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Home My WebLink AboutE-mail from Greg Sanders 03.13.15 - Lassen Nat'l OHMVR Grant Sweeney, Kathleen From: Greg Sanders happytrails@frontiernet.netj Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 12:27 PM, To: albaughaaron@yahoo.com; pyleranch@digitalpath.inet; rpyle@co.lassen.ca.us;. dandouglas@frontiernet.net; db_hansen45@yahoo.com;jhemphill@co.lassen.ca.us; lmillar@co.lassen.ca.us; larrywosick@gmail.com; gmacdonald@cityofsusanville.org; berlincycles@yahoo.com; willisdow@yahoo.com; dkehoe@co.shasta,ca.us; Imoty@co.shasta.ca.us; pgiacomini@co.shasta.ca.us; bschappell@co.shasta.ca.us; Ibaugh@co.shasta.ca.us; schamblin@co.tehama.ca.us; ccarlson@co.tehama.ca.us; dgarton@co.tehama.ca.us; bwilliams@co.tehama.ca.us; bbundy@co.tehama.ca.us; terrellswofford@sbcglobal.net; kevin.goss4district2@gmail.com sherrie.thrall@almanorpost.com; lorisimpson.plumas@gmail.com; engel.dist.5@gmail.com; Connelly, Bill; Wahl, Larry; Dirk, Maureen; BOS District 4; Teeter, Doug; davidallan@co.modoc.ca.us; johnpedersen@co.modoc.ca.us; kathiealves@co.modoc.ca.us; jimwu11s@co.modoc.ca.us; geribyrne@co.modoc.ca.us Subject: Lassen National Forest's OHMVR Grant request Attachments: Public Review and Comment Instructions.pdf; Thoughts on the LNF OHMVR Grant Request.docx Follow Up Flag: Flag for follow up Flag Status: Flagged H i, I'm sure you are aware that the Lassen National Forest Law Enforcement has applied for a grant from the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation division for funds to enforce the LNF Motorized Travel Management Plan. If you feel the Lassen National Forest has not been listening to your County in regards to the LNF Motorized Travel Management Plan, putting your comment on the GHI'vIVR website in regards to the LNF's grant request is a good way to have your voice heard. It only tabes a few minutes. The website is: ht g1,jy 2,grl(s c: T oar Once you are there, you will see the link that says: CLICK HERE TO, PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS Attached to this message are : 1. Public Review and Comment Instructions . A write-up of my feelings on the LNF OHMVR Grant request. In a nutshell, it is my feelings the Lassen National Forest should NOT be rewarded with a grant from the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation division for their poorly managed Motorized Travel Management Program, for failing to coordinate with the 5 Counties involved, for failing to educate the public and for restricting OHV travel on level B and 4 roads. Greg Sanders. M I , 'u State of California-Natural Resources Agency Or-, .,GHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE RECREATION DIVISION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM PUiBLIIC REVIEW AND COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Welcome to the Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program Public Review and Comment Period. The following steps,will direct you in viewing any and all preliminary applications, and also instruct you on how to submit comments to the Applicants through the Online Grant Application (OLGA) database. Step I — From the OLGA I lilmmmm 'Home' page, click on "To provide public comments, click .. ...."og"'m b,,,?m,Tv,uloy M.,1, �,01 ,W4 6,io,Oulda, ApIP 6 2101' 7ha 9111.0 MW I�1,01t-ft,"P,3�U119.1 10.he If,'WK,Rk L, 1. dw,N M', here'. This action will display the oqo screen in Step 2. o" n aA,o fi.9Utinrvp yp pphu,c,�iiirl6jft 01140,1 M fi,,,Kifj],,IVR[ oy ul alh� Tjr,�, Mtichrr i,,,,r 0, Aged 6 S"Ioame"U"CA 95BU", T Stop 2—Click the 1.,7D 'Show ------ Lookup' button for a listing of Agencies that have submitted preliminary applications. This action will display the screen in Step 3. Look near the top for"'AGENCY"and click on the .. on the same kne Page 1 of 4 State of California-Natural Resources Agency of GHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE RECREATION DIVIISiON DEPARTMENT OF PARIS AND RECREATION GRANT$AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM i Lookup Iaa� � N goy rr �,i l2i /P�II/i�li ijc�f � ani +� I µ L, p a ,,114��Lw�JiJ�ddVlwv�ufiW�+'� i�� Step —Select the Agency you i+'rl)✓r dei. IbC e kA�RCW g�uin 1_.,rN1,�m ;,r,r4 n,C fnt4b,Y�� r,1�iy,d��r,✓�74Cu 'ir�r! .k1,rkr„- want to review by scrolling* and clicking on the box next to the agency `Federal U number. Agency Nave; This action will display the .,.,,.., screen In Step 4. t., w urtf"Cb=- we ..... �� w Page 101, Note: There may be multiple pages to scroll through. OI 194-6001549 12 th Disincu AgncualturalAssobabon 04,6000 519 Madera County r On this example it shows Page 1 of 1. �; r On the a,ctual wbake there are 3 pages. { You must CJD to gage 3 to find the Lassen's r gUest { r t i �zs.ffi �,�.«,��,��,.��:��,� ,-rs�,, ,o ,•�� w��..�,x �.��.��Iry � ....,,rvry � ,,,�ti��. � ; ,��6/c��%�Jtlll�Vl�'YU/�r'r��Vhlh �Il�� r �� Yr,O Step dick the `"paper clip„ ��1� �i �� . ,'�,///rr�, icon to view each section/project of the application. This action will display the screen below (a PDF of the application). �owv y tea,, or if you just want to rnake a comment, go to step 5 u� Fuge 2 of 4 State of California-Panoral Resources Agency OI". 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CTLGA,will take you Ni,K4F Y r416) CA F+rr 'uP.Pw'6�vW� back to the screen in Step �w WO /M:E epeat Step'4. r Sn y1 :,aY d,l. k4 X1459 rb e.k+s,:h.d 6 ...R �m��mmmvmmmu�uuwww.mw�nwmu�rmvmmuuw.muuuumwwnm�r weiwmnnn 'Yid a",{',t,,�q�ry� lY i''2ni9�fp.win�l^ U Fa'arw,,3n,,ry P14I,01 4r. N,11o„:,,I R,kovaF rl Ym,e rrrry »rr AeaaWaC,y �— e ———n .,,,, . ,,,,,, Step 5—After returning to Step 4, click on the button corresponding to the project a . you wish to comment on, and the comment screen will CK— appear. Kapipear. F.Im 66�PIi 1�wm��uu over � This action will display in Step 5. .....,A,mwamxw.uwwxv:.iwmuuwu wvwwmmwwwwrw ,a� �.,,.. nx u,IW.'p��i. orr„d,i N.NiiF.Y lnK` 4 W Page 3 of Mate of California-Natural Resources Agency 01 +ail^IWA'M MOTOR VEHICLE RECREATION DWISION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM �, hx g P �b Na A rmvp x9NGw7r air,�, sgm�.6�c54��nxGnrrnrrw°v�Cak�.� � Step 6 — In the 'Review Perngragm Or mts zrrv0 M1°.,mraaA�3 Yrirmw kgaaamnrary Prragma,•g5'W20V5 corrluerats screen, col�lplete the `Your game, Your Email & Papyoca General ApwuxalionR-AwremeMM,, Comments' sections in order to submit. Your Name '1i0or PNpti+G" Druce finished, oligo the button to submit. Upon successful submission, a confirmation Ibex will display confirming message was seat to r the Project Coordinator, rants r Manager and a "cc" to the commentoar. 1010 IN, Page 4 of 4 I do NOT support funding the LNF's LE grant request for next year from the CA OHMVR Division. 1. The Lassen National Forest has failed to coordinate with the 5 counties within the NF when developing their Motorized Travel Management Plan. 2. The 5 Counties have made many attempts to encourage the LNF to start coordination without success. 3. In their request for a grant,the LNF states there are 2,585 miles of designated level 2 forest roads. What they failed to say is they are prohibiting OHV on level 3 and 4 roads (which have historically had OHV travel). These level 3 and 4 roads connect the level 2 roads. In order to use the level 2 roads,the forest visitor must"trailer"their OHV on a level 3 or 4 road to each level 2 road in order to use it, even if the level 2 roads are% mile (or less) a part. 4. In order to prohibit OHV travel on level 3 and 4 roads,the LNF has used the CVC definition of highway for their level 3 and 4 roads, even though the CHP states that is a misuse of the CVC definition.They are not prohibiting travel on level 3 and 4 roads because of safety concerns (the statistics of mixed-use accidents do not define these roads as being unsafe); but, because of a misinterpretation of the CVC,which the CHP has tried to correct which the CHP has tried to correct (December 19, 2007 letter from CHP Deputy Commissioner J. A. Farrow(now Commissioner)to R5 Regional Forester Randy Moore; but,the FS will not listen and has even not responded to meeting requests by the CHP. 5. If the Lassen National Forest was concerned about public safety on their Forest roads,they would embark on an aggressive off-highway safety campaign to promote safe mixed-use on all forest roads as suggested by CHP T. A. Morrison in a 12-11-2009 letter to the R5 Regional Forester, Randy Moore. They have not. 6. In the Federal Register Final Rule Travel Designation Route—Part IV Department of Agriculture Forest Service 36 CFR Parts 212, 251, 261 and 295 Travel Management, it states the agency shall seek cooperation of relevant State agencies in the dissemination of information where off-road vehicles use is permitted. I have not seen this happen. 7. The Lassen stated the Motorized Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) would be updated yearly. It is now 2015 and the most current map is the 2011 version. S. The Lassen National Forest stated in their Motorized Travel Management (MTM) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), under education,they would distribute brochures promoting responsible use. This has not been done. 9. In the Lassen National Forest MTM FEIS, under education,they stated many other methods they would use to educate the public on their Motorized Travel Management Plan. Most of these methods have not been implemented. 10. The Lassen NF could use their Website, District Office displays, Forest Visitor Guide, Newspapers, Radio, Counities'Visitor Guides,and social media (Facebook,Twitter, ...)to educate the public. They have not. 11. 1 have traveled over 3000 miles on Forest Service roads (level 2, 3 and 4) on my atv and have not been approached by any Forest Service personnel about where to ride, even though I have seen FS personnel during my travels. The Lassen National Forest should NOT be rewarded with a grant from the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation division for their poorly managed Motorized Travel Management Program, for failing to coordinate with the 5 Counties involved,for failing to educate the public and for restricting OHV travel on level 3 and 4 roads. I do NOT support funding the LNF's LE grant request for next year from the CA OHMVR Division.