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SUBMIT COMMENTS TO PROTECT OHV RECREATION AT CHRISTMAS VALLEY SAND DUNES

Posted by JT on 6/27/2024 to Industry News
SUBMIT COMMENTS TO PROTECT OHV RECREATION AT CHRISTMAS VALLEY SAND DUNES
Go fill out Chapters 1-4 and fight to keep these dunes open:

*Use the following link and go to the “PARTICIPATE NOW” icon for Chapters 1-4 and submit your own letter or use this sample letter. This is important as all letters will be counted and numbers cited in subsequent agency news releases and media articles.

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/114300/510


HERE IS A SAMPLE LETTER TO USE:

SAMPLE LETTER------------

BLM Lakeview District
1301 South G Street
Lakeview, OR 97630


Dear Planning Team:

I write to comment on the Lakeview Draft RMP Amendment and Draft EIS to amend the 2003 Lakeview Resource Management Plan.

As a recreationist, I strongly oppose Alternative C - the preferred alternative -that would CLOSE the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes to OHV use. Christmas Valley is listed on the BLM’s national recreation map as one of its Top Recreation Areas since it is the largest inland shifting sand dune system in the Pacific Northwest and is a popular destination for OHV enthusiasts.

The proposal to CLOSE the dunes at Christmas Valley ignores all of the important travel management projects and conservation efforts which make that site a model of how managed OHV recreation can sustainably flourish.

I urge the BLM to select Alternative D since it would keep Christmas Valley Dunes open for public use.

Thanks for your consideration of these comments.



Sincerely,