This email is being sent on behalf of North River District Ranger, Mary Yonce.
Dear Interested Forest Users,
The North River Ranger District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is seeking comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the North Shenandoah Mountain Restoration and Management Project (NSM Project). The project proposes restoration actions on about 9,243 acres of the approximately 128,000-acre planning area located in Rockingham County, Virginia and Pendleton County, West Virginia.
This project has been designed to move the existing conditions within the North River Ranger District towards desired conditions describe in the 2014 Revised Forest Plan for the George Washington National Forest (Forest Plan). The Draft EA documents the site-specific analysis for implementing the proposed action, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
Information on the proposed action and associated analysis documents can be viewed online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50342. These documents also are available for review at the district office in Harrisonburg, VA. Printed copies of the Draft EA are available upon request.
We welcome your involvement and encourage your review of and comments on this analysis. Specific comments on how to improve the proposal, what you prefer in other alternatives, or important things you think we missed in the alternatives, are very helpful. We can better respond to your comments if you are as specific as possible and if you cite the location(s) in the document of the section to which you are directing your comments. If you reference other documents in your comments, please attach complete copies, or links to them. If complete copies are not available, please provide the cover page and applicable pages from them.
Substantive comments provide factual information, professional opinion, or informed judgment that is relevant to the action being proposed. Substantive comments are specific, comparative, or solution oriented. A substantive comment provides the reasons why and goes beyond just expressing an opinion. While all comments will be considered, substantive comments related to the alternatives the most useful.
A public meeting about the project is scheduled for August 22, 2019, from 1 pm to 3 pm. at the Bridgewater Town Hall located at: 201 Green St, Bridgewater, VA 22812. During that time, the interdisciplinary team will provide overview information and answer questions about the NSM Project. Official comments will only be accepted in writing per 36 CFR §218.2.
Comments may be submitted through the project comment page located here:
https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=50342.
Electronic comments may be uploaded as Microsoft Word documents (.doc or .docx), portable document files (.pdf), rich text format (.rtf), text (.txt), or hypertext markup language (.html) files. Comments may also be mailed to Mary Yonce, North River District Ranger, 401 Oakwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, or hand delivered to the above address on weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Please reference North Shenandoah Mountain Restoration and Management Project in the subject line.
Comments must be submitted by 30 days from date of the legal notice published in the Harrisonburg Daily News Record. This notice is expected to be published on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Only those who submit timely and specific comments during this comment period will be eligible to object. In order to file an objection, each individual or representative from each organization submitting comments must either sign the comments or verify identity upon request.
Please contact Kevin Kyle, Zone Silviculturist, at (540) 984-4101 if you have questions concerning this project. Thank you for your continued interest in the management of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
Dear Interested Forest Users,
The North River Ranger District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests is seeking comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the North Shenandoah Mountain Restoration and Management Project (NSM Project). The project proposes restoration actions on about 9,243 acres of the approximately 128,000-acre planning area located in Rockingham County, Virginia and Pendleton County, West Virginia.
This project has been designed to move the existing conditions within the North River Ranger District towards desired conditions describe in the 2014 Revised Forest Plan for the George Washington National Forest (Forest Plan). The Draft EA documents the site-specific analysis for implementing the proposed action, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
Information on the proposed action and associated analysis documents can be viewed online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50342. These documents also are available for review at the district office in Harrisonburg, VA. Printed copies of the Draft EA are available upon request.
We welcome your involvement and encourage your review of and comments on this analysis. Specific comments on how to improve the proposal, what you prefer in other alternatives, or important things you think we missed in the alternatives, are very helpful. We can better respond to your comments if you are as specific as possible and if you cite the location(s) in the document of the section to which you are directing your comments. If you reference other documents in your comments, please attach complete copies, or links to them. If complete copies are not available, please provide the cover page and applicable pages from them.
Substantive comments provide factual information, professional opinion, or informed judgment that is relevant to the action being proposed. Substantive comments are specific, comparative, or solution oriented. A substantive comment provides the reasons why and goes beyond just expressing an opinion. While all comments will be considered, substantive comments related to the alternatives the most useful.
A public meeting about the project is scheduled for August 22, 2019, from 1 pm to 3 pm. at the Bridgewater Town Hall located at: 201 Green St, Bridgewater, VA 22812. During that time, the interdisciplinary team will provide overview information and answer questions about the NSM Project. Official comments will only be accepted in writing per 36 CFR §218.2.
Comments may be submitted through the project comment page located here:
https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=50342.
Electronic comments may be uploaded as Microsoft Word documents (.doc or .docx), portable document files (.pdf), rich text format (.rtf), text (.txt), or hypertext markup language (.html) files. Comments may also be mailed to Mary Yonce, North River District Ranger, 401 Oakwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22802, or hand delivered to the above address on weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Please reference North Shenandoah Mountain Restoration and Management Project in the subject line.
Comments must be submitted by 30 days from date of the legal notice published in the Harrisonburg Daily News Record. This notice is expected to be published on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Only those who submit timely and specific comments during this comment period will be eligible to object. In order to file an objection, each individual or representative from each organization submitting comments must either sign the comments or verify identity upon request.
Please contact Kevin Kyle, Zone Silviculturist, at (540) 984-4101 if you have questions concerning this project. Thank you for your continued interest in the management of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
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