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Steve Phlogiston Purveyor
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 9:46 am
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I got this in the e-mail just now.
Dear Forest User:
I have withdrawn the September 26, 2003 Decision for the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Access and Travel Management Plan. My reason for this action is the need to complete special use agreements to specifically address the access rights of private inholders within the upper reaches of the Middle Fork. The September 26th decision was appealed under the agency’s administrative appeal procedures.
I feel that the original decision is a good decision. There is clearly a need, however, to address and resolve the issue of access for the inholders before we can implement the Decision Notice for this Plan. Given the agency’s appeal requirements, it is not possible to proceed to address the inholders’ access rights within the prescribed timeframe, unless I withdraw the decision.
I believe necessary steps to complete this process within the scope of the original decision will be completed in the next few months.
I look forward to your continued interest and involvement with this project and will keep you informed of our progress.
Sincerely,
/s/ Y. Robert Iwamoto
Y. ROBERT IWAMOTO
Acting Forest Supervisor
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Just got the same message, Merry Christmas
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Steve Phlogiston Purveyor
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Steve
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:05 am
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Reading the decision more carefully it still sounds like they intend to follow through with the plan they intended on implementing, however, they don't seem to have put much thought into how the inholders were going to get access.
Seems like another proof that the FS had a plan and were going to force it on everyone weather they/we liked it or not to save a few $.
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Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.
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Stefan Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 5085 | TRs | Pics
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Stefan
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:08 am
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Thanks to Goldmyer Hot Springs!
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Steve Phlogiston Purveyor
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Steve
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:02 am
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I expect the most they can do is to forestall the FS action, but I have little doubt the gate will be up on the planned Nov 2004 date anyway.
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:40 pm
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Now all we need to do is get *all* the owners of the property up the MFK designated as inholders so we can insure road access. After all, last time I looked the ALW was public property and I am a tax paying owner.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!
I'm buying a ROUND for everybody at the GTG tomarrow!
This is wonderful news. Sure they may infact decide to do this again, but it puts it off for YEARS!
TB
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17835 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:52 pm
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Maybe there is hope. BTW, I sent an email back asking them to monitor these public forums if they wanted to check actual pulse of the hiking community and get some authentic public comment instead of the mailbox stuffings they got during the "public comment period" from advocacy groups who put "the plan" together in the first place.
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:54 pm
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I'm not so certain about that, BPJ. They're pretty determined to do the gate and I'd guess that if they can possibly wrap it up in time for the scheduled closure, it will proceed as planned.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Does anyone know for sure who filed the appeal? When I checked the property records on on the parcels up by Hardscrable a couple were owned by groups which support the closure and others were held by "enviornmental" groups I had never heard of. I know the patented claims at LaBohn Gap are owned by a Winatchee Lawyer who is trying to get the FS to pay big bucks for them in a greenmail attempt. Someone mentioned goldmeyer HS, has that been confirmed?
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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touron Member
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics Location: Plymouth Rock |
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Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:35 pm
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Crystals from the Stobokor Claim. See pages 24 and 25 for lists of mining claims. There are still quite a few. One as late as 11/15/2001?
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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Oldtimer Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 63 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:13 pm
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Malachai Constant asks "Does anyone know for sure who filed the appeal?" [snip]
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Owners of mining claims appealed the Forest Service's plan. The FS plan would close the upper Mid Fork Road to motorized vehicles at Dingford Creek Trailhead and convert the rest of the road to trail for use by hikers, horses, and mtn bikers. Mining claim owners, and I suppose Goldmeyer HS, could maintain motorized access, but would have to pay for any road work beyond Dingford Creek. The appellants want the road to remain open to them, AND MAINTAINED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE. The law requires access to the property, but doesn't require the public to pay for it.
Someone acquired 20 acres of public land last year for a few dollars an acre by using the 1872 Mining Act. Now, if the mine claim owners have their way, the public--including you--will pay for access to the site. So, you're probably going to find the road gated at Dingford Creek, and pay to keep the rest of the road open for miners and Goldmeyer, unless you push for the alternative (E, I think) that gates the road at Dingford Creek and requires mine owners/Goldmeyer to pay for keeping the road open beyond the gate. In other words, unless the appeal is denied. Several organizations, including Sierra Club, ALPS, and WTA have formally intervened to oppose the appeal. Oldtimer (For my message, I "stole" bits of information from the Sierra Club's Cascade Checkerboard News, December 2003, p. 2)
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Tom Admin
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Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:52 pm
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Sore Feet Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6304 | TRs | Pics Location: Out There, Somewhere |
Grr. Goddamn politics. The folks at Goldmyer are good people, but if they want the road paid for by the public, they damn well better push for the road to not be gated.
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