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Recreation Economic Impact Tool (REIT)

Dec 23, 2009

The majority of individuals that visit our national forests participate in quiet, nature based forms of recreation such as hiking, camping, bird watching, and fishing. These same quiet recreationists provide a significant source of revenue for local businesses when they spend money during their visit. It’s important that land managers consider the economic consequences of decisions that they make — such as approving a timber harvest or constructing a dirt bike trail — may result in the displacement of quiet recreationists.

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Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Western Oregon Plan Revision

Jan 9, 2008

Organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest submitting these comments in response to the WOPR DEIS.

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USDA Forest Service's Principles for a New Rule

Mar 25, 2010

Click below to read the Forest Service document.

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Seven Fundamentals For national forest rulemaking

Mar 25, 2010

Since their establishment by President Theodore Roosevelt more than a century ago, our national forests have been a treasured American legacy. They provide vital fish and wildlife habitat, clean drinking water and world-class outdoor recreation opportunities for millions – and they’re one of our best tools for combating climate change.

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The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act: Background

Jan 25, 2010

The Forest Jobs and Recreation Act will permanently protect nearly a million acres of spectacular backcountry throughout western Montana, including nearly 700,000 acres as wilderness. This includes some 25 spectacular places conservationists have fought hard to preserve for decades. In addtion, the bill:

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Protecting New Hampshire’s Wild Places

Jul 23, 2009

Covering almost 800,000 acres in New Hampshire and Maine, the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) contains some of the most untamed country remaining in the Northeast – yet the Forest Service is approving more destructive logging projects on this single protected “roadless” forests than it has for the rest of the entire country combined.

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Give the Trees a Voice: Become Part of the Rulemaking Process That Protects US National Forests

Heidi Marshall, GreenFudge.org
May 21, 2010

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We owe the trees and forests of the world a great debt and thanks for all they’ve provided us with, but how do we repay them? We have them cut down for our furniture, homes, roadways, shopping malls, and other similar reasons. Fortunately, there are at least some people who care enough to stand up for the trees and give them a voice where they would not be heard otherwise.

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Sanchez proposes creating jobs by fixing forests

Rebecca Kimitch, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Dec 25, 2009

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In an effort reminiscent of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s, Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, is pushing legislation to provide billions of federal dollars for repair and construction projects in the country's national parks and forests.

Sanchez is requesting the government spend $4.75 billion fixing crumbling infrastructure on public lands, including the Angeles National Forest, a move she says would create some 50,000 jobs.

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Court Strikes Down National Forest Planning Regulations

The Forestry Source
Aug 13, 2009

Last year, when the US Forest Service revised its rule for developing Land and Resource Management Plans, it was upbeat about the ramifications for the national forests and grasslands. The agency had just completed an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the updated rule, which it had been ordered by a court to prepare in 2007.

…Michael Francis, acting vice-president of the Wilderness Society and director of that association’s national forest program, said the society prefers the 1982 rule.

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Oregon’s remaining ancient forests imperiled by Bush-era logging deal

Cathy Taibbi, examiner.com
Jun 17, 2009

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“Through a sweetheart deal with the timber industry, WOPR, as the plan is commonly known, will allow nearly twice the current amount of logging on public lands in western Oregon to occur, despite concerns from scientists and federal agencies that these dramatic increases in logging will harm clean water and healthy streams,” wrote Andrea Imler on June 12, 2009 for The Wilderness Society blog.

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