Consent 1.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Board of Supervisors
- Meeting Date:
- 10/09/2012
- Title:
- CAT Process Letter
- Submitted By:
- Gussie Motter, Board of Supervisors
- Department:
- Board of Supervisors
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
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Agenda Item Text:
Approve and send the attached letter providing comments to the USFS’s proposal to change status on some 700 roads in the Huachuca and Whetstone Environmental Management Areas (EMA).
Background:
As the Board is aware, the USFS implemented the Travel Management Collaboration Process and formed a Collaborative Alternative Team (CAT) to propose changes to the Service’s recommendations and to reach consensus. At the September 22, 2012 meeting in Sierra Vista, the CAT team agreed that this process was not functioning as intended and consensus among the team was unreachable. The CAT team further agreed to discontinue the collaborative process for the Whetstone and Huachuca EMAs.
The County had two Core CAT members involved during this process, and wishes to express and echo public concern about the potential impacts caused by the proposed actions including changing designation, decommissioning, and restricting routes. The forest road system is important to a wide variety of forest users and uses including hunting, hiking, picnicking, camping, ranching, prospecting, off-highway vehicles, 4-wheel drive vehicles, and those who simply enjoy driving through the forest.
The attached letter details the changes proposed and their potential impacts on the public’s ability to access and continue multiple uses of public lands.
The County had two Core CAT members involved during this process, and wishes to express and echo public concern about the potential impacts caused by the proposed actions including changing designation, decommissioning, and restricting routes. The forest road system is important to a wide variety of forest users and uses including hunting, hiking, picnicking, camping, ranching, prospecting, off-highway vehicles, 4-wheel drive vehicles, and those who simply enjoy driving through the forest.
The attached letter details the changes proposed and their potential impacts on the public’s ability to access and continue multiple uses of public lands.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Send the letter
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
The County would not supply comments.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please fax the letter to the Mr. Mark Ruggiero, District Ranger at 520.378.0519, no later than 10.9.12. Send the letter to Mr. Mark Ruggiero, District Ranger, Coronado National Forest, Sierra Vista District, 4070 S. Avenida Saracino, Hereford, AZ 85615 no later than 10.9.12.