Update: May 24, 2008
Re: Closure Letter (received from FS)

District Ranger Alan Polk has made a decision to implement Alternative 2 of the Anderson Creek OHV Trail System Project. Alternative 2 of the Anderson Creek OHV Trail System Project will accomplish the following: close all trails within, and cLast updated onnected with, the Anderson Creek OHV Trail System, including approximately six miles of authorized trails and several miles of unsigned and undesignated trails; prevent illegal access from adjacent private ownerships and enforce closures through placement of physical barriers such as gates or fallen trees; decommission the trail system and promote rehabilitation through natural re-growth, earth reshaping, earthen blockades, fallen trees or any combination thereof; install erosion control measures; maintain Forest Development Road 357 as a system road.

The Decision Notice is available for your review by opening the attached pdf document. It will soon be available on-line, as well, at http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/sopa/recreation-nepa.htm. This decision is subject to appeal, pursuant to the USFS regulations 36 CFR 215.11 by those who provided comments or otherwise expressed interest in this particular proposal during the 30-day public comment period. Written Notice of Appeal of this decision must be fully consistent with 36 CFR 215.14, “Content in Notice of Appeal,” including the reasons for appeal. Appeals must be postmarked or received in duplicate within 45 days after the legal notice publication date in The North Georgia News,expected to be Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The appeal should be sent to: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, ATTN: Appeals Deciding Officer, 1755 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501.

Additional information can be obtained by calling Alison Koopman at the Blue Ridge Ranger District at (706) 745-6928. Thank you for your interest in management activities on the Blue Ridge Ranger District, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests.

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Seems it wasn't so temporary, eh?

Last updated 09/17/2009 07:15:00 AM