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Shawnee Wilderness Area Management Plan - Call for Comments |
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Friday, 18 September 2009 |
 Call To Action – Comments Required by October 20, 2009!
Proposed Changes to the 2009-2019 Shawnee Wilderness Area Management Plan and Recommended Revisions
Note: The deadline for comments was extended following advocacy work done by a coalition comprised of Buckeye Forest Council, Ohio Environmental Council, Sierra Club Ohio Chapter, and Voices For The Forest. We are grateful for all the effort these groups put into assuring Ohioans have a fair opportunity to review and comment on the significant changes to the Shawnee Wilderness Area Management Plan.
See the original, current and proposed Shawnee Wilderness Area Management Plans at:
ODNR Division of Forestry State Forests & Recreation
Send your comments in an e-mail to State Forest Program Administrator Nate Kirk at:
Nate.Kirk@dnr.state.oh.us
Note: The Buckeye Forest Council has had significant help with drafting and editing of the following comments from Phil and Heather Cantino, and Chad Ferguson (Ohio Wilderness League). We thank them all and note that the views stated here do not necessarily reflect the opinions of all contributors.
The proposed Shawnee Wilderness Area Plan, developed with no public input, in contradiction to past practice as well as to the authorizing Ohio Revised Code (1503.43), should not be adopted. It significantly weakens the current (1999-2009) plan in a number of ways (detailed below).
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Division of Forestry Open Houses |
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Friday, 24 July 2009 |
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Forest Plans Now Posted
ODNR Division of Forestry - State Forest Open Houses for Fiscal Year 2010
Buckeye Forest Council members and friends have an incredible opportunity to make an impact on the decision making process of the Ohio Division of Forestry (DOF). Open houses have been announced for most Ohio State Forests. To review these plans please go to:
Visit ODNR Division of Forestry State Forests & Recreation
If you are interested in participating in this process please click here to e-mail us.
We will be reviewing the plans, making recommendations, and expressing our concerns about DOF forest management practices at each Open House.
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Press Release Wednesday, June 24 2009 |
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
Money to Burn: A prescription for destructive fire on public land?
Environmental coalition calls for investigation, files complaints
June 24, 2009. For immediate release.
Contact: David Maywhoor: 614-487-9290, 614-738-0100 (c), david@buckeyeforestcouncil.org
Complete list of contacts and supporting documents below.
 In a telephone press conference Wednesday, a
coalition of citizens and environmental groups called on the Strickland
administration to “rein in Ohio Division of Forestry (ODOF) and conduct
a full public investigation of its disastrous prescribed burn program,
including April’s 2870-acre Shawnee Forest fire, and financial
incentives for DOF to burn.” The group explained in the phone
conference why such an investigation must examine:
- ODOF knowledge of and failure to heed extreme
fire danger conditions that indicated a high probability of their
prescribed burn escaping
- arson charges brought by ODOF during the fire, which the prosecutor has recommended be dropped
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preparations for the burn (permitted for 250 acres) that eventually
burned 2870 acres of Shawnee State Forest at great cost and danger to
people and property
- the link between federal fire money and ODOF activity, and
- fire impacts on Ohio forests, local economies, and public health.
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