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Jessup River Wild Forest UMP 2010 Amendment
Jessup River Wild Forest UMP 2010 Amendment

The recently issued amendment 2010 draft amendment to the 2005/2006 Jessup River Wild Forest Unit Management Plan has a number of signifigant negative changes.   NYSSA is very concerned that the are trail closures that are unnecessary under the guidelines and as a result will isolate users and businesses who have historically had access to the trail system.  The amendment should have leveraged the  Class I Trail guidelines to preserve access by residents, visitors and businesses.  

Your calls, e-mails, and letters are needed to preserve trail access to all snowmobilers.

If you utitlize the example letter, it is critical that you personalize, edit and add your own comments on this matter for your letter to count.
JRWF Example Letter (MS word format)
JRWF Example Letter (text file)

The entire set of JRWF UMP Plan documents can be downloaded from the NYSDEC website HERE

There is a summary of the amendment from the NYSDEC at the bottom of this page, and the specific amendment on which the DEC is currently accepting comments on can be found HERE

Comments are due to the NYS DEC by February 19, 2010 to the attention of Mr. Thomas Kapelewski.     

Thomas Kapelewski, Senior Forester, NYS DEC
PO Box 1316
Northville, NY 12134
Fax: (518) 863-2546
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST INCLUDE A SUBJECT LINE OR THE COMMENT EMAIL WILL NOT BE RECEIVED OR RECORDED

All DEC UMPs and process on DEC website HERE
 
Snow Returns 1/27/2010
Well, a day of rain, but at least the cold and snows have returned a day later.


Snowing this morning at Lake Pleasant Central School

Check the latest National Weather Service forecast HERE
 
Update January 18th
First let me apologize for not sending out an update for the last few weeks but things got very hectic w/ the holiday weekend grooming and all of the news regarding the JRWF UMP.  This past weekend the trails were groomed almost nonstop but the warm temperatures and high volume of sleds took their toll.  A few inches of new snow has arrived and at this point any new snow is a welcome sight.  We will continue to groom and keep the trails as smooth as possible.
 
This past month John Nilsen has taken over Trail Boss duties for the Speculator Tree Farm and will maintain the BR-60+ groomer.  John is a long time Speculator resident and he spent many hours back in the day riding the old Speculator Trail System so his knowledge of the tree farm is ideal.  We thank John for taking on this role and helping us make the trail system the best it can be.
 
Hopefully snow and cold temps are in the forecast so we can get the trails back into excellent condition.
 
Thanks
Bob C.
Unit # Model Year Hr Miles
T1 BR-110 1997 39 116
T2 BR-60+ 1991 16 48
1 Skandic SWT 2001 19 95
2 Skandic SWT 1998 0 0
4 Skandic SWT 1999 15 75
6 Grizzly 2007 0 0
89 334
 
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