Keep Idaho's National Forests Pristine
- signatures:
- deadline: April 30, 2008
- signature goal: 10,000
- Target: Brad Gilbert, Idaho Roadless Interdisciplinary Team Leader, US Forest Service; Gail Kimbell, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service
- Sponsored by: Heritage Forests Campaign
Let the Forest Service know you want the National Forests in Idaho protected!
The Forest Service is accepting public comments until May 10, 2007 on a
proposal to reverse protections for roadless areas on Idaho's national forests.
These roadless areas are of national and global significance. Idaho and the Northern Rockies are the last place in
the lower 48 states where nearly all of the wildlife species that characterize the region can still be found. The
variety of landscapes represented by these roadless lands is unmatched by any other state outside of Alaska. They
represent some of the last of America's wild frontier.
Currently these areas are protected under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule but the administration's new proposed rule threatens to undermine these protections. Tell the Forest Service to keep the protection for these wild forests intact.
The State of Idaho contains over 9.3 million acres of National Forest roadless areas - the most of any state outside of Alaska. The roadless National Forest lands of Idaho make up the heart of the Northern Rockies - the last place in the lower 48 states where nearly all of the wildlife species that characterize the region can still be found.
These national forest lands belong to all Americans and their management is of great importance to me and to the natural heritage of our nation.
Given the national significance of Idaho's roadless areas, and the changes proposed for their management, I feel that a 30-day comment period is insufficient. I therefore request that the comment period be extended to 90 days. I further request that the Forest Service conduct public hearings at this stage of rulemaking at representative locations throughout the country.
I write also to ask that, in the development of the rule, you fully consider the impacts of logging, road construction, mining and other industrial development in roadless areas in Idaho on:
Endangered, threatened and rare species including grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, and Bonneville and Yellowstone cutthroat trout, other Native trout and salmon populations, elk and elk habitat, opportunities for remote recreation and solitude, and water quality.
Along with the majority of Americans, I believe that all of Idaho’s roadless areas should be fully protected in accordance with the 2001 Roadless Rule and that these same protections be afforded to all roadless areas on all national forests. These are public lands and should be managed in accordance with the public will.
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