[pct-l] Letter from the PCTA asking for your comments.

[Gail Van Velzer]

I went to the link and when I clicked on "comments", there was no form to 
fill out.  Only a directive to mail your comments to an address.  Did anyone 
else find this?  What am I doing wrong?
Gail
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 1:25 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Letter from the PCTA asking for your comments.


> This is the text of a letter from the PCTA asking you to comment on
> the Inyo, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forests Land Management Plans.
>
> I found it a bit confusing to find the comments form, so I'm including
> a direct link to it here
>
> https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=3375
>
> ============== begin text from PCTA =====================
>
> Dear Friends of the PCT,
>
> As you probably know the lion’s share of the PCT lies on public land
> managed by the U.S. Forest Service. You also know that the PCT is much
> more than the 36 inch dirt trail tread, but rather it is the sum total
> of the landscapes, flora and fauna, and the experiences that this
> makes possible for a traveler on the Trail. In 2012 the Forest Service
> adopted new rules regarding how forest plans, the plans that provide
> overall direction for management of a single national forest, are
> formulated. In those rules it refers to national scenic trails like
> the PCT as congressionally designated areas. Region 5 (California) of
> the Forest Service is in the process of formulating the first three
> forest plans under the new rule for the Inyo, Sierra and Sequoia
> National Forests – each containing significant sections of the PCT. As
> the first forest plans under the new rules it will set the stage for
> all 26 national forests that the PCT traverses.
>
> Recently the agency published documents alerting the public that they
> intend to undertake this planning process, as well as broad indication
> of what they think they need to do to bring the current forest plans
> up to snuff. It says that, "there is a need to: ...include a
> management area for the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail corridor
> and associated management direction". Since PCTA had been pressing the
> agency to do just this, we were ecstatic! But this isn’t the end of
> the process, but rather just the beginning.
>
> To have this proposal come to fruition in three final forest plans, we
> need to show significant public support for a PCT Management Area in
> the final documents. That is why we are contacting you. We need you to
> weigh in on behalf of the Pacific Crest Trail.
>
> The process is pretty simple. There is a link below that will take you
> to a Forest Service comment site. We would ask you first of all to
> tell the agency why you care about the PCT. Whether you are a day or
> weekend user, a through hiker, an equestrian or hiker, or a steward or
> crew worker on the trail, or an armchair admirer of the PCT, briefly
> tell them about your connection to the PCT. Below you will find a few
> bulleted points that we would want you to make in your own words. An
> out pouring of support will help assure that the Forest Service stays
> on course to provide appropriate management of the lands that make the
> PCT experience something very special to us all. If you would like to,
> please copy what you write before you hit the send button and e-mail
> it to PCTA. We will let you know the outcome of our efforts.
>
> These are the points that we hope you will make:
>
> * I/we are happy to see a management area and direction for the PCT
> included in the proposal and support its inclusion in these forest
> plans
> * The trail is more than the trail tread, but rather the landscapes
> through which it travels
> * I/we support the management plan components for the PCT management
> area in the detailed proposed action and hope that you will work with
> PCTA to strengthen and clarify them. The Forest Service is on the
> right track here.
> * Express enthusiasm for the direction that the agency is headed
> regarding the Pacific Crest Trail
>
> To make comments on line:
>
> Go to http://tinyurl.com/r5earlyadopters
> On the right under "Get Connected" click on "Comment on Project" At
> the top of the page it should say:
>
> Inyo, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forests Land Management Plans
> Revision #3375
>
> Commenting on This Project
>
> Fill in the form, if you would send a copy of the text to PCTA by
> e-mail at PCTforestplans at pcta.org , type  the security code at the
> bottom of the form and hit "submit"
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