The guidelines are currently in draft form and will likely be published in the Federal Register for public comment sometime in 2001. National direction is that the Forest Service will follow the draft guidelines and any revisions until the final rule is published. The draft guidelines recognize that the necessity of maintaining the appropriateness of the setting might exclude certain mobility enhancing equipment including ATVs and OHRVs. Maintaining the setting means not allowing motorized access for people with disabilities to areas that are identified as non-motorized in the Forest Plan. This section identifies information that will be used to address issues and concerns.
Data is information organized for analysis or used as the basis for making a decision.
A related item, comparison measures, is data used to differentiate and select between different alternatives. These are actions needed to address issues and concerns during revision that do not fall into the above three categories. This section identifies public issues and management concerns that are addressed in the Working Papers for other revision topics. Neither age nor many physical disabilities limit the use of snowmobiles to get into the woods in areas absolutely inaccessible by any other means. Snowmobiles are an important way to provide access for people with disabilities.