Attend if you canFor Immediate Release
March 13, 2007
Forest Service To Hold Information Meetings on Vehicle Route Designation Process
Clovis, California - Traveling the back roads and trails in the Sierra National Forest on a motorized vehicle has been a popular forest recreational use since the 1950’s. By the year 2008, the Sierra National Forest, with the assistance of interested publics, intends to have a mapped designated route system in place that will provide for motorized vehicle opportunities while protecting the environment.
"Before we start preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to designate a system of motorized vehicle routes we will be conducting three informational meetings to familiarize people with the motorized vehicle route designation process and discuss changes the Forest has made to the process since 2006, when work started on this effort," stated Ed Cole, Forest Supervisor. The informational meetings will be held at the following dates and locations:
March 24-Clovis-Sierra National Forest, 1600 Tollhouse Road, 2-4 pm
March 26-Oakhurst-Oakhurst Community Center, 39800 Road 425B, 6-8 pm
March 29-Mariposa-Best Western, 4999 Highway 140, 6-8 pm
If you can not attend our informational meetings and would like more information please visit or website at
www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/projects/ohv/index.shtml.
In 2006, the Sierra National Forest started the motorized route designation process by doing a complete inventory of all motorized routes, including “user created routes” that were made by people traveling off road. These routes were inventoried and displayed on maps that were shared with the public last year. The next step will be to initiate an environmental impact statement (EIS) to designate a motorized vehicle route system which is expected to be completed by 2008.