HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Randy Moore of Forest Service in response to letter USDA United States Forest Pacific Regional Office,R5
Department of Service Southwest 1323 Club Drive
Agriculture Region Vallejo,CA 94592
(707)562-8737 Voice
(707)562-9240 Text(TDD)
File Code: 2300/2500/7700
Date: SEP 0 4 2013
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Dear Mr. Connelly:
Thank you for your letter dated June 25, 2013, regarding Subpart A of the Travel Management
(TM) Rule. I appreciate your interest in having the Forest Service involve the Butte County
Board of Supervisors on this topic.
As you know., the Chief of the Forest Service has directed all National Forests to identify a road
system adequate for safe and efficient access for recreation and resource management, while
protecting natural and cultural resources.
The process we are following to meet this direction is referred to as the Travel Analysis Process
(TAP). It will gather and display important information to aid in future decisions, such as
identifying National Forest System (NFS) roads that may be unneeded, or that may be suitable
for conversion to another use, such as a trail. Results of this analysis may also identify areas
within the National Forest that could warrant additional roads to meet management and public
access needs. The process itself does not result in a decision, therefore does not trigger the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It does serve as a basis for developing future
proposed actions that will be analyzed under NEPA.
More information on how Region 5 is responding to Subpart A with Travel Analysis can be
found using the following link to the Region 5 Subpart A webpage:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/recreation/travelmanagement/?cid=stelprdb5397035.
The Plumas National Forest is completing the TAP by building on their 20 Roads Analysis
Process (RAP), which focused on roads suitable for passenger cars; that is, roads with well
graded, graveled or paved surfaces. Information on roads with lower maintenance standards,
such as those primarily used by high clearance vehicles, is also being compiled. Motorized trails
and unauthorized routes analyzed in TM-Subpart B are not part of TAP.
Forest officials met with the Butte County Federal/State Land Use Coordinating Committee on
June 18, 2013, to discuss this process. We welcome your continued involvement as we move
through the TAP.
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Please contact the Plumas NF TAP coordinator, Terri Simon Jackson, (530)283-7820, or the
Forest Supervisor, Earl Ford, (530)283-7810, for additional questions on this subject.
Sincerely,
RANDY MOORE
Regional Forester
cc: Terri SimonJackson, Ramiro Villalvazo, Debra Whitman, Melissa Totheroh, Earl Ford, John
Booth
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