"Logging-type" FS Road Designated for Non-Street Legal OHVs
Mendocino National Forest
QWR wants to commend the agency for their current effort to
increase the efficiency of environmental analysis to help with implementation
of its core mission to enhance forest health and encourage access to
sustainable outdoor activities including casual use and permitted events for
OHV recreation.
Current Revisions to NEPA Procedures (36 CFR 220) –
Comments Due Aug, 12, 2019
QWR has long believed in, and advocated for, the
increased use of categorical exclusions (CEs) for various OHV related projects and
events especially at destination OHV areas where motorized use is well
established and managed.
Increasing the use of CEs for trail reroutes, designating
new OHV trails/roads, authorizing permitted events such as enduros in areas
where the agency has a designated route network is a smart way to reduce red-tape,
cost, and increase public access to high quality outdoor recreation.
These proposals could also help create new opportunities
for SxS recreation by streamlining the agency decision-making process so they
could designate more of their street legal-only “logging-type” roads to routes
that can be used by non-street legal SxSs.
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