Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation ...

Final Environmental Impact Statement Rio de los Pinos Vegetation Management Project
6.1 Introduction
CHAPTER 6
Responses to Comment
As a result of a 45-day comment period, the Forest Service received three letters or e-mails in
response to the EA for Comment. The Interdisciplinary Team reviewed these letters, identified
the substantive comments, and replied to those comments. Some comments resulted in changes
to the EIS, while others resulted only in an explanation of the rationale for the analysis
conducted. For an overview of the public involvement process and participants, see section 1.14.
To review changes to the EIS which resulted from public comment, see section 1.15.
Forest Service responses to comments are addressed within this chapter. Each response
references an indexed letter and a specific comment. For example, Public Comment 1-1 can be
found in Letter 1, comment 1 of Appendix E. As indicated, all received letters are indexed and
displayed in Appendix E. Table 6.1-1 displays the index number assigned to each letter
received.
Table 6.1-1. Index of Public Comments in Appendix E
Index # Commenter Contact Type Date Representing
1 Rocky Smith Letter 01/13/2010 Colorado Wild, WildEarth
Bryan Bird
Guardians
2 Joanie Berde Letter 12/11/2009 Carson Forest Watch
3 Larry Svoboda Letter 01/14/2010 US EPA Region 8
6.2 Responses to Comments
Following are the Forest Service responses to Public Comments.
Forest Service Response to Comment 1-1:
Thank you for the comment. The stated acreage of the 7 th level watershed of concern
(13010005050101) that lies within the WIZ (100 feet of all stream channels) in the DEIS was
inaccurate and has been corrected. Its acreage is approximately 216 acres, or 20 percent of the
total watershed area. No harvest activities are permitted within wet areas, so no damage from
heavy equipment would occur within them.
Forest Service Response to Comment 1-2:
As noted in the response to Comment 1-1, the amount of acreage in the WIZ is approximately
216 acres. In Map A-2, the harvest exclusion zones include the WIZ adjacent to stream channels
and other wet or riparian areas identified during field marking. No logging will occur in these
zones and any stream crossings or other entry by equipment would need to be approved by the
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