Summary of Public Response to the Preferred Alternative (Draft Supplement) 



Public response to the draft supplement included 63 individuals and seven organizations {see 

 attachment 7). Of the response from the public, ten individuals indicated that the preferred 

 alternative was the appropriate mix of actions and policies that should be implemented as FWP's 

 wildlife program. Eight individuals agreed that it was acceptable but believe that FWP could have 

 gone further to adequately address some issues important to them. Twelve individuals still preferred 

 either alternative 1 or 3. Nineteen letters from Lincoln County asked for an extension to the comment 

 period. Ten letters focused on one or more of the 21 issues analyzed in the draft EIS and draft 

 supplement. FWP believes that all these issues were adequately addressed in its analysis of the 

 alternatives in the draft EIS and draft supplement. 



Response to Preferred Alternative 



ISSUE #1 



Overall Access - 5 comments 



Public comment mainly centered on access to public land, road closures and motorized travel 

 restrictions on public lands. 



Samples of Comments: 



• To have an effective and successfiil land management program you must have a transportation 

 system. Roads are the only economical system we have today. Your plan must support these 

 roads and not discourage them if you are going to provide for the recreational needs of the 

 fiiture. 



• Continued reduction and control of motorized travel is going in the wrong direction. 



• There are other questions we would like addressed .... managing motorized travel and other 

 issues involving the Federal government. 



• I would like to see the focus of access related to management gain more emphasis toward 

 habitat protection, especially the habitat of sensitive and T&E species, rather than an emphasis 

 on increasing hunter harvest and opportunity. 



Response: FWP does not regulate travel on public land under either federal or state 

 jurisdiction. FWP does make recommendations on travel management to these 

 agencies, who in turn may or may not follow those recommendations. 



The preferred alternative does make provisions to increase emphasis on the protection 

 of habitat for T&E species, the effects of increased access for wildlife management 



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