[Iesaf_panorama] Panorama Chapter Position on the Idaho Roadless Rule

[Janell & Phil Anderson]

Greetings,  Panorama Chapter Members :

 

At the IESAF executive committee meeting on Jan. 19,  it was decided that
each IESAF chapter would decide whether to approve the attached position
statement. IESAF needs to complete this business before the comment period
closes in early April.  So, the March 20 meeting in Moscow is when each
chapter's business should be finalized and reported. According to SAF
bylaws, it takes a two-thirds vote of unit officers to approve a position
statement. Based on discussion at the Jan. 19 meeting, we decided to bring
the attached draft position statement to chapter members' attention and
solicit their opinions before conducting a vote.  We would like to compile
your comments for IESAF executive committee members to consider, along with
our chapter's vote.

 

The SAF does not have a national position on roadless areas, but does have a
position on Roads in Managed Forests* that states, "While recognizing that
roads are necessary in managed forests, SAF also supports designation of
wilderness areas and other protected roadless areas on national forests and
other federal lands, provided that such classifications are determined
following opportunities for public comment through processes established
under the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976, the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, the Wilderness Act of 1964, or
through other acts of Congress or federal agency rules." The Idaho Roadless
Rule is consistent with this because it identifies 5 classes of protection
for 9.3 million acres of undeveloped areas in Idaho's national forests on a
continuum, and the Forest Service's proposal to adopt the Idaho Roadless
Rule is going through the agency's formal rulemaking process. The IESAF
position statement responds to the agency's request for public comment as
part of that process.

 

*See http://www.safnet.org/policyandpress/psst/Roadsmgdfor1104.pdf 

 

So, the Panorama Chapter will discuss and vote on this issue at the next
scheduled Chapter Meeting at 6:00PM on Wednesday, February 20.  The meeting
will be held at Park Place Restaurant in Colville.  We look forward to your
comments and to seeing you at this meeting.  If you can not attend the
meeting feel free to send me your comments via e-mail and I will compile and
pass them along.

 

Phil Anderson, ACF, CF 
Secretary/Treasurer 
Panorama Chapter 
Inland Empire Society 
jkanderson at plix.com 
(509) 738-3133 

 

 

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