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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 16

NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT REGULATIONS
            


               

The U.S. Forest Service is implementing the 1976 National Forest Management Act by the use of the regulations adopted in 1979, which are multiple use oriented and provide for substantial public involvement in the planning process.


Recently, under the guise of improving the "net public benefit", the USFS has proposed extensive changes in these regulations.  The changes were proposed without the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement.  The changes would dramatically increase the output of forest commodities such as timber, minerals, and grazing, at the expense of such forest amenities as wildlife habitat, recreation, wilderness and water quality.


The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs therefore opposes significant changes in the National Forest Management Act regulations, and urge the Forest Service to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on any new proposals and provide for greater public involvement before implementing them.  The Federation also urges cosponsorship and passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 97 and House Concurrent Resolution 344.












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