Hopefully this will be an icebreaker and build momentum for change in NM! Working on that... right now!
Jason On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Jen. <bigredfo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Excellent News! > > The U.S. Forest Service has issued its Environmental Assessment for > Region 2, covering Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Kansas. Caves are > re-opened under certain conditions in this adaptive management plan: > > http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5414178.pdf > > Go to the link below and scroll down just a bit to the full Environmental > Assessment, plus links to each of the Forest Unit specific plans. > > http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r2/home/?cid=stelprdb5319926 > > The current closure order, with exemptions for NSS and CRF members, > remains in effect until its expiration date in July. These exemptions are > continued under the new plan. > > In my brief analysis, the Forest Service was very responsive to our formal > comments and the input from the Region 2 caving community, especially Derek > Bristol and folks from the Colorado Cave Survey: > > > Naturally, the Center for Biological Diversity has already issued a press > release blasting the Forest Service for its decision and insulting cavers, > too - par for the course: > > > http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/white-nose-syndrome-03-27-2013.html > > Peter Youngbaer > White Nose Syndrome Liaison > National Speleological Society > (802) 272-3802 > > > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET >
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