[pct-l] 2 million acres in California at stake for recreation

[Nick Thelen]

This is something Hikers, Equestrians and Cyclists can ALL be on the same page about:
2 million acres in California at stake for recreation
http://sierratrails.org/content/2_million_acres_california_are_stake

" Human Activities That Will Be Restricted Or Forbidden: 2 million more acres of California’s forests will be sealed off to recreational photography, off-road vehicles, packstock use, hiking, mountain biking, banning of pets, grazing, timber harvest, fire management, farming and ranching, mining...... the list goes on."

"14 Counties: Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Tulare, and Tuolumne. This is an area covering 2/3 of Sierra and Plumas Counties

9 Forests: Eldorado National Forest, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Inyo National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basis Management Unit, Plumas National Forest, Sequoia National Forest, Sierra National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, and the Tahoe National Forest.

477 More Listings: There will be 477 more listings to be considered."

Deadline for public comment is June 24:
Write to Division of Policy and Directives Management, US Fish & Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042-PDM, Arlington, VA, 22203, ATTENTION: FWS-R8-ES-2012-0074.

Credit to the SBTS facebook page for posting this:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/38741340775/?fref=ts