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CleElum Sledhead previously said:
Good reply k9. You are so correct.
I am actully pretty familiar with some of the codes, and I can find nothing in the codes that requires the Forest Service, or any other land management agency, to ban any type of motorized vehicles from Recommended Wilderness Areas. But in Region One (Mainly Montana), that is exactly what they are doing.
I guess they figure to hell with Congress and the President, the FS will do as they please.
Thank you for your reply!  |
Thanks! But remember, the FS does operate under their own rules and regulations. They have land management plans that can be very loosely translated to go one way or another. They can make decisions on their own land within their agency if they follow their own rules and those rules are in compliance with NEPA and other administrative laws. It does NOT take an act of Congress or of the President to close an area to motorized vehicle traffic. If an area is under consideration for designation as a Wilderness Area, one of the first things they are going to go after is motorized vehicle access because it is EXACTLY the opposite to remote.
This all seems to make for a pretty hard fight. And one that we don't see on the East Coast very much. We just don't have that much Federal land left.
