bizutch
07-13-2007, 04:28 PM
No I didn't say Wilson's Creek....:lighten:
Dear Forest Advocate:
On July 10, the Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project (SABP) delivered a community proposal to the U.S. Forest Service outlining an alternative plan for the Shope Creek project. The Forest Service has agreed to consider the new proposal.
Click here to read the Asheville Citizen Times' article
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770711019
Painting by SABP intern Shannon Rupert
In April, the agency proposed management actions for the Shope Creek Project, which is located five miles east of downtown Asheville in the Appalachian District of the Pisgah National Forest. The agency proposal included plans to log 68 acres of forest, clear five miles of roads, and improve access to the 1,500 acre forest.
At the community's request, SABP is assisting residents and forest users to develop an alternative proposal. To gauge public sentiment, SABP developed a brief online survey that examines the various goals of the Shope Creek Project.
If you have not taken the survey yet, please consider giving five minutes to help shape the future of Shope Creek.
To take the survey: Click Here!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/sabp/signUp.jsp?key=2342
After analyzing the survey results, SABP and their partners developed a management alternative for the Shope Creek Project that reflects the values and concerns of those who use the forest. The Shope Creek Community Alternative is intended to consider and incorporate the needs and desires of Shope Creek residents and ALL forest users.
Click here to download the Community Alternative !
http://www.southernappalachianbiodiversityproject.com/campaigns/SABP_Shope_Creek_Alternative.pdf
Right now, all the public has to consider is the limited information provided in the agency's scoping notice.
Click here to read the agency's Shope Creek Scoping Notice
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/sabp/signUp.jsp?key=2342
While the 30-day public-comment period concluded in May, SABP is committed to working with the Forest Service to ensure that the public has additional opportunity to provide comments, once the agency provides more substantive information about the project.
Dear Forest Advocate:
On July 10, the Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project (SABP) delivered a community proposal to the U.S. Forest Service outlining an alternative plan for the Shope Creek project. The Forest Service has agreed to consider the new proposal.
Click here to read the Asheville Citizen Times' article
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770711019
Painting by SABP intern Shannon Rupert
In April, the agency proposed management actions for the Shope Creek Project, which is located five miles east of downtown Asheville in the Appalachian District of the Pisgah National Forest. The agency proposal included plans to log 68 acres of forest, clear five miles of roads, and improve access to the 1,500 acre forest.
At the community's request, SABP is assisting residents and forest users to develop an alternative proposal. To gauge public sentiment, SABP developed a brief online survey that examines the various goals of the Shope Creek Project.
If you have not taken the survey yet, please consider giving five minutes to help shape the future of Shope Creek.
To take the survey: Click Here!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/sabp/signUp.jsp?key=2342
After analyzing the survey results, SABP and their partners developed a management alternative for the Shope Creek Project that reflects the values and concerns of those who use the forest. The Shope Creek Community Alternative is intended to consider and incorporate the needs and desires of Shope Creek residents and ALL forest users.
Click here to download the Community Alternative !
http://www.southernappalachianbiodiversityproject.com/campaigns/SABP_Shope_Creek_Alternative.pdf
Right now, all the public has to consider is the limited information provided in the agency's scoping notice.
Click here to read the agency's Shope Creek Scoping Notice
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/sabp/signUp.jsp?key=2342
While the 30-day public-comment period concluded in May, SABP is committed to working with the Forest Service to ensure that the public has additional opportunity to provide comments, once the agency provides more substantive information about the project.