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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 Local & Entertainment Bebe’s word search WWNF: Subpart A draft CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The USFS work on the Travel Management Plan for the WWNF began in 2007 to meet the mandates of the 2005 Travel Man- agement Rule. The fi rst plan was fi nalized in 2012 and was then withdrawn by then WWNF Supervisor Monica Schwalbach. Currently, the USFS has completed a draft of Subpart A of the WWNF Travel Management Plan. “Subpart A is a minimum road and travel analysis required under the 2005 Travel Management Rule,” said Montoya in a June 23rd interview. “The Subpart A draft is a suite of recommendations to show what‘s needed for the For- est Service to manage the forest and could include opening roads, closing roads, decommissioning of roads, or converting non- motorized trails to motor- ized use.” Montoya expects the Subpart A document to be available to the public by the end of this summer or by early fall. Public meetings in northeastern Oregon ad- dressing Subpart A begin this July with the fi rst meeting likely held in Wal- lowa County, according to Montoya. The public meetings are facilitated by Jack South- worth who has worked in Harney County as a member of the High Desert Partnership. The meetings are open to the public and focus on specifi c topics important to the region including grazing, access and wilderness related top- ics, and pace and scale of forest restoration. Montoya emphasizes that Subpart A is not a deci- sion-making document but contains recommendations that could be referred to in site-specifi c project level decisions. “It is an analysis for the Forest Service to look at what the Forest needs to administer the land. It doesn’t take into account what is needed for public use,” Montoya explains. The road system needed in the WWNF for public use is documented by the USFS within Subpart B of the WWNF Travel Management Plan and has already been completed. Subpart B was started in 2007 and was part of the decision that was with- drawn by Schwalbach in 2012. Subpart B also includes the existing con- ditions road map showing which roads are open and which roads are closed, according to Montoya. When asked the reason the USFS continues work on the Travel Management Plan Subpart A under the old 1990 Blue Mountain Forest Management Plan and before the adoption of the newly revised Blue Mountain Forest Manage- ment Plan Montoya said, “We think we have enough information to do Subpart A. We know the road sys- tem and there is no reason to delay it because you’re doing a forest plan. I don’t expect much change from the new forest plan.” The ongoing saga regarding the manage- ment of the road system in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest continues with a sustained level of angst between local indi- viduals and organizations advocating for an open forest policy and the USFS supervisory staff tasked with fulfi lling the mandate of the 2005 Travel Man- agement Rule. Background. The battle between the federal agency working on a new road system desig- nation and local residents working to maintain open motorized access to the local forest land goes back to 2007 when the USFS began working on a Travel Management Plan to meet the mandate of the 2005 Travel Management Rule. The 2005 Travel Man- agement Rule was sent down from the Department of Agriculture and printed in the Federal Register, effective Dec. 9, 2005, requiring the USFS to de- velop and implement a sys- tem of designated routes for motorized travel on all Nation Forest System lands. Since the beginning of that Travel Management Plan in 2007, the WWNF- Region 6 has had fi ve different USFS supervisors and, above them, two dif- ferent Regional Foresters in the Portland Region 6 offi ce. The USFS worked on the Travel Management Plan for the WWNF for about fi ve years, released a fi nal decision in 2012, and then shortly thereafter withdrew that fi nal plan. THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 11 This week’s crossword puzzle SEE SUBPART A PAGE 12 — Random Acts of Kindness — Each week The Baker County Press will in- clude a list—all anony- mous, of course—of the good deeds and random acts of kind- ness people from around the area have witnessed. To include something you’ve seen or experienced, email News@TheBakerCoun- The tyPress.com with “Ran- dom Acts of Kindness” in the subject line. We’ll be sure to include your story. • I was at a cafe in Boise ordering takeout when someone saw me order in uniform. When I went to pay for it, it was already paid for. I have no idea who did it. I’ve had that hap- pen with coffee, too. Saw that it happened to someone last week and thought I’d write in. • I just appreciated the man who held open the door for me when I was walking into the post offi ce the other day. I had an armful and the politeness was great. Baker County Press Subscribe Today! Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Email address: Phone: E-Only $29.95/yr. Print (Delivery) $39.95/yr. Inside Baker City City Limits Only Print (Mail) $49.95/yr. Outside Baker City City Limits Only 1. Make check payable to: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2. Mail the check with this completed form to: PO Box 567, Baker City, Ore. 97814 To pay by credit card, please visit www.Th eBakerCountyPress.com Across Down 1- As ___ resort; 6- ___ Lang Syne; 10- Scarlett’s home; 14- Same here; 15- La ___ Tar Pits; 16- Bakery worker; 17- Old anesthetic; 18- Turkish titles; 19- Clench; 20- Forebrain; 23- Business card abbr.; 24- Stephen of “The Crying Game”; 25- Best; 26- Silent assent; 27- Tardiness; 32- I cannot tell ___; 35- Protection; 36- Kind of cross; 37- Describe fully; 41- Mess up; 42- Pertaining to birth; 43- Downhill racer; 44- Catamaran, for one; 46- Comparative suffi x; 48- ___ few rounds; 49- Plague; 50- Space; 53- Overall confi gura- tion; 58- Roster; 59- ___ Arabian Nights; 60- Skater Slutskaya; 61- First name in dare- deviltry; 62- Achy; 63- Tending to a defi nite end; 64- “Venerable” English monk; 65- Geraint’s beloved; 66- Cosmetician Lauder; 1- Highly skilled; 2- Brit’s bottle measure; 3- Playwright Fugard; 4- Fr. holy women; 5- Bullfi ghter; 6- Manila hemp plant; 7- Craving; 8- Jump; 9- Recipe amount; 10- Young of a male tiger and a female lion; 11- Pattern of plant growth; 12- Jockey’s strap; 13- Dada pioneer; 21- Beatty of “Super- man”; 22- This is only ___; 26- Japanese computer giant; 27- Sic on; 28- I’ve Got ___ in Ka- lamazoo; 29- Metal, often used as a container; 30- Fill to the gills; 31- Took action against; 32- Experts; 33- Old Italian money; 34- Watered; 35- Dog star; 38- Open, as a gate; 39- Warhol subject; 40- Neighbor of Syr.; 45- Place; 46- Debtor’s note; 47- Stir to action; 49- Examined furtively; 50- Culpability; 51- Golfer Palmer, to his army; 52- Freedom from war; 53- Relocate; 54- Seine feeder; 55- Before long; 56- Amos or Spelling; 57- ___ bien!; 58- Johnny ___;
