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Commissioner's Comments
PUBLIC INPUT REQUESTED ON ROADLESS LANDS ISSUE
In accordance with the Bush Administration's and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne's stated desire to give local citizens a voice in the management of U.S. Forest Service roadless lands within their counties, the Idaho County Commissioners and the Clearwater County Commissioners had scheduled a series of informal public meetings to assist people who wished to comment on the U.S. Forest Service roadless areas proposal for the Nezperce and Clearwater National Forests.
Idaho and Clearwater Counties have approximately 1,490,179 acres within 35 designated roadless areas. As part of revising the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forest Plans, the Forest Service proposes to decrease designated roadless acres by roughly 24,000 acres.
The "Roadless" informational meetings for the public were designed to gather information, review maps, pick up comment forms, and learn how to submit
written comment on "Roadless" areas within the Nezperce and Clearwater
National Forests. The meetings were in the following areas: Grangeville - Thursday, November 3rd 2005 at the Super 8 Motel; Kooskia - Monday, November 7th at the Community Hall; Weippe/Pierce - Wednesday, November 9th 2005 at Timberline High School; and Thursday,
November 10th 2005 at Orofino High School. These were informational meetings only - there was not a time allotted for oral comments - all comments were
made in writing
Written comments were submitted to the Idaho County Commissioners for areas of the Nezperce and Clearwater National Forest that are located in Idaho County. Written comments were submitted to the Clearwater County Commissioners for areas of the Nezperce and Clearwater National Forest that are located in Clearwater County. Comments were submitted to both offices for those areas lying within both counties. The deadline for written comments submitted to the commissioners was December 15, 2005.
The areas in Idaho County in question include:
Nez Perce Forest
Adjacent to Gospel Hump Wilderness, Clear Creek, Dixie Summit-Nut Hill, East Meadow Creek, Gospel Hump, John Day, Lick Point, Little Slate Creek, Mallard, Middle Fork Face, New-West Fork Crooked River, North Fork Slate Creek, Rackliff-Gidney, Rapid River, Salmon Face, Silver Creek-Pilot Knob, West Meadow Creek.
Clearwater Forest (Portion in Idaho County)
Lochsa Face, North Fork Spruce-White Sand, North Lochsa Slope, Rackliff-Gedney, Sneakfoot Meadows, Weir-Post Office Creek.
Links to more information.
http://www.idcounties.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC={EEAEDB8D-22EB-425A-A2C2-6468568D037B}&DE={126B9C77-E93D-458C-9940-7782C5044D35}
http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/
http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/publicland/Roadless.htm
Maps and other information.
http://www.fs.fed.us/cnpz/forest/maps/index.shtml
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