Feb. 1 Article on New Subpart A Lawsuit Filed in CO
http://coloradoindependent.com/73649/lawsuit-accuses-forest-service-of-ducking-its-own-rules-on-off-road-vehicles-use?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Copy of Complaint filed in CO (go to page 27 - #78 where it talks about TMR "minimization criteiria" which is code for linking funding to road and trail miles)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47848150/National-Forest-Roads-Lawsuit
For those if you who follow blogs at the Recreation HQ, this issue is nothing new. In fact, HQ has a rather impressive archive of the new Subpart A legal fights.
Subpart A Lawsuit Filed in NV
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-subpart-lawsuit-filed-against.html
Subpart A Lawsuit Filed in CA and the Green’s Lust for Closures
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-green-subpart-lawsuit-shows-lust.html
OHV Interests have intervened in the CA case as outlined on page 20 in the Jan. 2011 Issue of the online BRC Magazine. The was no financial support from OHV interests in ID to intervene in that Subpart A case… we can’t let that happen anywhere else.
BRC Jan. 2011 Magazine
http://www.sharetrails.org/magazine/issues/january2011/pdf/BRM_January2011-LowQuality.pdf
Legal Update on Stanislaus Subpart A Lawsuit:
Stanislaus TMR Suit (U.S. Eastern District of
California). Recall BlueRibbon and other multiple-use
interests including the California Association of 4
Wheel Drive Clubs, Modesto Dirt Riders, Modesto
Houndsmen, District 36 Motorcycle Sports
Committee and CORVA moved to intervene. This
case involves a challenge to the Stanislaus National
Forest Travel Management Plan, primarily raising the
“subpart A” issue suddenly popular in the preservation
community. The parties successfully reached a
stipulation on the motion, allowing the Recreation
Groups into the case under the same basic terms as in
the Eldorado litigation, which is also pending in the
Eastern District of California. The case is on a
relatively quick schedule, with briefing to begin in
February, conclude on March 20, and oral argument
already set for March 27, 2011.
BRC is working with NV recreation interests to see if they will support an intervention in the Bridgeport lawsuit. HQ expects that OHV interests will have to intervene in the CO case as well. This is important stuff folks, as the greens continue to shop for a court that will link the miles of roads/trails that the public can use to funds appropriated by Congress with no consideration for the needs of the public or the resource.
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Nice try Don, but the CO Forest in question already had a designated OHV system (albeit poorly managed) so they didn't need to do a TMP and follow Subpart A just yet...that will come later. They simply needed to publish their MVUMs...but did so by adding in hundreds of miles that were existing but had never been designated as open to the public....that is illegal. the lawsuit is for just that. I imagine you would be just as upset had the FS used the MVUM to close hundreds of miles of designated (not user created) OHV routes by simply leaving them off the MVUM without ever conducting a process. Well, they can't just add them either. Greens didn't fus sover the designated routes they don't like...this was purely a technical excercise and they are calling the FS out for the illegal action.
ReplyDeleteAaron, Just cause I was born in Humboldt County does not mean I am stupid. The code word for these new "Subpart A" lawsuits is TMR "minimization criteria" - which has always been around and that Forests have used to judge the roads and trails they need to meet Forest Plan and public needs. Those code words on found on page 27 of the complaint. Now, greens want a court to step in and make those decisions. Nice try Aaron.
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