Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NF comments (Oct, 30, 2023)

[DaveInDenver]

GMUG is updating the Forest Plan and is taking comments until the end of the month.

Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - Home

Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - Home

www.fs.usda.gov

New management plan for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest increases logging for timber, wildfire mitigation

The new plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forest increases logging by 300,000 acres, troubling environmental groups

coloradosun.com

Still crafting my response.

 

[SteveH]

Rocky Smith with Colorado Wild is an environmentalist who has been fighting with developers and land managers since the 1980s to protect backcountry wilderness.

Smith does not run across many forest management plans he likes. He has to think back to the 1990s to remember one for the Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest that didn’t raise his hackles.

“That was probably the best one I’ve ever seen,” he said. “And yeah, we filed objections to that one too.”


So Colorado will continue to burn and no wood will be cut, but the money will surely be spent. Great.