Every comment and suggestion has value, whether expressed by one or a thousand respondents. All input is considered, and the analysis team attempts to capture all relevant public concerns in the analysis process. These included approximately 9,000 individual responses, approximately 36,700 forms and about 1,300 signatures on petitions. Individual Letters Letters and emails have come from the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and all 50 states. Many responses were received in a format that did not reveal geographic origin.
Geographic representation is recorded for each letter, facsimile or email.
14 Texas 50 Utah 22 Vermont 14 Virginia 16 Washington 60 West Virginia 2 Wisconsin 17 Wyoming 11 Unknown Location 629 Organizational Representation Responses were received from various organizations and unaffiliated individuals. Respondents include government representatives, environmental groups, agricultural and wood products industries and associations, and place based organizations, as well as unaffiliated individuals and others. Organization types were recorded for each letter, email, or fax received, if the sender identified an affiliation. Approximately 38,000 signatures reflect organized response campaigns, which generate similar or identical email, postcards, newspaper coupons, and letters. A form is an identical response submitted by five or more different respondents.