Apalachicola National Forest has too many roads and some will have to go

The Apalachicola National Forest wants to hear from people who use the Forest to find out what the minimum road system would need to be to still make the forest accessible. There are currently over 1500 miles of roads in the forest open to the public, but there isn’t enough money to maintain them properly. Forest managers say there is only enough money to maintain about a third of that and funding was cut even further this year. Forest managers are now beginning work on a report to identify the minimum road system needed for safe and efficient travel and for the protection, management, and use of National Forest System lands. As part of the study they are seeking comments from the public which will be considered in the evaluation process. If you use the forest and would like to get your comments on the record you have until July 15th to do so. We have posted the address, e-mail and fax number to make comments on this story on the news page at oysterradio.com.

Please submit your written comments by July 15. Make your comments as specific as possible, and include the name of the proposal (TAP-ANF), as well as your name, address or e-mail, and phone number. Comments received in response to this solicitation, including names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record for this project and may be available for public inspection. Mail your comments to District Ranger, 57 Taff Drive, Crawfordville, FL 32327,or faxed at 850-926-1904. Comments also can be mailed electronically in a common digital format to comments-southern-florida-apalachicola@fs.fed.us, with the subject line of TAP-ANF.


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