Friday, March 30, 2018

Conflagrations Everywhere Using Up Our Oxygen

"The image of oxygen being sucked out of a room by a dominating person or issue started appearing sometime after World War II. People may have had in mind the Allied firebombings of Germany and Japan, conflagrations that literally sucked the oxygen out of the atmosphere."
~ Ben Zimmerman




 There are so many "conflagrations", on so many fronts, that the idiom of sucking the oxygen out of the air is all too apropos. It's like people are dropping, gasping just for a good breath of air to revivify themselves. You know the Rule of 3s, we can only survive 3 minutes without air.

I saw a conservation Haiku that made me question how much more can people give?

"A better nation?
The key is conservation.
We must all care more."


Crazy Mountains Porcupine Lowline Trail Obliteration Public Comments Due Today


There have been some very well thought out public comments submitted from a variety of individuals and groups on this FS proposal. I am providing links to some of the highlights, to hopefully inspire you to take a few minutes and lend your voice to your public lands and access.

EMWH, details, especially concerning this FS Categorical Exclusion (still haven't gotten my requested information as to how they determined a CE or who authorized the CE).
Sheila Royston, who also questions the missing Crow Nation and other agency input, as well as questioning the "Crazy Mountain Working Group".
John Daggett, retired from 38 years federal employee as a civil engineer, including US Army Corps of Engineers.
Tony Schoonen, public access giant (State Lands Access, Stream Access).
Mark Lamoreux, Drake Outdoor, another hunter that has been all over that steep terrain.

Comment deadline is Today - March 30, 2018

https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=53388
Written comments must be submitted via mail, fax, or in person (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays) to: Mary Erickson Forest Supervisor, ATTN: Chad Benson, PO Box 130, Bozeman, MT 59771. Electronic comments including attachments can be submitted to:
https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=53388
Formats that will be accepted for electronically submitted comments are: Word, PDF, and/or Excel


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Public comments March 30th through April 29th 2018

 

EQC Meeting involving Crazy Mountains
The EQC meeting was Thursday, March 22. 


PERC's Terry Anderson was requested as a speaker on public access in the Wildlife Policy & Landowner Relations segment by John Brenden, brother-in-law to Crazy Mountain landowner Chuck Rein. Anderson brought up the usual Ranching for wildlife model of privatization. He also brought up the Crazy Mountains, saying there were 13 trailheads in the Crazies, asking, "How much is enough?" When I made my public comments, in addition to handing out some informational sheets that were presented at our public meeting on the 13th, I had to refute and explain that not all those trailheads are accessible, that some landowners have blocked them, torn down the Forest Service signage and visitor sign in stands, replaced with Private Property signs and private sign ins that create a reverse adverse use situation.

You can watch the video here. This link takes to that segment of the EQC meeting.


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Thank you,
Kathryn QannaYahu
406-579-7748
www.EMWH.org
Helena, MT

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