Travel Analysis Public Meetings Next Week

Release Date: Aug 19, 2015

Contact(s): Kristi Schroeder, 530-622-5061


The Eldorado National Forest announces the release of the Draft Travel Analysis Report (TAR) and is soliciting your input on the findings. The draft report, its appendices, and maps can be viewed on the Eldorado National Forest website Friday afternoon at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/eldorado/home/?cid=stelprd3848944 .

As a reminder, three public meetings to share the report are scheduled for:

  • Monday, August 24, 2015 5:00 to 8:00 pm, Pollock Pines Community Center, 2675 Sanders Drive, Pollock Pines, CA 95726
  • Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:00 to 7:00 pm, Georgetown Ranger Station, US Forest Service, 7600 Wentworth Springs Road Georgetown, CA 95634
  • Thursday, August 27, 2015 5:00 to 8:00 pm, Amador County Admin Building, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642

Forest staff will explain how the Draft Travel Analysis Report was developed, answer questions about the Travel Analysis Process (TAP), and share maps and findings of the Report.

The Travel Analysis Process is mandated by the 2005 Travel Management Rule and requires that forests provide a safe, financially and environmentally sustainable road system. The Travel Analysis Process fulfills the requirement in Subpart A of the 2005 Travel Management Rule that requires forests to use a science-based roads analysis process to help identify the minimum road system.

“It is very important that the public understands that I will not be closing roads or adding roads with this process”, says Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree. “The Travel Analysis Process does not produce a decision, but rather a set of recommendations for future planning regarding management of the forest’s road system.”

Input will be most useful if received by September 14, 2015. Email comments can be sent to thomasmgoebel@fs.fed.us with the subject line “TAP comments”. Input can be faxed to (530) 621-5297. Hard copy comments can dropped off at the Forest Service Supervisor’s Office during normal business hours (8:00-4:30, Monday through Friday), or can be mailed to Tom Goebel, Eldorado National Forest, 100 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667.

Comments will be most helpful if they include specific information or suggestions: for example, information about risks or benefits of specific roads. We would also appreciate any corrections of information in the draft report, suggestions about improving the analysis process, and suggestions about any future changes to specific roads. The TAP does not consider routes that are currently not on the National Forest Transportation System, nor does it consider motorized or non-motorized trails. Comments that focus on existing open National Forest system roads will be the most useful.

For more information regarding this project go to the Eldorado National Forest website at www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado.

USFS