TracYJ
June 23rd, 2006, 05:26 PM
Went to the meeting on Thursday night. Got there around 5:15 and stayed for the whole thing. Very organized, compared to the Delta meeting last November. 3 things I noticed about this meeting that I thought were mentionable...
1. Overall, the "general public" turnout was leaning more towards the multi-use side as opposed to the "tree hug...er..."pro roadless." Plus most of the people that publicly commented were more in favor of little or no change to the exisisting roadless rules.
2. In the Daily Senile(Sentinel), approx. the 21st of June, there was a front page story, saying that the GMUG committee was ready to declare their decision, because it was taking to long for the roadless committees to "inventory" their areas; I haven't had a chance to read the whole article... The question was brought up several times last night about this particular article and whether or not the last 2 meetings were even going to be considered, but no answer was given that was worth the hot air being spread around the room. All public comments will still be considered up until the END OF THE MONTH! Get your letters in people! It's one thing to talk about saving the trails, it's another to get off your ass and actually do something about it!
3.The S.T.T. trailer was there and they had great food and drink (think of KFC and the Walmart soda dept. exploding in the parking lot) for everybody! Now if more people would have shown up!
Overall, it was an informative meeting (if you can understand legalese) and I learned a little more about what it takes to not only enjoy my public lands, but what needs to be done to KEEP them!
1. Overall, the "general public" turnout was leaning more towards the multi-use side as opposed to the "tree hug...er..."pro roadless." Plus most of the people that publicly commented were more in favor of little or no change to the exisisting roadless rules.
2. In the Daily Senile(Sentinel), approx. the 21st of June, there was a front page story, saying that the GMUG committee was ready to declare their decision, because it was taking to long for the roadless committees to "inventory" their areas; I haven't had a chance to read the whole article... The question was brought up several times last night about this particular article and whether or not the last 2 meetings were even going to be considered, but no answer was given that was worth the hot air being spread around the room. All public comments will still be considered up until the END OF THE MONTH! Get your letters in people! It's one thing to talk about saving the trails, it's another to get off your ass and actually do something about it!
3.The S.T.T. trailer was there and they had great food and drink (think of KFC and the Walmart soda dept. exploding in the parking lot) for everybody! Now if more people would have shown up!
Overall, it was an informative meeting (if you can understand legalese) and I learned a little more about what it takes to not only enjoy my public lands, but what needs to be done to KEEP them!