Ask the Forest Service for Winter Travel Management Planning

The USFS is considering including Winter Planning as part of the new Planning Rule. The Planning Rule guides the creation process for all of the Forest Plans and Travel Management Plans that affect the places we care about. Adding Winter Planning to the new rule would greatly benefit human powered winter recreation and the conservation of winter wildlands across the United States. Together, we can make this a reality! Comment now via the Planning Rule blog. Tell the Forest Service to include winter travel planning in the new Forest Planning Rule. Motorized winter travel is the last, greatest unregulated use in our National Forests. It is time for the Forest Service to recognize its negative impacts and bring it into line with regulated summer travel use. For additional info, check out the Planning Rule website.

WRNF Travel Plan Addresses Lynx, Winter Travel

Great article in the Summit Daily Voice.  And a good quote from a Forest Service biologist:


“There’s a tendency to focus on summer,” McGuire said, explaining that, for lynx, the exact location of cross-country ski and snowmobile routes is crucial.

Friends of Berthoud Pass Cleanup Day

Check out the Facebook page for the event.

Date:	Saturday, June 19, 2010
Time:	8:00am - 2:00pm
Location:	Berthoud Pass summit

Description

Just announced: June 19th, 8:00am - 2:00pm, Berthoud Pass Adopt-a-Highway litter clean-up.

We'll spend an hour or two picking up other people's candy wrappers and cigarette butts along US40, then fire up the grill, toss a Frisbee and down some cold ones.

Bring sunscreen and work gloves. We'll provide trash bags, safety vests and lunch. Every volunteer gets a "I (heart) Berthoud Pass" t-shirt!

Come on out and join us in a really worthwhile effort.

Meet at the summit parking lot at 8:00.

Skiing Mag: Hillbilly Haute Route

Skiing Magazine reported recently on skiing the backcountry in Colorado. Check out their story.

Denver Post Supports Snodgrass Decision

Check out a new editorial by the Denver Post on the proposed and denied Snodgrass expansion. The editorial supports the Forest Service's decision to "take population, climate and industry concerns into consideration in its duty to protect public lands." Senator Udall, who has often supported wilderness and other beneficial conservation measures, has asked the Forest Service to review the decision at a higher level. An affirmation of the Forest Service decision at a higher level, particularly one that fleshes out the rationale for the decision, would be an important precedent for the management of public lands in Colorado and around the country. Read more about the Snodgrass decision on the Earthjustice site.