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U.S. Forest Service Releases Plan Restricting the Use of Motor Vehicles in the Kaibab National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service released a Travel Management Project (TMP) for the Williams Ranger District within the Kaibab National Forest. The TMP will determine the future use of roads and trails for motorized access into the forest and can be viewed on-line at http://fs.usda.gov/goto/kaibab/projects.

Public comments are being accepted until Sunday, March 7 and can be emailed to: comments-southwestern-kaibab-williams@fs.fed.us or mailed to Martie Schramm, Williams District Ranger, 742 South Clover Road, Williams, AZ 86046.

The TMP will affect what is labeled as Motorized Big Game Retrieval (MBGR). The TMP states that motor vehicles could be allowed within a specified distance of certain designated routes and within specified time periods solely for the purposes of retrieving a downed big game animal by an individual who has legally taken that animal. However, motorized off-road travel for other hunting activities, such as scouting or accessing a favorite hunting site, would not be allowed. Any game retrieval that is not specifically allowed in the final TMP would require non-motorized methods.

Four management alternatives are described and all address MBGR. Alternative 1, the No Action Alternative, would allow big game retrieval to continue to be allowed across the Ranger District. Alternative 2, the alternative supported by the Forest Service, would allow MBGR with restrictions. Alternative 3 would increase the MBGR restrictions. Alternative 4 would prohibit the use of motor vehicles for MBGR off the designated road system. The TMP addresses the impacts of the alternatives on camping as well.

It is important for those sportsmen and women who depend upon the Kaibab National Forest, and particularly the Williams Ranger District, for big game hunting to review the TMP and comment on the four alternatives. The Forest Service needs to know how the alternatives would affect your ability to hunt on these forest lands and which of the alternatives, if any, you support.

The Forest Service will be hosting two meetings on the TMP. The first will be held on Wednesday, February 24 at the Williams Ranger Station from 6-8 p.m. and the second will be held at the Williams Recreation Center (301 W. Railroad Ave., Williams) on Saturday, March 6 from 1-3 p.m. For further information, please call 928-635-5614.
 
They are like a malignancy, if they suffer a set back or remission in one area they pop up like a new tumor somewhere else and just keep eating away. All of our Regulatory Agencies have been populated with this type of college graduate since the colleges are basically bastions of socialist ideology. It appears to me that all of the 50-60's pinko's moved into enviromentalism to continue their socialist agendas.
 
We went to every one of the meetings, sent letters, made phone calls and we (land users) still got screwed. I tried to talk with the Kaibab Supervisor several times and all she did was turn her back to me and act like I wasn't there.

I was over in Flagstaff a few years ago talking to a couple of guys from the office there and one of them told me "I don't want your type in my forest". The conversation went down hill from there.
 
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First they charge us a fee for vehicles under 1800 lbs. Then they close the roads those vehicles use. Does this mean the off road fee will dissapear??? Doubt it!!
 
Contacting a Federal agency to deliver input always falls on deaf ears. It looks to me like legislation or pressure from { OUR } lawmakers is the only way to slow this down. The forest service needs to leave our existing roads alone. Does anyone out there now any local officials that could be contacted to help us put a stop to the loss of the access to public lands we have had for generations.
 
Originally Posted By: BucksnboldersContacting a Federal agency to deliver input always falls on deaf ears. It looks to me like legislation or pressure from { OUR } lawmakers is the only way to slow this down. The forest service needs to leave our existing roads alone. Does anyone out there now any local officials that could be contacted to help us put a stop to the loss of the access to public lands we have had for generations.

Stae Senator Frank Antenori is probably one of the best friends that the hunters in AZ have. Here is his info from the state website:

http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=34&Legislature=49&Session_ID=87

He was instrumental in getting the laws chagned in the state to allow hunters to be placed under AZGFD jurisdiction, and stop the municipalities from locking us out of some great hunting areas. I met with him at a meeting of the Southern Arizona Wildlife Callers, where he and representatives of AZGFD outlined the recent changes to the game and fish laws. He seemed to be a real down to earth guy, that has real passion for hunters. I talked with him about several issues, adn he gave every point real concern and attention. I did not get that "I need a shower" feeling like you tend to get from other politicians.
 
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