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Roadless Update: Op-Eds on Santa Fe NF Travel Management

Published September 22, 2010 in News.

Two great op-eds this past weekend discuss the importance of roadless areas in our National Forests: Read on below .

As of October 1, 2010, the public comment period on the Santa Fe Travel Management DEIS is over.
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Apply Gulf-spill lessons to forest’s travel-management plan

By Dee Blanco and Tom Brady
From the Santa Fe New Mexican, September 18 2010

Like our neighbors on the Gulf Coast, we too have a unique natural wonder right in our front yard: the Santa Fe National Forest. The Forest Service is considering  five alternative plans to limit off-road-vehicle use in the public forest. Regulation is clearly needed. Currently, there are zero constraints, and the forest is the worse for it.
The Forest Service is set to make this decision in the shadow cast by the largest man-made environmental catastrophe in history. So what are we learning from the Gulf tragedy that might be incorporated in the anticipated travel-management plan?

READ THE FULL TEXT on the Santa Fe New Mexican website.


Rogue Riders Spoil Forest for Rest of Us

By Kevin Stillman
For the Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, September 19, 2010

When I got out of the military, I immediately returned home to New Mexico, near the Jemez Mountains, in the Santa Fe National Forest. But after a few restless months, I started traveling around the West, searching for a place to settle down.

I finally realized there was no better place than the Jemez area with its perfect weather, plentiful wildlife and breathtaking views. The natural beauty and sounds of the forest were incredible.

That was 25 years ago.

Today, the weather is still great, but the elk are gone. Meadows and hillsides are rutted from off-road vehicle use. And, from every mountaintop, you hear the roar of motors.

READ THE FULL TEXT on the Albuquerque Journal website


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