tonto national Forest federal land planning meetings

[rockwerks]

TWO PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FEDERAL LAND PLANNING EFFORTS:





FOREST SERVICE – TONTO NATIONAL FOREST



Greetings from the Tonto Planning Team,



Most of you will soon receive a letter telling you of our upcoming new

round of public meetings. Our focus for these meetings has shifted due to

the recent court ruling enjoining the Forest Service's planning rule. This

new round of meetings will be to review some of the concerns that were

brought out during the last round of meetings, and discuss where they might

best be addressed, whether in forest planning or in some other process.



This round of meetings is scheduled as follows:

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| District | Date | Time | Location |

|----------------+------------+------------------+------------------------------|

| Globe | May 15 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Globe High School auditorium |

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| Tonto Basin | May 21 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Tonto Basin Elementary School|

| | | | gym |

|----------------+------------+------------------+------------------------------|

| Cave Creek | May 24 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Paradise Valley Community |

| | | | Center |

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| Mesa | May 23 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | East Mesa Public Library, |

| | | | Red Mtn. Branch |

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| Payson | May 29 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Rim Country Middle School |

| | | | cafeteria/auditorium |

|----------------+------------+------------------+------------------------------|

| Pleasant Valley| May 30 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Pleasant Valley Community |

| | | | Center |

|----------------+------------+------------------+------------------------------|





We hope you will be able to attend. Please also inform any friends or

neighbors, and put notices in your local or organizational newsletters.



BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT – TUCSON FIELD OFFICE



What: Public meeting for IFNM Draft RMP/EIS
Where: Pima College West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson
Location: Proscenium Theater, located on the east side of the campus
Date: May 19, 2007
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Format: Question and Answer format with BLM panel

Meeting plan:
· Members of the public will sign in, and be issued a numbered, colored, comment sheet (BLM form) if they wish to speak.
· Member of public will turn in comment sheet (with or without comments) as each comes to the microphone to speak, this will allow his or her name to be correctly recorded, and facilitate recording.
· Public comments will be limited to two minutes each. If there is time, they may be allowed to make further comments at the end of the meeting.





Rebecca Davidson

Project Evaluation Program Supervisor

Arizona Game and Fish Department, Habitat Branch

2221 W. Greenway Road | Phoenix, AZ 85023 | Tel. 602-789-3602

[Sandee McCullen]

I think this is truly amazing that the AZ Game & Fish are so involved in what the federal land managers are doing!?

I posted the F/S meetings under thread: Forest Planning Back, with a reminder to STAY INVOLVED.

Hopefully a HUNDRED RED SHIRTS will attend the BLM meeting involving Ironwood National Monument where they are closing 62% of the OHV trail access. We have responded numerous times to this closure; the BLM/Resource Advisory Council has declared this uncalled for; and yet they are doing another public meeting. All they do is "CLAIM" to listen.

[WalterD]

Is there a way to have these events on the site calendar? Would make it alot easier to keep up with.

[rockwerks]

Is there a way to have these events on the site calendar? Would make it alot easier to keep up with.

sure they can be my guest to post em up