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Show Public input sought on wilderness roads , The public is being asked to help complete an inventory of roadless areas in the National Forest System. The inventory will help determine suitability of these areas for wilderness or non-wilderness use. 4 Regional Forester Vern Hamre said the survey is necessary to provide better coordination of the Forest Service's land management planning and to help develop the administration's positions on wilderness proposasls. The new information is needed for the 1980 Forest Service program. pro-gram. The assessment and program are required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Renew-able Resources Planning Act of 1974, which is Congress' long-range planning vehicle for the Forest Service. Since 1973, when the "Roadless Area Review and Evaluation" was conducted by the Forest Service, several additional areas and needed revisions have been identified. identi-fied. A refinement and expansion expan-sion of the earlier study will be provided by the inventory. A series of more than 200 public workshops will be conducted con-ducted across the country in July and August. Of these, 31 workshops will be held in the Intermountain Region of the Forest Service. Moab's workshop will be held on August 11 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Grand County Courthouse. Written comments to suggest sug-gest areas for inclusion in the inventory and their suitability for wilderness or non-wilderness use can be sent to local Forest Service offices until SeDtember 15. |