Web-comments-1401-1500
| # | SenderID | Ref.# | Comment Tool | Date | Comment |
| WC-1401 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from undefined: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1402 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1403 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1404 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1405 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1406 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1407 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1408 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hunting|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1409 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from undefined: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1410 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1411 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1412 | WID-1727 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|cb_fulltime|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: %0DRemaining stands 0f original forest are much more valuable intact than as board feet. WOPR would be a big mistake. These areas should be the heritage of future generations. Give them the remaining islands of virgin forest, not stumps and tree plantaions. There is plenty of second growth to manage for timber. |
| WC-1413 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hunting|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1414 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1415 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hunting|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1416 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1417 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1418 | WID-1743 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Recreation|cb_dirtbiking|cb_mtnbiking|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: A cursory investigation into the plan for cutting did not turn up a map that I could understand, so I figured I'd point out the areas I use most. Flat Mountain is an area I cycle in during the drier months. I've also spent several hundred hours working on trails with the local OHV organization, the Flat Mountain Riders Association. |
| WC-1419 | WID-1743 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_mtnbiking|cb_hiking|cb_onceamonth|tb_gen_ans: I ride mountain bikes on Mary's Peak and road bikes on the roads up and around Mary's Peak. The cutting going on around the lower portion of the mountain is an ugly scar on a scenic and beautiful State Park. The slides and erosion are becoming more noticeable with the rains. Seems like it might be a good idea to try thinning rather than clear cutting, given the sensitive nature of the area. This may not be BLM property, but the same logic applies throughout the Alsea Falls%2FAlpine corridor. |
| WC-1420 | WID-1752 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from undefined: Just because there is a 'checkerboard' ownership of public lands in the illinios valley, a series of trail loops on sections of blm lands in the selma%2Fcave junction area are still doable. as the connecting roads could make for a fine 'dual sport' motorcycle day adventure. checkerboard does not mean un-suitable for public access and recreation. |
| WC-1421 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1422 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride mt bike and spend time with my family|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1423 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1424 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1425 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1426 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1427 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1428 | WID-1754 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Ride my bike|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1429 | WID-1528 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_timber|cb_photo|tb_2_other: Adjacent to my residence|cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1430 | WID-1528 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Tree farm|cb_timber|cb_parttime|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1431 | WID-1528 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|tb_2_other: Frequent walking|cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1432 | WID-1528 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Land Use Table at pushpin 1135: This should remain an Adaptive Management area |
| WC-1433 | WID-1528 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_parttime|tb_gen_ans: The OHV usaged above our house is frequently shocking%21 The riders' idea seems to be to get up on to the steep ridge from Ferris Gulch Road and then cut trails up the hillside, --the steeper and more challenging the better. Some riders carry chain-saws strapped to the back of their vehicles (along with the beer pack holders) so they can cut through the forest hillside.After a few season of heavy rains, the wheel rut erosion on both the older%0D logging roads and the "volunteer" trails%0Dcut into various hillsides accumulates water, mud and begins to wash downhill. On some roads leading up to the ridge from the Williams side and the Ferris Gulch side, the erosion is incredible%21The noise and seemingly unending roaring of dirtbikes when one is trying to live peacefully below the ridge is awful and sometimes seems like it goes on for hours-especially on weekends. We appreciate that these irresponsible%0Dpeople make it difficult for others who enjoy this sport, but the EIS designations are a poor way to address the resulting community anger and conflict the is being stirred up by simply choosing a few "empasis areas" on the basis of historical usage, without a thorough, regional study of the bast alternatives with a lot of public input to this increasingly bad problem%0Dthat impacts large numbers of taxpaying homeowners along the forest interface that are contributing to the economic growth and health of this changing regionIT IS CRAZY FOR THE BLM TO CASUALLY DESIGNATE RANDOM OHV "EMPHASIS AREAS" WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH THE USFS%0DON AN AREA-WIDE BASIS THROUGHOUT WESTERN OREGON. OR TO GO ALONG WITH THE "NIMBY" PROTESTS SO THAT THE %0DOF OHV USE IS INFLICTED ON A FEW ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS WHO MAY BE LESS ORGANIZED TO PROTEST THAN OTHERS.Furthemore, some consideration should be given to individuals and families who utilize old logging roads%0Dfor access to fishing and camping%0Dspots with 4-wheel vehicles as opposed to "recreationists" whose main fun seems to be roaring over the hillsides without mufflers, trying to cover as much ground as possible, making as much noise as possible. %0D%0 |
| WC-1434 | WID-1764 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from No Action: My perferred alternative. I find the reductions in buffers and increased harvesting of remaining mature forrests proposed inthe other alternatives to be short sighted. From a review of the literature, I believe proposed increases in harvst levels to be nonsustainable. |
| WC-1435 | WID-1744 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Alternative 2: This alternative removes too much of the local late sucessional reserves. It would be harmful to wildlife. I oppose. |
| WC-1436 | WID-1759 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_dirtbiking|cb_mtnbiking|cb_camping|cb_ohv|tb_gen_ans: John's Peak is the favored riding area for many off-road users. As such, the local riders have a significant monetary (cash) investment in the properties adjacent to BLM managed lands in this area. Closing properties in this area would place a financial burdon on the OHV public. |
| WC-1437 | WID-1759 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Alternative 2: I support all of the OHV emphasis and believe we need more lands available. The 13 areas in the preferred alternative number 2 are not enough to accomodate existing and future OHV receation, especially accounting for surge in popularity and growth whithin the OHV industry |
| WC-1438 | WID-1779 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Off-Highway Vehicles: I have personally seen our forests devasated and the pristene beauty of our forests destroyed. Not only do the off road vehicles%0Ddestroy the beauty by ripping up the land and creating unstable land areas, they also have forced wildlife to leave areas. They have such little wild forests left that then is whne wwe find cougars next to schoolyards and bears roaming in human areas. They are the ones that always end up losing...with a sheriffs shotgun... |
| WC-1439 | WID-1779 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Forests: What I have seen since my early childhood done to these forests is devasting. Entire hillsides gone along with unstable land and scared off wildlife. If you want to continue logging, you will end up with this most precious enviroment looking like Los Angeles or the Bay Area. I lived down there for 25 years and gave everything..home, high paying job, and close family so that I could see a tree that grew naturally and a forest that is quiet and naturally balanced. Please save our forests and respect them. Their ecosystems are so fragile. No more logging. Those days are over. The people that rely on logging for an income could be retrained. With the internet anyone can support themselves wherever they live. They need to just learn how to do it.%0DFinally with global warming I have heard we may no longer have these forests in 50 years. Preserve them now while our planet can sustain them as once they are gone...they will never come back. |
| WC-1440 | WID-1744 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_farming|cb_timber|tb_gen_ans: I live and work on the alsea river. I do not want the large trees in my neighbor hood to be harvested from BLM land under any circumstances. It is viable habitat for wildlife which is very rare and must be preserved for future generations. There is enough private land to accomodate commercial timber interests. |
| WC-1441 | WID-1744 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Alternative 3: Alternative 3 impacts the late sucessional reserve above my home and could create conditions that degrade wildlife populations and cause mudslides that affect my property values negatively. I oppose any harvesting from BLM lands. |
| WC-1442 | WID-1744 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from No Action: The WOPR is no good. I want to eliminate harvest of commercial timber from BLM lands and turn it into national park or wildlife preserve. Some management may be allowed to correct past mismanagement of the ecosystem. I oppose BLM harvest for commercial interestes and will work to abolish the O7C Lands Act of 1937 which was developed in another time when the nation needed to subsidize the timber industry. This is no longer the case and BLM's purpose should be revised. Thank you. |
| WC-1443 | WID-1791 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from No Action: I support maximum protection and preservation of our forested lands, for the benefit of all living beings. Please do the right thing, and do not promote profits over life itself. |
| WC-1444 | WID-1805 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Alternative 2: I have lived in the state of Oregon for78 years, I have seen what clear cuts do to our forests. Oregon is a beautiful place ,we do not need to clearcut our forests so some people can make some money. sincerly Vernon Willis |
| WC-1445 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_tourism|cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1446 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1447 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from No Action: No Action due to Threatened and endangered species and wild and scenic beauty, as well as spiritual significance. |
| WC-1448 | WID-1791 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Forests: I support the "no action" plan and am opposed to the other alternatives, because the proposals would lead to deforestation that threatens the quality of life for humans, animals, and plants throughout Oregon and beyond. We need our trees to protect us from Global Warming, for recreation, water quality, and animal habitat survival. Please do not proceed with this unpopular, short-sighted, and dangerous plan. |
| WC-1449 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1450 | WID-1791 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Alternative 2: I am totally opposed to Alternative 2, since it promotes excessive logging to the detriment of old growth forests, promotes clear-cutting, and threatens wildlife habitat and air and water quality. |
| WC-1451 | WID-1828 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Wildland Urban Interface: The Rogue has a strong upcanyon wind most afternoons during the fire season. If a proposed wilderness in the Galice area restricts fire suppression activities by rapid road access to the canyon and walls, spot fires would threaten Galice and the Merlin valley downwind. |
| WC-1452 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_tourism|cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_fulltime|cb_daily|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1453 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1454 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1455 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_fulltime|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_daily|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1456 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_mtnbiking|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_ohv|cb_fulltime|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty |
| WC-1457 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1458 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1459 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1460 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1461 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1462 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_fishing|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1463 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_fulltime|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|tb_4_other: Threatened and endangered species live here|cb_daily|tb_gen_ans: Threatened and endangered species inhabit the BLM forests above and around the Alsea River in this area. |
| WC-1464 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1465 | WID-1859 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_mtnbiking|cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1466 | WID-1854 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_tourism|cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_fulltime|cb_daily|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1467 | WID-1869 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Impacted community member and property owner|tb_gen_ans: Johns Peak%2FTimber Mt. area is a checkerboard of private properties surrounded on all sides by residential communities that would be negatively impacted by an OHV Emphesis Area.%0DFurther this area has erosive granitic soils, sensative streams and is designated by Oregon Dept. of Forestrry as an "Extreme" fire prone area. This is an inappropriate location for an OHV designation and was designated in 1995 as such without the public being meaningfully informed nor were the boundaries designated to allow for comments from the public in response. Designating an OHV area withou boundaries and prior to an EIS and without public involvement should never have happened in the Western Oregon Plan in 1995 and the OHV designation should be removed from Johns Peak Timber Mountain in the Medford BLM District in the WOPR.Additionally communities whose roads could potentially access a Johns Peak%2FTimber Mountain proposed OHV area and who are near Interstate 5 would be negatively impacted by the large increase in traffic and increased OHV noise pollution through these peaceful residential communities. Thus it would reduce property values and violate the thousands of property owners rights to quiet enjoyment of their property. Recommendations%3A Before any area is designatied for OHV use the BLM needs to establish rigorous criteria for the designation of OHV Emphasis Areas including weight being given to negatively impacted residents and communities. The WOPR needs to demonstrate what criteria was used or were applied to make the OHV Emphasis Area determination in its selected alternative.OHV designations must be %E2%80%9Cbased on the protection of the resources%E2%80%A6, promotion of the safety of all the users of the public lands, and the minimization of conflicts.%E2%80%9D That OHV designations would not impact areas that have other historic forms of non-motorized recreation%3A horse riding, hiking, hunting, birding etc.Additional public outreach of proposed OHV designations including direct mail & community meetings in all those areas for potentially impacted residents including those on potential access roads.%0D%09%09%0DThere needs to be a willingness of the BLM to take public testimony for the record at all |
| WC-1468 | WID-1869 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from Off-Highway Vehicles: Johns Peak%2FTimber Mt. area is a checkerboard of private properties surrounded on all sides by residential communities that would be negatively impacted by an OHV Emphesis Area.%0DFurther this area has erosive granitic soils, sensative streams and is designated by Oregon Dept. of Forestrry as an "Extreme" fire prone area. This is an inappropriate location for an OHV designation and was designated in 1995 as such without the public being meaningfully informed nor were the boundaries designated to allow for comments from the public in response. Designating an OHV area withou boundaries and prior to an EIS and without public involvement should never have happened in the Western Oregon Plan in 1995 and the OHV designation should be removed from Johns Peak Timber Mountain in the Medford BLM District in the WOPR.Additionally communities whose roads could potentially access a Johns Peak%2FTimber Mountain proposed OHV area and who are near Interstate 5 would be negatively impacted by the large increase in traffic and increased OHV noise pollution through these peaceful residential communities. Thus it would reduce property values and violate the thousands of property owners rights to quiet enjoyment of their property. Recommendations%3A Before any area is designatied for OHV use the BLM needs to establish rigorous criteria for the designation of OHV Emphasis Areas including weight being given to negatively impacted residents and communities. The WOPR needs to demonstrate what criteria was used or were applied to make the OHV Emphasis Area determination in its selected alternative.OHV designations must be %E2%80%9Cbased on the protection of the resources%E2%80%A6, promotion of the safety of all the users of the public lands, and the minimization of conflicts.%E2%80%9D That OHV designations would not impact areas that have other historic forms of non-motorized recreation%3A horse riding, hiking, hunting, birding etc.Additional public outreach of proposed OHV designations including direct mail & community meetings in all those areas for potentially impacted residents including those on potential access roads.%0D%09%09%0DThere needs to be a willingness of the BLM to take public testimony for the record at all public meetings relat |
| WC-1469 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1470 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|tb_gen_ans: No more old growth logging. Leave in place the little that is left. I have seen the fractured and fragmented forest from the air - the devastation of everyone's beautiful forests for the economic gain of just some people is unacceptable%21 |
| WC-1471 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_onceamonth|tb_gen_ans: This used to be one of the grandest forests in the world. Now there are only tiny pockets like Valley of the Giants left. Many of the hills are denuded. We have already cut too much, way beyond a sustainable level. Do not implement a plan of increased logging%21 |
| WC-1472 | WID-1889 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_dirtbiking|tb_gen_ans: BLM contiguous parcels on the Humbug Basin including the Old Billy Mountain needs inclusion in the Timber Mountain %2F John Peak emphasis area.%0D |
| WC-1473 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_1_other: Healthcare|cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_birdwatching|cb_fulltime|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_onceaweek|tb_gen_ans: We have already lost most of our old growth forests. Logging any old growth is not a sustainable harvest practice. The BLM should be planning for protecting land for future generations, not for the short term gain of the few%21 Log only what has already become tree farms. |
| WC-1474 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|tb_4_other: kayaking|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: Stop overmanaging the forests - that is what causes catastrophic forest fires. Use controlled burns, and maybe some thinning (not highgrading%21) to manage our heritage and our children's heritage. Using up a finite resource (old growth) is not sound planning for the future. Do not increase logging on these forests. |
| WC-1475 | WID-1897 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from undefined: i am a 60 year old man that loves to get up in the woods in my 4wd vehicle and i can let the events of the week fade away, i dont damage the land or take anything away. i also enjoy the company that i usualy meet out in the woods. some of the best behaved and respectful people in the world. |
| WC-1476 | WID-1897 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | tb_gen_ans: another place where i enjoy going to have a good time with my 4wd i have learned to share with the motorcycles and have always found them to be very caring about the enviroment not at all destructive |
| WC-1477 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hiking|cb_camping|cb_birdwatching|cb_spiritual|cb_importantspecies|cb_scenicbeauty|cb_relax|cb_1-4timesyear|tb_gen_ans: The areas east of the Cascades in Oregon are some of the greatest wild lands left in the lower 48. Let them remain wild. Do not incease logging our children's heritage for the immediate benefit of the few. The old growth forests will not come back in my lifetime once they are gone. |
| WC-1478 | WID-1883 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Comment on DEIS excerpt from undefined: It would have been helpful on this website to show which lands are BLM and which lands are under consideration for increased logging |
| WC-1479 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hunting|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: |
| WC-1480 | WID-1724 | None | Interactive Map | 1/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | cb_photo|cb_hunting|cb_hiking|cb_fishing|cb_camping|cb_boating|cb_birdwatching|tb_gen_ans: the publics enjoyment is a much higher priority than industry profits. please let these forests manage themselves, they do a better job. |
| WC-1481 | WID-1728 | 09b1b4d2-9cc6-4b27-95c7-8a2d07b1cad4 | File Upload | 1/10/2008 1:25:00 AM |
Uploaded File: BLM WOPR comments.pdf |
| WC-1482 | WID-1730 | d0de06d0-1a0c-41ac-9f9d-77a21cabc0f4 | File Upload | 1/10/2008 5:12:00 AM |
Uploaded File: BLM-2008-01-10.b01.txt |
| WC-1483 | WID-1731 | W-4444b483-d4e8-4e16-b998-d34f8fcc90ca | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 5:43:00 AM | Our forest need to be protected! No more logging and destruction of our natrural habitat. I am totally against the WOPR project. Please take heed and think about future generations. Our planet is allready in dire straights. No more destruction. Keep our land untouched, the little that is left. Be well and thank you for listening.I pray for a beautiful peaceful world where there is old growth still standing tall and proud. |
| WC-1484 | WID-1732 | 0bba7e80-ffb9-4643-9459-3ee804c7a023 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 6:19:00 AM | BLM, Your sign in process did not allow for the option of owning more than one residence...one in the city, and one in the country. We also own 8 acres in No. Douglas County along the Smith River. I have heard the presentation given to the Lane County Board of Commissioners via web cast, and would like to register an emphatic NO to any changes in the NW Forest Plan. I believe changes to the amount of buffer zone allowed on water ways is a big mistake. I also am not a fan of clear cutting, especially old growth timber. Please listen carefully to the amount of feedback you are receiving on this issue! I don't usually take the time to voice my concerns on issues of local policy, however I feel strongly that this change to the NW Forest Plan will be a giant mistake, one that will have an impact on all of the generations to come. Sincerely, Mary Stefansen |
| WC-1485 | WID-1735 | W-c0635a80-ca7b-48ad-9578-89845a023aae | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 6:53:00 AM | We hope you will reconsider your plans to log extensive areas of our Oregon wilderness. Old growth trees are an irreplaceable resource, because once they're logged, the replacement trees will be "fair game" and without protection. Please leave our forests for future generations. It's time to look elsewhere for revenue sources. |
| WC-1486 | WID-1734 | W-df5cb933-e2b7-45b6-bc3d-d4e6eee8668f | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 7:07:00 AM | Thank you for this method of responding to the proposed changes. I don't know all the details, but any change that allows more logging and income from our forests is fine with me. My family had been employed in the woods, and mills, for 4 generations, 3 with the same company. I now work for the county, and we need that money. I know the forests can be managed for all concerns. All of the old growth doesn't need to be cut. Leave as much as possible. Don't let most of the good timber be shipped directly overseas, as happened in the 80s. I have seen what has happened to our once prosperous communitiies, and families, with most of the mills closing. With some giving from all areas, and compromising, we can all benefit from the renewed use and control of what we have in this country. To let the forests go unused while people suffer is crazy. Save as much of the old growth as possible for people to go hug if they want. I like to be in the woods, too, not just to work, but to take my grandkids to play and enjoy and learn about their heritage. We have much Native blood, and were taught to respect nature, and to use what we take with respect, and to replace it in some way. One of those ways is to take care of our famlies and neighbors, by funding programs with the money received from our labors. Thanks again for this opportunity to say my piece. JMJ |
| WC-1487 | WID-1738 | W-238fcbcb-c297-454f-881a-7e692de647e9 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 7:35:00 AM | I oppose all alternatives of the WOPR. It is time for the BLM to make plans that do not include cutting of old timber. The public has spoken clearly on this subject again and again. We need to thin small trees, thin in areas where communities are endangered, and "thinning" should not include old trees every time the BLM makes another plan. Our first attention should be going to global warming and retention of what little old timber survives past poor practices. NO on all three alternatives. |
| WC-1488 | WID-1740 | 24ceab36-cf0f-4512-9e12-2bbb6abb4d16 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 7:58:00 AM | I have a simple, straightforward comment (with no long file attached). I support a diversified economic base, including timber. But I do not support logging ANY large or old growth trees. Old growth trees are a nonrenewable resource, in both the economic and environmental sense. We should not be investing in or relying on nonrenewable resources for our economy--that's what got us into trouble in the first place with the federal timber payments. Trees should be farmed like any other crop--we should be too enlightened, as a society, to ever cut down another wild tree. Thank you for listening, and please make the right decision for Oregon's long term future. |
| WC-1489 | WID-1741 | None | Web Forum Exit | 1/10/2008 8:11:00 AM | I have dial up service as do many people in rural areas. Your site makes it clear that us dial up people are on the wrong side of the digital divide. I now have to make a trip into town to use the local library's computer. |
| WC-1490 | WID-1742 | W-16665033-d3e8-43a3-84f6-f63f9f93ebfe | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 8:30:00 AM | It is encouraging to see a plan that allows for more logging. Not only are trees a renewable resource but logging also replaces fire in the natural cycle. Without fire or logging we lose out on browse for game animals, food sources for different birds and small animals and a more diverse ecology. Since fire is difficult to control logging is the preferred altenative. Logging also contributes to local economies which were severly hurt by previous plans and now that federal moneys are being cut off it is easy to see that there needs to be a diverse economy for these areas. |
| WC-1491 | WID-1743 | None | Web Forum Exit | 1/10/2008 8:47:00 AM | It would be nice if the planned cutting for the future was also laid out on the map so we could see the areas in jeopardy. |
| WC-1492 | WID-1745 | W-0bdbdfd8-33cd-4b53-a085-188d8f0f549d | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 9:03:00 AM | The effects of deforestation on the climate should be enough for you people to wake up and figure out that you can't continue suck resources in the same old way that you are used to doing. Hey that's what got us into this mess in the first place. Wake up BLM you are supposed to be a steward of the land not a voice for industry. Leave old growth forests alone. We have few wild places left as you and your sister agencies, the US. Tree Farm Service, and the Oregon Department of Tree Farms have effectively urbanized our great forests into cute little Douglas Fir Farms. I and my company support the "no action" alternative. Follow the Northwest Forest Plan which allows for plenty of harvesting; too much already. |
| WC-1493 | WID-1746 | W-51160ef6-4027-4849-a472-c88ebbb406e9 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 9:03:00 AM | We must retain our existing tree diversity and enhance environment by enhancing water retention in the soil and streams/lakes while reducing erosion. These alternatives hurt the environment and are contrary to what I believe are best for the citizens, as a whole. |
| WC-1494 | WID-1747 | 7579c620-a251-4d28-9cbd-ab924390b5c0 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 9:08:00 AM | Hi, Thanks for your hard work on this draft. The law says O & C lands are to be managed for sustained income for the counties. There are plenty of other Forest Service and BLM lands which can be managed for wildlife and recreation. Priority for O & C lands absolutely should be for maximum long term timber yeilds, with protection given to riparian areas of course. O&C lands should be managed as a crop. Carol Miller |
| WC-1495 | WID-1748 | W-9d9fac1d-6454-4810-bc40-0c0333a4a0eb | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 9:16:00 AM | I'm not an ecologist or other Forest Management specialist, but I do love forests. It seems to me that all three proposals are aiming at cutting down a lot of trees, diminishing habitat for endangered species and exposing our waterways to increased pollution. I do not support of any of these three proposals. Our government needs to be more concerned with the long term environmental impacts of our actions. To cut down these forests would be to demonstrate, in my opinion, an unforgivable lack of foresight. What happens when all the trees are gone????? |
| WC-1496 | WID-1749 | W-1fb07d53-8b5f-45c0-a96f-2536dd6b4039 | Draft EIS | 1/10/2008 9:30:00 AM | Dear BLM: I am very concerned and disheartened after reviewing the draft of the Western Oregon Plan Revisions. I feel very strongly that the Bush Administration is headed in the wrong direction with these proposed management changes to nearly 2.6 million acres of federal forests. Your currently proposal is UNACCEPTABLE. Your agency proposes to increase old-growth logging on public lands in western Oregon by 700%, build 1,000 miles of new logging road in the next decade and clearcut at a 9-1 ratio to thinning. This is a myopic and backwards proposal that depletes our natural resource base for future generations by weakening protections for forests, creeks and salmon. Shockingly, the proposal ignores the role that these forests play in regulating the global climate. Your proposal should instead focus on managing previously logged public forestlands and the use of thinning second growth forests. This wood could be provided to local mills while simultaneously improving wildlife habitat. At a time when we have worked so hard to preserve what is left of our forests, the world is in the midst of a climate change crisis, several species are at risk of extinction, and the world's clean drinking water supply is diminishing rapidly, it is extremely disappointing to see the emergence of this plan. Consider using your efforts to instead protect remaining old-growth forests, search for alternatives to profits from clear-cutting, and concentrate on creating job opportunities in recreation, restoration, and watershed management that would benefit all of us. Please, let us protect our Oregon heritage forests and learn from our past mistakes. Don't destroy Oregon for the sake of short-term economic gain. We will all regret it. Sincerely, Erika Beyer 2685 Elinor Street Eugene, OR 97403 camas@epud.net |
| WC-1497 | WID-1751 | caa1e2fe-afa8-44c3-8aaf-6fa345d4f15f | File Upload | 1/10/2008 9:34:00 AM |
Uploaded File: WOPR.doc |
| WC-1498 | WID-1751 | eb252e62-2b44-4948-96c8-3c8748251bfa | File Upload | 1/10/2008 9:35:00 AM |
Uploaded File: WOPR.doc |
| WC-1499 | WID-1751 | 0bb6e4d0-8475-4593-8168-21d5fab46d3e | File Upload | 1/10/2008 9:46:00 AM |
Uploaded File: WOPR-streamside buffer.doc |
| WC-1500 | WID-1751 | 32b4b461-3c46-430c-aff2-dd35c43540ae | File Upload | 1/10/2008 9:47:00 AM |
Uploaded File: WOPR-streamside buffer.doc |