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The USFS has been directed to divest itself of isolated, high maintenance parcels of land. The monies gained from this sale will go to:
Choose one:
a) Forest health and land management, currently woefully underfunded.
b) Forest road and trail maintenance, currently woefully underfunded.
c) Funding the OHV rule, which comes very close to being an unfunded mandate.
d) Rural schools, in no way associated with the USFS.
Yep. Pick d) and you are correct. Doesn't make sense to me either. Also, this project has been rushed through faster than land managers have been able to evaluate it. Comment info below.
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The Forest Service is extending the public comment period to May 1st on the plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land to raise money for the rural-schools program. Undersecretary Mark Rey reports that the forest service has received more than 4000 comments; the majority do not support the sale.
You may submit your comments by e-mail to SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us, by fax to (202) 205–1604, or by mail to USDA Forest Service, SRS Comments, Lands 4S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Mailstop 1124, Washington, DC 20250– 0003. Electronic submission is preferred.
If you submit your comments by e-mail or fax, you do not need to send a paper copy by mail.
Your comments may address the entire list of parcels identified or an individual parcel or parcels on that list. If you are commenting about a specific parcel on the list, it would be helpful to provide the parcel’s number from the list and all information specifically related to the sale of that parcel.
The Federal Register Notice can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us, via the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act link to the ‘‘President’s FY 2007 Budget Proposal for the Forest Service—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act Extension’’ page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia R. Swanson, Assistant Director of Lands, Washington Office, 202–205-0099
The USFS has been directed to divest itself of isolated, high maintenance parcels of land. The monies gained from this sale will go to:
Choose one:
a) Forest health and land management, currently woefully underfunded.
b) Forest road and trail maintenance, currently woefully underfunded.
c) Funding the OHV rule, which comes very close to being an unfunded mandate.
d) Rural schools, in no way associated with the USFS.
Yep. Pick d) and you are correct. Doesn't make sense to me either. Also, this project has been rushed through faster than land managers have been able to evaluate it. Comment info below.
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The Forest Service is extending the public comment period to May 1st on the plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land to raise money for the rural-schools program. Undersecretary Mark Rey reports that the forest service has received more than 4000 comments; the majority do not support the sale.
You may submit your comments by e-mail to SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us, by fax to (202) 205–1604, or by mail to USDA Forest Service, SRS Comments, Lands 4S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Mailstop 1124, Washington, DC 20250– 0003. Electronic submission is preferred.
If you submit your comments by e-mail or fax, you do not need to send a paper copy by mail.
Your comments may address the entire list of parcels identified or an individual parcel or parcels on that list. If you are commenting about a specific parcel on the list, it would be helpful to provide the parcel’s number from the list and all information specifically related to the sale of that parcel.
The Federal Register Notice can be found at http://www.fs.fed.us, via the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act link to the ‘‘President’s FY 2007 Budget Proposal for the Forest Service—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act Extension’’ page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia R. Swanson, Assistant Director of Lands, Washington Office, 202–205-0099