USDA forest planning revision does not yet include aviation
May 10, 2011, 03:09 pm
The United States Department of Agriculture released its proposed revision of the U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule in February 2010. The proposal includes requirements to provide for resource management of energy, wildlife and water services, as well as outdoor recreation, but absent from the provision is a specific mention of aviation.
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The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, along with the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Idaho Aviation Association, attended public forums to push for the addition of aviation into the proposal.
"Recreational aviation use of our national forests will not happen without planning," said the AOPA airport policy manager, John Collins."If we are to preserve our current access, forest planners must be required to take existing back country airstrips into account in the planning rule."
The AOPA and the RAF suggest that recreation should be considered its own entity in the revisions because it can account for many different types of activities.
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