| | Public Invited To South Rampart Travel Plan Open Houses
Oct 14, 2009The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Pike National Forest - Pikes Peak District is seeking input on the South Rampart Travel Management Plan at public workshops 6pm to 8pm on October 14 and 15.News Release
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
Pike, San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron, Comanche National Grasslands
Pikes Peak Ranger District
601 South Weber
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/pp/
For Immediate Release
Contacts: Frank Landis, Outdoor Recreation Planner - (719) 477-4203
Public Invited To South Rampart Travel Plan Open Houses
Colorado Springs, Co., Oct. 9, 2009 - The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Pike National Forest - Pikes Peak District is seeking input on the South Rampart Travel Management Plan at public workshops 6pm to 8pm on October 14 and 15. The outcome will ultimately determine which USFS motorized roads and trails and non-motorized trails are necessary to provide a diverse, functional and sustainable transportation system on national forest lands.
In February of 2009, the Pikes Peak Ranger District published their Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). This map identifies the designated system of roads and trails that allow motorized travel. This map is available on-line at www.fs.fed.us/R2/psicc/mvum_pprd09.pdf. Your comments are needed to make any further changes to the MVUM.
The project would provide the USFS with critical information to revise the Motor Vehicle Use Map and further guide management decisions on the merits and risks of improving, relocating, building or decommissioning travel routes and other facilities in the project area. A Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Decision is scheduled to be completed by mid-summer 2010. There will be additional opportunities for public comment during the Draft EA and as specific alternatives are developed in the near future.
The list of workshop locations follow:
Wednesday, October 14, 6 - 8 p.m.......Woodland Park Middle School, 600 East Kelly Road, Commons Rm, Woodland Park, CO
Thursday, October 15, 6 - 8 p.m...........Colorado Springs Utilities, Leon Young Service Center, Pikes Peak Room (2nd Floor), 1521 Hancock Expressway, Colorado Springs, CO
A copy of the project description and map of the project area are available on the web page at www.fs.fed.us/R2/psicc/pp at the bottom under related links; So. Rampart Travel Management Plan.
Interested parties are invited to learn more about the project at one of the public workshops. The workshops will have identical agendas. Public workshop objectives will be:
Provide information about the project and study area
Communicate outcomes of previous public scoping (outreach) efforts
Discuss preliminary project objectives that will be used to develop solutions for the project purpose and need
Review and discuss preliminary concepts that provide a solution for the project objectives
Work in small groups to identify potential road and trail networks
Record public opinion about the information and ideas discussed
In 2005, the USFS published a new rule on providing motor vehicle access to all National Forests. The rule, titled Travel Management: Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use (or 2005 Rule), rewrote the direction for motor vehicle use and requires a public process for changes.
Additional Information/Comments/Questions
Please contact Frank M. Landis, Supervisory Outdoor Recreation Planner, by E-Mail flandis@fs.fed.us or by phone at 719-477-4203.
To be added to the project email list or to provide written comments send an email to: comment@southrampart.net or via mail at: EDAW/AECOM, Attn: South rampart TMP/EA, 240 E. Mountain Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524 10/15/09 - South Rampart Travel Management open house - Coloado Springs 10/14/09 - South Rampart Travel Management open house - Woodland Park Public Invited To South Rampart Travel Plan Open Houses - USFS press release 10/9/09 [details] Pike & San Isabel NF, Cimarron & Comanche NG |
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