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Don and Joy Roy ajroy@shawneelink.net Dear Shawnee Trail Conservancy Member This is long, but PLEASE read all of it. If you want to keep on riding in the Shawnee National Forest, please help. The trails here need repairing. At present, no repairs can be made, even by volunteers, on nearly all of the trails. It takes an Environmental Impact Statement, as complicated as if we wanted to build a nuclear plant, to officially designate a trail, and then it can be maintained. These studies take years, as we have learned the hard way. The Forest Service wants to use a Categorical Exclusion so they can go ahead and repair the trails. This will also apply to all national forests. Environmentalists, who would like to close out any trails in the forest, will be out in force for this one, but the FS wants to do this, but need our support. IF YOU WILL GO TO THE WEB SITE FOR THE BLUE RIBBON COALITION, YOU CAN CLICK ON THEIR LETTER AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. The deadline is November 19, but even if you can't do it by then, go ahead anyway. If they are flooded with them, they may count them even if late. Don't do this if you have already mailed a letter, but please email the following web site to ALL in your email address book. www.sharetrails.org Scroll down to Action Alerts and click on Important Rule Change Needs Your Support The letter comes up and tells you how to send it directly to them. You can also download or print the letter if you wish. Thanks, Joy Dear Shawnee Trail Conservancy Member This is long, but PLEASE read all of it. If you want to keep on riding in the Shawnee National Forest, please help. The trails here need repairing. At present, no repairs can be made, even by volunteers, on nearly all of the trails. It takes an Environmental Impact Statement, as complicated as if we wanted to build a nuclear plant, to officially designate a trail, and then it can be maintained. These studies take years, as we have learned the hard way. The Forest Service wants to use a Categorical Exclusion so they can go ahead and repair the trails. This will also apply to all national forests. Environmentalists, who would like to close out any trails in the forest, will be out in force for this one, but the FS wants to do this, but need our support. IF YOU WILL GO TO THE WEB SITE FOR THE BLUE RIBBON COALITION, YOU CAN CLICK ON THEIR LETTER AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. The deadline is November 19, but even if you can't do it by then, go ahead anyway. If they are flooded with them, they may count them even if late. Don't do this if you have already mailed a letter, but please email the following web site to ALL in your email address book. www.sharetrails.org Scroll down to Action Alerts and click on Important Rule Change Needs Your Support The letter comes up and tells you how to send it directly to them. You can also download or print the letter if you wish. Thanks, Joy
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