Just a reminder about this meeting. Hope to see some TTers there to participate in the process.
Eldorado National Forest Route Designation Workshop December 14 Placerville, CA….The USDA Forest Service will continue its on-going public conversations about the Eldorado National Forest route designation process in a public workshop scheduled for December 14 in Placerville. The meeting will be held from 7 PM to 9 PM in the El Dorado County Office of Education Activity Center – Building I; 6767 Green Valley Road.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the comments Forest Supervisor John Berry received on his proposal for how off-highway wheeled motor vehicle routes should be designated in the Eldorado National Forest. Forest Service specialists will also explain how these comments will be used to develop alternatives to Berry’s proposal in the environmental analysis that is currently underway.
The Forest Service began an Environmental Impact Statement on October 26 when Forest Supervisor Berry announced in the Federal Register his intention to prepare an EIS and requested public comments on his proposed action. Comments received between October 26 and December 1, the official public comment period known as scoping, will be discussed at the meeting.
“This meeting provides a unique opportunity to learn how public comments will be used in the environmental analysis and what people said was important,” said Anthony Scardina Route Designation Project Leader. “Perhaps more importantly, participants will have a chance to provide advice to the Forest Supervisor before he finalizes the issues that will frame alternatives to his proposed action.”
More information about the route designation project and workshop can be found on the Eldorado National Forest web site at: www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado.
The Forest Service is under court order to complete the Eldorado National Forest Route Designation Environmental Impact Statement by December 31, 2007. A draft environmental impact statement is anticipated to be ready for public review in June 2006.
