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<\/a><\/p>\nThe overall objective of this proposal is to provide a manageable and sustainable system of roads, trails, and areas designated for OSV use within the STF. The proposed action also identifies trails for grooming and adopts the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division\u2019s snow depth standards for that purpose.
\n\u201cWe really value dialog with interested members of the public regarding our OSV program,\u201d said Scott Tangenberg, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Stanislaus National Forest, \u201cand we look forward to discussing options at our upcoming open houses.\u201d<\/p>\n
The open houses will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the following locations:
\nJuly 13, 2015, Perry Walther Community Building, 325 Creekside Drive, Bear Valley, CA 95223
\nJuly 14, 2015, Calaveras Ranger District Office, 5519 Highway 4, Hathaway Pines, CA 95233
\nJuly 21, 2015, Pinecrest Elementary School, 30433 Old Strawberry Road in Pinecrest, CA 95375
\nJuly 22, 2015, Stanislaus National Forest Supervisors Office, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA 95370<\/p>\n
For over 30 years, the Forest Service has enhanced winter recreation opportunities, including snowmobiling, by working in cooperation with the California Department of Parks and Recreation (California State Parks) Off-highway Motor Vehicle Division. Highlights of the proposed plan could enhance that use by:<\/p>\n
\uf076 Identifying approximately 54 miles of designated OSV trails that would be groomed on
\nthe Forest;
\n\uf076 Joining forces with Tuolumne and Alpine Counties to groom Clark\u2019s Fork Road (9 miles)
\nand the Highland Lakes Road (5 miles);
\n\uf076 Designating 98 miles of ungroomed OSV routes;
\n\uf076 Designating 141,073 acres for open OSV riding;
\n\uf076 Grooming trails when there is 12-18 inches of snow;
\n\uf076 Implementing a Forest-wide snow depth requirement for OSV use when there is a
\nminimum of 12 inches of continuous and supportable snow covering the landscape at
\n5,000 feet in elevation and above. Stanislaus Meadow, on the Calaveras RD, will require
\na minimum snow depth of 24 inches.
\n\uf076 Amending the Forest Plan to allow winter OSV use in the Pacific Valley and portions of
\nthe Eagle Night Near Natural areas.<\/p>\n
The Stanislaus National Forest OSV Use Designation is now available for your review through
\nAugust 10, 2015. To view and comment go to:
\nhttp:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/project\/?project=46311<\/p>\n
Although not required, if you plan to attend any of the workshops listed above, please R.S.V.P.
\nto OSV ID Team Leader Phyllis Ashmead at 209-532-3671, ext. 322 or email @
\npashmead@fs.fed.us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest (STF) will be hosting several open houses, in July, regarding the Over-Snow Vehicle (OSV) proposed action. \u201cThe meetings will provide an opportunity for members of the public to learn more about the OSV proposed action,\u201d said Phyllis Ashmead, Interdisciplinary Team Leader for the project, \u201cwhile affording them a chance to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22,5,4,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arnold","category-bear-valley","category-government","category-life-style","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/usfslogo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}