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Sportsmen Comments Needed to Oppose Potential Gun Hunting Ban
1/7/11
The U.S. Forest Service is now accepting comments on a proposed gun hunting ban for areas of the Huron-Manistee National Forest in Michigan.
In September, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Forest Service?s regulations required that it consider banning hunting with firearms on lands designated as ?semi-primitive? within the Huron-Manistee National Forest.
The Court feels that the noise associated with gun hunting could harm the quality of the recreational experience of hikers, backpackers, and cross country skiers. Additionally, the Court ruled that the Forest Service had to consider closing these areas if other public hunting land was available for gun hunting nearby.
As a result of the court ruling, the Forest Service began a formal review to determine if it should move forward with a gun hunting ban on these areas. Currently, the Service is considering two options:
1. a ?No-Action? alternative which would allow hunting to continue without change; and
2. a ?Modified Closure? alternative that would implement either a complete or partial ban on hunting with guns in the semi-primitive areas.
Take Action! Sportsmen should submit comments to the Forest Service supporting the ?No-Action? alternative that would continue to allow hunting with firearms on areas designated as semi-primitive. Sportsmen can mail comments to:
Lee Evison, Forest Planner, Huron-Manistee National Forests
1755 S. Mitchell Street
Cadillac, MI 49601
Sportsmen can also fax comments to Lee Evison at (231) 775-5551 or email comments to [email protected].
Please include your name and address with your comments. Emailed comments must include ?Forest Plan SEIS? as the subject line of the email. All comments must be received by February 11, 2011.
Here is a comment I saw posted on one of my threads from another hunting website.
Quote:
?You can only comment on projects that are proposed. If you want to know what's proposed, there are 3 ways to stay informed.
1. Contact the forests/districts in all of the areas you are interested in and ask to be put on a mailing list and you will be kept in the loop (thanks again Baltz for doing so!)
2. Constantly scan the small print in all of the newspapers for the required notice in the back of the paper
3. Check out the SOPA area of national forest websites, it stands for schedule of proposed actions, and I believe it is usually several months/years in advance and updated quarterly.
here is ours:http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/projects/
if you click on the SOPA which is third down ,it takes you to all of the 'stuff' we are trying to get done and goes back several years.
FYI We ARE trying to do some harvest, and the more comments folks make in support of proposed harvest, the better argument we can make in favor of it.? hilclimber
Sportsmen Comments Needed to Oppose Potential Gun Hunting Ban
1/7/11
The U.S. Forest Service is now accepting comments on a proposed gun hunting ban for areas of the Huron-Manistee National Forest in Michigan.
In September, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Forest Service?s regulations required that it consider banning hunting with firearms on lands designated as ?semi-primitive? within the Huron-Manistee National Forest.
The Court feels that the noise associated with gun hunting could harm the quality of the recreational experience of hikers, backpackers, and cross country skiers. Additionally, the Court ruled that the Forest Service had to consider closing these areas if other public hunting land was available for gun hunting nearby.
As a result of the court ruling, the Forest Service began a formal review to determine if it should move forward with a gun hunting ban on these areas. Currently, the Service is considering two options:
1. a ?No-Action? alternative which would allow hunting to continue without change; and
2. a ?Modified Closure? alternative that would implement either a complete or partial ban on hunting with guns in the semi-primitive areas.
Take Action! Sportsmen should submit comments to the Forest Service supporting the ?No-Action? alternative that would continue to allow hunting with firearms on areas designated as semi-primitive. Sportsmen can mail comments to:
Lee Evison, Forest Planner, Huron-Manistee National Forests
1755 S. Mitchell Street
Cadillac, MI 49601
Sportsmen can also fax comments to Lee Evison at (231) 775-5551 or email comments to [email protected].
Please include your name and address with your comments. Emailed comments must include ?Forest Plan SEIS? as the subject line of the email. All comments must be received by February 11, 2011.
Here is a comment I saw posted on one of my threads from another hunting website.
Quote:
?You can only comment on projects that are proposed. If you want to know what's proposed, there are 3 ways to stay informed.
1. Contact the forests/districts in all of the areas you are interested in and ask to be put on a mailing list and you will be kept in the loop (thanks again Baltz for doing so!)
2. Constantly scan the small print in all of the newspapers for the required notice in the back of the paper
3. Check out the SOPA area of national forest websites, it stands for schedule of proposed actions, and I believe it is usually several months/years in advance and updated quarterly.
here is ours:http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/projects/
if you click on the SOPA which is third down ,it takes you to all of the 'stuff' we are trying to get done and goes back several years.
FYI We ARE trying to do some harvest, and the more comments folks make in support of proposed harvest, the better argument we can make in favor of it.? hilclimber
