ACTION ALERT
Act Now to Prevent the Sale of Climbing Areas on Public Forest Service Land
The Bush administration is proposing the sale of 200,000 acres out of 304,000 acres of eligible public National Forest land in 31 states—much of which includes climbing areas—to fund a law requiring the government help pay for school and public services in rural parts of the country.
Because there is so much land up for sale, we need your help to determine if your local crag could be sold- go to http://www.geocommunicator.gov/NILS-PARCEL2/map.jsp?Map=USFS and select map “USFS RURAL SCHOOLS” or http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/rural-pdf.shtml and click on your forest for a PDF map. If you see your local crag indicated on the map, write and tell the Forest Service to remove your climbing area from the auction list. Also, send us an email at ActionAlert@accessfund.org
Climber letters to the Forest Service are needed to ensure that public climbing areas are not sold before the auction list is submitted to Congress. The Forest Service will receive comments to their proposed list of lands for sale through March 30. Send email to SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us, and written comments to:
USDA Forest Service
SRS Comments, Lands 4S
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop 1124
Washington, DC, 20250-0003.
Faxes go to (202) 205-1604
The Access Fund is in favor of federal funding for rural schools and roads but does want the permanent sale of public lands to only temporarily support this program. FOR MORE INFORMATION and letter-writing talking points, go to www.accessfund.com/pdf/USFS land sales - AA talking points - final.pdf