Anderson
Creek OHV Area
The Anderson Creek OHV Area is located in north Georgia, in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It is just northwest of Amicalola Falls State Park.
The US Forest
Service has completed their Environmental Assessment on the Anderson
Creek Trail System. They have developed 3 “Alternatives”. They plan on
selecting Alternative #2 which would close all of the trails
permanently. We are asking them to select Alternative #3. This would
re-design the trails and add a couple of miles in order to have loop
trails. Please look at the
Friends of Anderson Creek Comment Letter as a reference and write a
similar letter before January 30th, 2008. Thanks !
Request for Public Comment Letter is HERE. The deadline is January 30th!
The FoAC Public Comment Letter written by Dave Logan is here.
The 70 page Environmental Assessment:: http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/sopa/documents/2007_30day_AndersonCreekEA.pdf
The Friends of Anderson Creek web site: http://www.andersoncreek.org/
Blue Ridge Ranger District Consolidation Complete
August 16, 2007
The US Forest Service efforts to consolidate the administrative offices
in Blairsville and Blue Ridge are complete, according to Blue Ridge District
Ranger Alan Polk. The new name for the newly consolidated office is the
Blue Ridge Ranger District and is located west of Blairsville on Highway
515. Polk said the new complex will coordinate all Forest Service activities
on the Chattahoochee National Forest lands in Lumpkin, Union, Towns, Dawson
and those lands east of Highway 515 in Fannin and Gilmer counties.
Read
full story at the Union Sentinel
No Action Yet
As of September 2006, there have been no new proposals or decisions on the Anderson Creek project:
http://www.fs.fed.us/sopa/components/reports/sopa-110803-2006-07.html#67
Friends of Anderson Creek
A group of recreational users have formed the “Friends of Anderson Creek” in order to work with the Forest Service to re-open the Anderson Creek OHV trails.
Anderson Creek OHV Trails Closure Proposal
July 5, 2005
On July 5, 2005, the Forest Service published a proposal to permanently close and obliterate the trails at Anderson Creek:
Dear Concerned Citizen:
The Toccoa Ranger District is inviting you to comment on the following proposed actions to take place at the Anderson Creek Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Trail System located 20 miles east of Ellijay, Georgia in Gilmer County.
This proposal calls for the permanent closure and rehabilitation of all trails incorporated in the Anderson Creek OHV Trail System. ...
Read the full Forest Service letter here
Needless to say, we do not agree with this proposal, especially considering all the promises and plans made by the Forest Service in the past.
In response to the request for public input, we wrote a number of letters, one of which is shown below:
Temporary Closure Notice
November 14, 2003
Anderson Creek OHV Trails in north Georgia were temporarily closed by the U.S. Forest on November 14, 2003 by the U.S. Forest Service for a complete restoration project:
Forest Service Sign at entrance
Forest Service Press Release (they removed their web page)
The Georgia clubs in Southern Four Wheel Drive Association are working with the US Forest Service to rebuild the Anderson Creek OHV Area.
