[Green] Wayne National Forest

[Dawn Hewitt]

Dear Green Friends,

The Wayne National Forest plan is being revised. It is in its assessment phase, and public comment is welcome through August 31.  Rebecca and I participated in a phone conference/webinar this evening, and they plan to hold such events at noon on first Wednesdays of each month, and at 7 p.m. on second Wednesdays. I encourage you to look at this website:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/wayne/landmanagement/planning <https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/wayne/landmanagement/planning>  A slideshow presentation regarding national forest plans is  posted there. 

The last eight or 10 slides are especially helpful: How to contribute substantive comments. 

I also encourage you to comment by August 31 via email to WaynePlanRevision at fs.fed.us <mailto:WaynePlanRevision at fs.fed.us>, or by mail to 13700 US Hwy 33, Nelsonville, OH 45764.

They want to know what areas we use for recreation; how our experiences there have changed through the years. They are in a data collection phase. 

While no parcel of the Wayne is a continuous 5,000-acre roadless area with a potential for wilderness designation, they are looking for smaller blocks to designate as wilderness study areas. (In the Hoosier National Forest, the Charles Deam Wilderness was established despite a road bisecting it!  But it’s huge and roadless on either side of the road, so standards for eastern wilderness aren’t as stringent as in the West.) If you know of large tracts of fairly undeveloped areas in the Wayne, please speak up (before someone builds a fracking pad!!)

Please support Keep Wayne Wild, and please help the U.S. Forest Service that recognizes and honors to the interconnectedness of the web of life. (By the way, that would not have been considered a substantive comment.)

Coming up next in your inbox: Minutes from the July meeting. 

—dawn
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