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Roadless Area Protection Issue Points The U.S. Forest Service has specifically asked that comments submitted to its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on roadless area policy address the following points. Informed Decisionmaking. What is the appropriate role of local forest planning as required by the National Forest Management Act in evaluating protection and management of inventoried roadless areas? Working Together. What is the best way for the Forest Service to work with the variety of States, tribes, local communities, other organizations, and individuals in a collaborative manner to ensure that concerns about roadless values are heard and addressed through a fair and open process? Protecting Forests. How should inventoried roadless areas be managed to provide for healthy forests, including protection from severe wildfires and the buildup of hazardous fuels as well as to provide for the detection and prevention of insect and disease outbreaks? Protecting Communities, Homes, and Property. How should communities and private property near inventories roadless areas be protected from the risks associated with natural events, such as major wildfires that may occur on adjacent federal lands? Protecting Access to Property. What is the best way to implement the laws that ensure States, tribes, organizations, and private citizens have reasonable access to property they own within inventories roadless areas? Describing Values. What are the characteristics, environmental values, social and economic considerations, and other factors the Forest Service should consider as it evaluates inventoried roadless areas? Describing Activities. Are there specific activities that should be expressly prohibited or expressly allowed for inventoried roadless areas through Forest Plan revisions or amendments? Designating Areas. Should inventoried roadless areas selected for future roadless protection through the local forest plan revision process be proposed to Congress for wilderness designation, or should they be maintained under a specific designation for roadless area management under the forest plan? Competing Values and Limited Resources. How can the Forest Service work effectively with individuals and groups with strongly competing views, values, and beliefs in evaluating and managing public lands and resources, recognizing that the agency cannot meet all of the desires of all of the parties? Other
Concerns. What other concerns, comments, or interests relating
to the protection and management of inventoried roadless areas are
important? Return to Public Policy Archive | New "Roadless" Comment Period Forest Resources Association
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