The first draft of the Environmental Impact Study will be completed by October 2002. Pasadena resident Loren Lutz says he and others are upset with the current proposal over its treatment of recreation. A video clip describing the recreation plan also does not include hunting and fishing. Anderson said now is the time for those interested in the forest to submit their ideas. We have off-highway groups, the Sierra Club, Quail Unlimited, Trout Unlimited.
People go to the forest to more than just hunt and fish.
We're talking dispersal recreation. L.A. County commissioner John Hyberger said some hunters and anglers are not necessarily upset with the plan but with the way the four forests are presenting it. The public does not have time to digest the scientific material, and the Forest Service personnel are not out there. They are saying that you have to go to them. There are very few people who can digest it and understand it.