The agency should in no way sacrifice the ecological health of forest lands in order to establish forest-dependent industries. Promote stakeholder collaboration. We certainly support efforts to communicate with those who use or who care about the forests. However, such collaborations should not create an expectation that the desires of participants will be accommodated in planning documents. The agency must always be clear that participation in collaborative groups does not create a right to determine management direction.
Relationships See general comments on businesses and partnerships.
See comments on universal access above. Thank you for this opportunity to comment. As an organization that participates in both recreation and conservation-related activities, we are deeply concerned about the future of recreation on our public lands, and sincerely hope that the Forest Service will rethink this statement of its recreation philosophy.