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Topic 179 PAW eastern Forest Task Forces 



Jeffelllott en.forestplan 6:54 pm Jun 26, 1991 -7 



Preserve Appalachian Wilderness Eastern National Forest Task Forces 



Greetings 



Thanks for contacting PAW about working on Forest Issues. We've got enough 

 folks now to really get going and kick some butt. 



We'll be working pretty extensively with Jasper Carlton and the Biodiversity 

 Legal Foundation, tying our work In with nationwide campaigns to force the USFS 

 to carry out their mandate to preserve biodiversity on national forestlands, as 

 well as putting pressure on them locally through appeals, guerrilla theater, 

 lobbying and road blocks and tree sits for whoever's up for It, and whatever any 

 of us choose to do on our own time. I think It would be best to build the 

 pressure slowly and steadily, so that by the time things get real controversial 

 and public we'll have all of our research done. 



Each of us needs to pick a specific district on the forest we are working on. 



The first things to do are to cont*t the district ranger on your district and 

 ask to be notified of all future management activities In the district. You can 

 write to the main office to get notices for the entire forest If you really 1 1ke 

 getting mall, but It'd be easier to manage a single district. 



Write to the Wilderness Society and ask them for a copy of "How to Appeal Forest 

 Service Decisions" and all updates. 



Write to the forest planner at the main office and request copies of the 

 Management area maps for the forest, as well as the forest plan and EIS 

 (Environmental Impact Statement) for the plan. 



Also request copies of NFMA (National Forest Management Act), NEPA (National 

 Environmental Policy Act) and ESA (Endangered Species Act) with all amendments. 



When you get these, color code the management area maps (familiarize yourself 

 with what the activities are allowed In each management area. Color by number 

 (put the protected areas 1n green. You won't need a lot of green). 



Look through the plan for all Information pertaining to Protected, Threatened, 

 Endangered, Rare and Sensitive species on the forest. 



You can make an overlay of these areas and habitats of the species to 

 superimpose over the Management areas In your district. 



Write to the Fish and Wildlife depts (state and national) and ask for a list of 

 Rare, Threatened, Sensitive, Endangered Protected, and candidate (cl,c2,c3) 

 Species In PA and any habitat maps and studies they may have. 



(All fhls Information will most likely be given to you voluntarily. If you 

 don't get a response, or If you get a negative one, write back and request the 



