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Wolf Pen Gap Closure
Started January 29, 2010 @ 7:23pm by wfopete
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wfopete
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| Wolf Pen Gap Closure | January 29, 2010 @ 7:23pm | Hmmmmm.
Lincoln Calls On Secretary of Agriculture to Reverse Wolf Pen Gap Closure
Says Access is Critical to Local Economy
Washington – U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Forest Service to reverse their decision to close areas of the Ouachita National Forest to off-highway vehicles. In a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today, Lincoln said plans to close the Wolf Pen Gap area to off-highway vehicles must be stopped in order to protect the local economies of Mena and other communities around the Ouachita National Forest area.
“Reasonable access to our nation’s public lands, for both jobs and recreation, is something many Arkansans depend upon. Tourism associated with off-highway vehicle use is important to the local economy in Mena and the surrounding communities, many of which have invested heavily in recreational businesses dependent upon the annual visitors to the Wolf Pen Gap trail system. I firmly support the local community’s effort to reverse this decision and urge Secretary Vilsak and the Forest Service to work with the local community to develop a reasonable approach to balancing recreation and sound management of our precious natural resources”, said Lincoln.
Lincoln also met with Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell earlier this week to express concerns about the decision to close the Wolf Gap area. She sent a follow up letter to Tidwell echoing her concerns.
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wfopete
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| January 29, 2010 @ 7:40pm | Unfortunately the politicians are only in this fight from an economic standpoint. They really could care less about the issue of riding rights.
Pete Petrick
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