Sequoia National Forest to Release Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Public Review
Jan 18, 2009The Sequoia National Forest Service will release the draft travel management plan on January 30, 2009. Public meetings will be held February 17,21, ans 28.www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/projects/ohv_route_designation, or a CD with the Draft EIS and maps can be requested by email from sequoiaroutes@fs.fed.us, or by contacting Chris Sanders, Project Team Leader, at (559) 784.1500.
This travel management project is part of a Forest Service initiative designed to address the impacts of unmanaged recreation on the health of national forests. The DEIS proposes to regulate and manage wheeled motor vehicle use in the Sequoia National Forest and to identify roads and trails where this use will be allowed. It also addresses seasonal closures of wheeled motor vehicle routes. Other National Forests in California are developing similar management direction. 03/24/09 - Sequoia NF Travel Plan workshop - Castaic 02/28/09 - Sequoia NF Travel Plan meeting - Bakersfield 02/28/09 - Sequoia NF Travel Plan meeting - Lake Isabella 02/21/09 - Sequoia NF Travel Plan meeting - Bakersfield 02/21/09 - Sequoia NF Travel Plan meeting - Porterville Sequoia National Forest to Release Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Public Review - USFS press release 1/16/09 [details] Sequoia National Forest Travel Management/Motorized Vehicle Route Designation Project [details] Sequoia National Forest | 
