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October 15, 2003
On Wilderness
The Warren Times-Observer ran an article in yesterday's hardcopy edition on the Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Wilderness Proposal. You might have noticed this interesting characterization of ADP's proposal:
A group of multiple-use proponents has lobbied for no more wilderness on the Allegheny National Forest than the currently designated 9,000 acres. Another group, the Allegheny Defense Project, stands for what would be an entirely wild 513,000 acres.
Remember that as wide-ranging as Allegheny Wild! is we are still only proposing an additional 50,000 acres as Wilderness. The FAW proposal is similar in most regards. As far as I can tell here are the significant differences:
• FAW does not propose Minister Valley as Wilderness;
• ADP does not propose any of the existing National Recreation Areas as Wilderness (FAW proposes all of them);
• Although we propose several identical areas, the boundaries between proposals vary significantly with ADP's proposed areas being larger in general.
I think it's good that FAW finally got a proposal out there. We remain concerned about the reduction in National Recreation Area acerage at a time when current acreage in non-Wilderness Special Areas is already deficient. At least one version of the FAW plan did propose some new National Recreation Area acreage that would maintain but not increase the current acreage. ADP, of course proposes an increase in new and total National Recreation Area acreage.
P.S. Part 2 of my analysis on the Forest Plan Revision Notice of Intent will be posted late tonight.
Posted by jkleissler at October 15, 2003 02:34 PM
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Posted by: RJ at October 15, 2003 07:32 PM
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