to enhance opportunities
for public enjoyment of the National Forest System, including
motorized and non-motorized recreation experiences. The Forest
Service is revising its national policy governing the use of wheeled
motor vehicles to develop a system of roads, trails and areas
designated for motor vehicle use to minimize or eliminate the
undesirable impacts from unmanaged OHV use.
We are working with the OHV, environmental, and other non-motorized
communities to identify existing OHV routes, areas and to develop
the forest-level OHV designations.
Region 5 OHV Route Designation Guidebook
The Region 5 OHV Route Designation Guidebook presents a 5 step
process for designating offhighway vehicle (OHV) routes on the 19
National Forests in California, including the California portions of
the Humboldt-Toiyabe; based upon existing laws, regulations, and
policies. A detailed description of all five steps and a timeline
that shows the interrelationships among the steps make up the main
portion of the Guidebook. The Guidebook can be found on the Region 5
website.
Timetable for California
The following is a summary of the five steps which are designed to
implement the Forest Service and State of California Memorandum of
Intent, (Appendix B of the Route Designation Guidebook found at
www.fs.fed.us/r5/rwhr/ohv/route-designation) and designate OHV
trails and areas for OHV use on all National Forest land in
California.
1. Map existing unclassified roads, OHV trails (both National Forest
System and non-system), and off-route use areas, and enter the data
in Geographic Information Systems and Infrastructure databases.
Designate team leaders, compile Forest OHV Management
Direction, assemble needed information, identify gaps in data, prioritize,
develop action plans, and begin field surveys. Share maps with the
public by December 2005 (earlier if possible). Collect comments by
March 2006.
2. Issue temporary Forest Orders prohibiting wheeled vehicle use
(including mountain bikes) off mapped roads, trails, and off-route
use areas. Involve the public. Complete no later than June 2006.
3. Evaluate inventoried roads, trails, and areas; collaborate with
the public in developing
proposed systems of roads, trails, and specifically defined areas
for use by wheeled OHVs; complete surveys of information and data
gaps. Involve the public. Publish maps of proposals by September
2006. Collect public comments no later than February 2007.
4. Complete analyses and prepare National Environmental Protection
Agency documents
designating all trails and specifically defined areas for wheeled
OHV use. Involve the public. Complete no later than December 2007.
5. Issue Forest Orders to prohibit motor vehicle use off roads,
designated trails, and specifically defined areas. Involve the
public. Install appropriate signing, publish maps of approved OHV
systems for public distribution, and implement any mitigation
measures by September 2008.
Implementation Goals
Our goal is to have an OHV route system that is both manageable and
sustainable for the
Stanislaus National Forest. We will be reviewing our existing
condition of OHV usage - our currently designated system plus the
inventoried routes; making adjustments to our designated system to
improve some OHV routes through re-routes and/or additions and
consolidate others to eliminate duplication; and closing the routes
that are of greatest environmental concern which cannot be
mitigated. A 'manageable' OHV trail system would be designed and
located on the landscape such that routine maintenance - barring the
impacts of unforeseen events such as wildfires or floods would allow
the trail system to be maintained annually in an acceptable
condition. A 'sustainable' OHV trail system would be an
environmentally sound trail system that could be maintained in an
acceptable condition throughout many consecutive years.
How You Can Help
• Participate in upcoming public workshops and briefings
• Fill out the attached form and return it. (pre addressed and
stamped)
• As we complete Step 1 of the process, provide inventory
information on any missing trails or roads
• Stay informed through periodic briefings and internet access to
the Forest Website (under construction)
• Share this information with your friends!
For further information, contact:
Sue Warren, Project Leader
Stanislaus National Forest
(209) 532-3671 ext. 321
E-mail address: swarren@fs.fed.us
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Here's something you can do!
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Sent : Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject : [SFDirtbikes] Digest Number 903
There are 3 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Attention Nor Cal / Stanislaus National Forest Riders
From: "nordi56"
2. Here's something you can do!
From: Tor Anderson
3. Re: Here's something you can do!
From: Rob Norstrom
_______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:59:42 -0000
Subject: Attention Nor Cal / Stanislaus National Forest Riders
The below information is from Stanislaus National Forest. Pass this
around. This type of "Route Designation Process" generally
leads to closure of OHV roads & trails. We need to unite as a
community and stay involved. Don't let the Sierra Club and other
environmental groups close down riding areas. They are not mentioned
below, but they will be involved. (Trust me!) They are much more
organized than we are.
Regards,
Rob
Dear Interested Stakeholder:
The Stanislaus National Forest is participating in a region wide
effort with other national forests in California, to complete an
inventory of all the roads, trails, and areas used by off-highway
vehicles, identify a system of routes from that inventory, and
designate those routes/areas for off-highway vehicle use. A
Memorandum of Intent between the Forest Service (Region 5), the Off-
Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission and the Off-Highway
Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of the California State Parks and
Recreation established a strategy to guide the designation process
and set a schedule for completion.
Three public workshops/briefings have been scheduled to `kick off'
the Off Highway Vehicle Route (OHV) Designation Process on the
Stanislaus National Forest (STF). We need your participation and
help. The objectives of each workshop are to: 1) provide an overview
of the OHV Route Designation Process; 2) identify where the STF is
within the multi-step/multi-year process; 3) provide our draft
existing condition route inventory map; and 4) seek your assistance
in completing the map and participating in the overall process.
The first public workshops/briefings will be held:
August 30, 2005 6:30-9:00 PM
Best Western Sonora Oaks
19551 Hess Ave
Sonora, CA
September 1. 2005 6:00-9:00 PM
Native Sons Hall
389 Main Street
Murphys, CA
September 7, 2005 6:30-9:00 PM
Greely Hill Community Club House
Fiske Rd
Greely Hill, CA
For your convenience, I have included two enclosures. The first
enclosure will provide you with some additional, detailed
information regarding the OHV Route Designation Process. The second
enclosure is a form that will help us identify how you would like to
participate in the route designation process. Please review the
form, complete it, and either return it to the address indicated or
bring it with you to one of the public meetings/briefings.
If you have any questions or need further information, please
contact:
Sue Warren, Project Leader
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
(209) 532-3671 ext. 321
E-mail address: swarren@fs.fed.us
We hope to see you at one of the workshops/briefings. All three
workshops/briefings will cover the same information.
Thank you for your interest in helping to manage our National Forest
System lands.
Sincerely,
TOM QUINN
OHV Route Designation Process
Stanislaus National Forest
August 2005
Background
The rapid expansion of OHV use on national forests and grasslands is
impacting the natural and cultural resources of federal lands. The
Chief of the Forest Service has identified unmanaged recreation -
especially impacts from OHVs - as one of the key threats facing the
nation's forests today. Unmanaged OHV use has resulted in unplanned
roads and trails, erosion, watershed and habitat degradation, and
impacts on cultural resource sites.
Improved management of wheeled motor vehicle use on National Forest
System lands would allow the Forest Service to enhance opportunities
for public enjoyment of the National Forest System, including
motorized and non-motorized recreation experiences. The Forest
Service is revising its national policy governing the use of wheeled
motor vehicles to develop a system of roads, trails and areas
designated for motor vehicle use to minimize or eliminate the
undesirable impacts from unmanaged OHV use.
We are working with the OHV, environmental, and other non-motorized
communities to identify existing OHV routes, areas and to develop
the forest-level OHV designations.
Region 5 OHV Route Designation Guidebook
The Region 5 OHV Route Designation Guidebook presents a 5 step
process for designating offhighway vehicle (OHV) routes on the 19
National Forests in California, including the California portions of
the Humboldt-Toiyabe; based upon existing laws, regulations, and
policies. A detailed description of all five steps and a timeline
that shows the interrelationships among the steps make up the main
portion of the Guidebook. The Guidebook can be found on the Region 5
website.
Timetable for California
The following is a summary of the five steps which are designed to
implement the Forest Service and State of California Memorandum of
Intent, (Appendix B of the Route Designation Guidebook found at
www.fs.fed.us/r5/rwhr/ohv/route-designation) and designate OHV
trails and areas for OHV use on all National Forest land in
California.
1. Map existing unclassified roads, OHV trails (both National Forest
System and non-system), and off-route use areas, and enter the data
in Geographic Information Systems and Infrastructure databases.
Designate team leaders, compile Forest OHV Management
Direction, assemble needed information, identify gaps in data, prioritize,
develop action plans, and begin field surveys. Share maps with the
public by December 2005 (earlier if possible). Collect comments by
March 2006.
2. Issue temporary Forest Orders prohibiting wheeled vehicle use
(including mountain bikes) off mapped roads, trails, and off-route
use areas. Involve the public. Complete no later than June 2006.
3. Evaluate inventoried roads, trails, and areas; collaborate with
the public in developing
proposed systems of roads, trails, and specifically defined areas
for use by wheeled OHVs; complete surveys of information and data
gaps. Involve the public. Publish maps of proposals by September
2006. Collect public comments no later than February 2007.
4. Complete analyses and prepare National Environmental Protection
Agency documents
designating all trails and specifically defined areas for wheeled
OHV use. Involve the public. Complete no later than December 2007.
5. Issue Forest Orders to prohibit motor vehicle use off roads,
designated trails, and specifically defined areas. Involve the
public. Install appropriate signing, publish maps of approved OHV
systems for public distribution, and implement any mitigation
measures by September 2008.
Implementation Goals
Our goal is to have an OHV route system that is both manageable and
sustainable for the
Stanislaus National Forest. We will be reviewing our existing
condition of OHV usage - our currently designated system plus the
inventoried routes; making adjustments to our designated system to
improve some OHV routes through re-routes and/or additions and
consolidate others to eliminate duplication; and closing the routes
that are of greatest environmental concern which cannot be
mitigated. A 'manageable' OHV trail system would be designed and
located on the landscape such that routine maintenance - barring the
impacts of unforeseen events such as wildfires or floods would allow
the trail system to be maintained annually in an acceptable
condition. A 'sustainable' OHV trail system would be an
environmentally sound trail system that could be maintained in an
acceptable condition throughout many consecutive years.
How You Can Help
• Participate in upcoming public workshops and briefings
• Fill out the attached form and return it. (pre addressed and
stamped)
• As we complete Step 1 of the process, provide inventory
information on any missing trails or roads
• Stay informed through periodic briefings and internet access to
the Forest Website (under construction)
• Share this information with your friends!
For further information, contact:
Sue Warren, Project Leader
Stanislaus National Forest
(209) 532-3671 ext. 321
E-mail address: swarren@fs.fed.us
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Here's something you can do!
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