Dear Interested Party:
The Pacific Southwest Region of the USDA Forest Service has finalized the Programmatic
Agreement among the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest
Service, Intermountain Region's Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, California
State Historic Preservation Officer, and Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation Regarding the Process for Compliance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act for Designating Motor Vehicle Routes and
Managing Motorized Recreation on the National Forests in California
(Motorized Recreation PA). The agreement document is designed to consider the
effects on historic properties from route designation and motor vehicle
recreation projects. Originally, it was referenced by the short title of the
OHV PA.
Many interested parties provided comments on the draft of this agreement
document. The Forest Service wishes to inform the public about how its comments
were taken into consideration in finalizing the Motorized Recreation PA.
Provided are two documents that detail the responses to submitted comments: Response
to Comments on and Changes to the Programmatic Agreement. Also included is
a list of all 76 comments received along with references as to whether they
were substantive or nonsubstantive comments. The page and line references in
the Response to Comments document are keyed to the draft OHV PA on
which comments were based. The final Motorized Recreation PA has no line
references, and the page numbers differ from the draft due to changes made;
however, the stipulation and appendix numbers remain the same and can be used
for cross-referencing.
Copies of all these documents – the draft
OHV PA, the final
Motorized Recreation PA,
may be accessed electronically by viewing them at or downloading
them from the Pacific Southwest Region’s website at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/rwhr/ohvpa.shtml. Be advised that two of the
documents are large: the draft OHV PA is 84 pages, and the final Motorized
Recreation PA is 86 pages. Hard copies may be requested by writing Heritage
Program Leader, Pacific Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service, 1323 Club Drive,
Vallejo, CA 94592, or by calling 707-562-8854.
The Forest Service wishes to thank all interested parties for taking the
time to comment on how the values of historic resources will be considered when
implementing motor vehicle recreation projects, including route designation.
Public comments have assisted the Forest Service in preserving historic
properties while accommodating motorized recreation uses.
Sincerely,
/s/ Beth G. Pendleton (for)
BERNARD WEINGARDT
Regional Forester