FS lands up for sale that might have caves on them

[Ernie Coffman]

Here's a link for the forest lands that are going to be on the block, what with this new proposal that came out yesterday in the news. You might want to bring it up and see if your state has any lands that might have caves on it, so you can begin opposing that sale. Hmmm?

Here is a link to a FS web site that lists the lands proposed for sale:
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html

[Lynn]

Here's the link to a LA Times article about the sale.

Large Sale of Forest Planned
By Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer
The White House wants to help pay for rural roads and schools by auctioning 300,000 acres of what it considers non-vital parcels.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printeditio ... &cset=true

[Lynn]

Forestland on Sale List Not All Bare
By Bettina Boxall and Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writers

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REDDING — Mountain property with dramatic views, the headwaters of salmon streams, tall timber and rugged backcountry, even a cave or two — all could be sold as part of a Bush administration proposal to auction roughly 300,000 acres of national forestland to fund rural schools and roads.

Administration officials have characterized the land, more than a quarter of which is in California, as isolated parcels that don't belong in the 193-million-acre national forest system because they're expensive to manage and aren't vital to wildlife or recreation.

But a closer look at the 85,500 California acres that the U.S. Forest Service listed for possible sale two weeks ago reveals that the tracts aren't all scraggly odds and ends. According to interviews with local forest officials and conservationists, some of the land — most of which lies in Northern California — borders scenic river corridors or has been proposed for possible wilderness protection by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). Some has valuable timber. Other acreage provides winter range for deer or habitat for threatened species.
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http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-forests2 ... tla-news-1