Guys, I think Jason had a major part in helping Region 2 write their new approach. Hopefully he can now use that as a model for Region 3. Ken
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass - It's about dancing in the rain. From: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:43:58 -0600 To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SWR] USFS Region 2 Reopens Caves Under EA Plan Jen, Thanks for forwarding this info. The approach from the USFS, Region 2 seems to be a very well thought out plan. On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Jen. 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 [email protected] http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr _______________________________________________ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET Steve Peerman "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having written this. _______________________________________________ SWR mailing list [email protected] http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr _______________________________________________ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
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