Senator Maria Cantwell Calls on Washington State Residents to Comment on the Bush Administration's Changes to the Roadless Forest Protection Rule
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a leader in the Senate on protecting America's most pristine national forests, today called on Washington state residents to comment on the Bush Administration's proposed changes to the Roadless Forest Protection Rule.
Cantwell said the Roadless Forest Protection Rule simply precludes new road construction on 58 million acres of public land. It preserves open space for recreational uses, including hunting, fishing, mountain biking and snowmobiling; protects watersheds that are sources of clean drinking water; and safeguards fish and wildlife habitat.
Cantwell noted that the process undertaken by the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture to establish this rule in the first place included 600 public meetings in local communities nationwide and 1.6 million public comments - 60,000 comments from Washington state alone.
Comments on the rule must be submitted to the Forest Service in writing by September 10, 2001. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are placed in the record and are available for public inspection and copying at the Forest Service office in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Send comments by mail to: USDA-Forest Service-CAT Attention: Roadless ANPR Comments P.O. Box 221090 Salt Lake City, Utah 84122;
Send comments by electronic mail to roadless_anpr@fs.fed.us
Send comments by fax to 1-801-296-4090, Attention: Roadless ANPR Comments.
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