This just in with thanks to BooGoos:
Subject: Plumas National Forest to Host Travel Plan Meetings & Workshops
BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, Attention California Recreationists!
The Plumas National Forest is formulating a new travel plan that will limit ALL vehicle use to
designated roads, trails and areas. As part of the continuing process, the Forest Service (FS) will
host a series of information meetings and workshops that will further the process of designing a
sustainable long-term off-highway vehicle (OHV) route system for licensed and unlicensed vehicles
on the forest.
In response to requests from trail users, FS employees have created a "first cut" or starting
point for the route map, using many of the routes identified by local OHV users. The map,
understanding the rules or "sideboards" used to create it, and adding additional routes important
to users, will be the focus of these meetings.
The information meetings are intended to answer as many questions as possible about the first cut of
the map and to detail how interested members of the community can participate most effectively in the
continuing process to add and eventually designate a system of routes. The follow-up workshops will
focus on actually adding additional routes to the map and correcting existing information.
The map will be available on the internet at least one week prior to the first information meeting. At
the same time, electronic copies (CDs) of the map will be sent to the project mailing list and are
available by contacting personnel below.
Information Meetings:
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 6-8pm Mineral Building
Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds
204 Fairground Road, Quincy, CA
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6-8pm Portola Methodist Church Social Hall
396 2nd Avenue, Portola, CA
Thursday, April 19, 2007 6-8pm Feather River Ranger District Office
875 Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, CA
Workshops
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 3-8pm Beckwourth Ranger District Office
23 Mohawk Road, Blairsden, CA
Thursday, May 3, 2007 3-8pm Mount Hough Ranger District Office
39693 Highway 70, Quincy, CA
Thursday, May 10, 2007 3-8pm Feather River Ranger District Office
875 Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, CA
Effective December 31, 2006, the Plumas National Forest implemented a temporary forest order that
continues to allow OHV use on existing OHV roads, trails, and areas while restricting cross-country
use in the Forest. See OHV Route Designation -
Forest Order Maps on there website at
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/plumas/projects/ohv/maps.shtml.
In the current phase (step 3) of the national process, once a sustainable OHV route system has
been identified, including what types of OHVs are appropriate on what routes, an environmental
analysis will be conducted and is scheduled to be competed by late 2007. A final forest route map
will conclude the formal designation (step 4) with signage tentatively scheduled to be put in place
(step 5) in 2008.
Please contact any of the following Plumas National Forest Recreation personnel with
questions:
Tricia Christofferson, Feather River RD, Oroville, (530) 534-6500
Peggy Gustafson, Mt. Hough RD, Quincy, (530) 283-0555
Lynne Ingram, Beckwourth RD, Blairsden, (530) 836-2575
Fred J. Krueger, Supervisor's Office, Quincy, (530) 283-2050
PLEASE IF YOU RECREATE IN THE PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST GET INVOLVED NOW!
Thanks in advance for your support,
Brian Hawthorne
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102
PS - Greg says to go to:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/plumas/projects/ohv/maps/MtHough300RGB.pdf
