sagebrush
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Access: Access to public land is becoming increasingly difficult. In exploring this issue, we can see that several factors contribute to this problem including: private landowners reducing access across their lands, increased forest road closures, and increased wilderness designations.
Arizona is among the top five states in wilderness area - home to more than 4.5 million acres of wilderness. In addition, there is another 800,000 plus acres that are currently being evaluated for wilderness designation. That would be a nearly 18% increase in wilderness designation which would mean fewer access points and more challenges for AZGFD to manage our wildlife unimpeded by wilderness use restrictions.
To make matters worse, there is a continuous application of pressure from extreme environmental groups to force the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to close more roads. In fact, the most recent proposed travel management plans for forests in Arizona call for even more restrictions on camping and closure of more roads!
I thought I ran into Chris Denham at the Sonoran Desert Heritage open house when they were soliciting comments on the 700,000 acre wilderness proposal between I-10 and I-8. He spent an hour telling me why I was a fool for not supporting it. Which side of their mouth are they talking out of now?
Access: Access to public land is becoming increasingly difficult. In exploring this issue, we can see that several factors contribute to this problem including: private landowners reducing access across their lands, increased forest road closures, and increased wilderness designations.
Arizona is among the top five states in wilderness area - home to more than 4.5 million acres of wilderness. In addition, there is another 800,000 plus acres that are currently being evaluated for wilderness designation. That would be a nearly 18% increase in wilderness designation which would mean fewer access points and more challenges for AZGFD to manage our wildlife unimpeded by wilderness use restrictions.
To make matters worse, there is a continuous application of pressure from extreme environmental groups to force the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to close more roads. In fact, the most recent proposed travel management plans for forests in Arizona call for even more restrictions on camping and closure of more roads!
I thought I ran into Chris Denham at the Sonoran Desert Heritage open house when they were soliciting comments on the 700,000 acre wilderness proposal between I-10 and I-8. He spent an hour telling me why I was a fool for not supporting it. Which side of their mouth are they talking out of now?
