Don Amador Riding in Pine Nuts
*Area Noted as a High Value Sage Habitat Reserve
The Recreation HQ wanted to give OHVers and racers who
ride in Nevada a quick update on today’s meeting of the Nevada Sagebrush
Ecosystem Council in Carson City, Nevada.
As some of you know,
this State of Nevada effort is running concurrently with two other
federal Greater Sage-grouse planning efforts.
BRC remains concerned about the fact that motorized
recreation was not afforded a seat on the council. As you will see in BRC’s comment letter
today, we reaffirmed that concern and noted our OHV casual use and permitted
event-related comments submitted to the council in May 2013 had not
been addressed in any of the staff reviews and/or related reports.
BRC Sept. 12, 2013 Comment Letter to the Council
While watching the meeting on a live video stream, it was
gratifying to note that BRC’s comment letter today was referenced several times
by agency staff and council members as providing important information
regarding OHV use that had not been considered as of yet.
While the FS representative basically stated he did not
anticipate significant impacts to existing OHV use on designated trails and
areas, I continue to be concerned about unintended consequences to OHV
recreation if we are not actively engaged on all three processes.
You can find meeting schedules and other info at the
websites below:
ONE – State of
NV
NV Sagebrush Ecosystem Council
NV Sagebrush Ecosystem Council Meetings/Documents
TWO – Forest Service
Humboldt-Toiyabe NF Bi-State Greater Sage-grouse Forest
Plan (be sure and click on DEIS link)
THREE - BLM
BLM Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Effort
BRC Greater Sage-grouse home page with updates, etc.
HQ wants to
encourage NV OHVers to try and be engaged in these processes. I will be up at the Ride Reno 200 DS Ride
this weekend so feel free to stop by and visit me at the BRC booth on Friday
night or catch me at the Sat. night dinner.
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Sage grouse issues have become the full employment act for a lot of BLM and USFS types....This kind of thing also eats up a large amount of federal revenue at a time when the country is rapidly going broke. In some places they still hunt the birds.
ReplyDelete)Perhaps they should consider shooting some of the raptors that find sage grouse a very easy and tasty meal. (They are going to be shooting bared owls to keep them from eating spotted owls) Another wacky idea from the feds!!
BLM has designated wilderness areas that has no wilderness values. California Fish and Game has deer habitat areas with no deer. We are headed to having a lot of Sage Grouse habitat areas closed to public access, but with no Sage Grouse. Lets not have the Sage Grouse protected by un-reasonable plans like we have in the past.
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