I hope that people who care about this see it in time. I Was sent an email informing me that Forest service is considering selling of 300,000 acrs of land.

Pleae take the time to write if you care about this issue,or tell someone who does care. The comment period ends today.

Thanks,
Tommy D



Public comment period ends March 30th 2006 (Today)!!!! send your email today
opposing the
Secure Rural Schools Land Sales Initiative
to: SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us


the facts are:
The sale of public land is permanent!
Faced with decreased tax revenue the Forest Service does not have enough money to maintain the national forests or the school system. In order to pay for rural schools the administration has proposed the sale of 300,000 acres of national forest. Parcels of your favorite forests may be for sale!!!! It is a bad idea to sell our forests for temporary money problems.

description of proposal
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/rural/Fed%20Reg%2006-1862.pdf

listings by state of lands for sale
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html

pdf maps of lands for sale
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/rural-pdf.shtml

Public commentary ends tommorrow so don't waste time send an email to:
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments by e-mail to
SRS_Land_Sales@fs.fed.us, by facsimile
to (202) 205�1604, or by mail to USDA
Forest Service, SRS Comments, Lands
4S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Mailstop 1124, Washington, DC 20250�
0003. Electronic submission is preferred.
If you submit your comments by e-mail
or fax, you do not need to send a paper
copy by mail.
Your comments may address the
entire list of parcels identified in the
President�s proposal, or an individual
parcel or parcels on that list. If you are
commenting about a specific parcel on
the list, it would be helpful to provide
the parcel�s number from the list and all
information specifically related to the
sale of that parcel.

Looks like those rural schools that survive with this funding could have some great courses for EDGE disc golf programs. I wish I could afford a few hundred acres. I'm guessing there will be some sweet property in there for several hundred private disc golf courses to go along with those nice private courses I would guess you're familiar with in Virginia. Thanks for the heads up.

I think he meant for you to be thankful for the opportunity to try and prevent the sales, not thankful for the opportunity to participate in the sales.

Most of the offerings are fairly small parcels (around 40 acres) but quite a few are above 200 acres.

Perhaps you expect my posts to never be tongue in cheek /msgboard/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

(BTW, I'm a long term member of the Nature Conservancy and National Arbor Day Foundation.)

I was, but dropped out.

I would really like to purchase a few hundred acres of Francis Marion National Forest.