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Ban firearm hunting in Huron-Manistee National Forest?


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I got this in an NWTF email. Any locals have some insight?

Quote:
Court Ruling Puts Hunting Rights on Public Land in Danger

Your Action is Needed to Stop This Attack on Our Hunting Heritage

Federal Circuit Court ruling on the Forest Plan for the Huron-Manistee National

Forest in central Michigan mandated that the Forest consider banning all

firearm hunting on all or portions of 13 Semiprimitive Areas.

This court ruling sets a troubling precedent that could pose a threat to gun

hunting on portions of our federal lands across the nation.

On Dec. 28, the Forest Service published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to comply

with Court direction and develop a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

(SEIS) that will review the proposal to ban firearm hunting on the identified

areas.

The Forest Service proposes only two alternatives. The first is

“No-Action;” this would reaffirm existing management direction on the

Forest and continue to allow hunting on the identified areas. The second is

“Modified Closure Alternative;” this would ban firearm hunting on some

portion of the identified areas.

The Forest Service is accepting public comment on the two alternatives until

Feb. 11, 2011. It is critical that the sporting community stand united in

protecting our right to hunt because if we allow this to come to pass in

Michigan, it may be coming to your state next.

Below is a sample comment to help give you a starting point for developing your

comments. Please take a few moments to personalize your comments and include

what you believe to be the impact of a decision to ban gun hunting. Adding this

information will help the Forest Service make a well informed decision.

Sample Comments

I urge the Huron-Manistee National Forest to select the No-Action alternative

and continue to allow firearm hunting on all Semiprimitive Nonmotorized

Management Areas and the Nordhouse Dunes Primitive Area.

Language from the Circuit Court decision that prompted the development of the

SEIS suggesting that nonhunters who recreate on lands open to public hunting

should be able to do so “without ducking the occasional gunshot”

demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of American’s tradition of

responsible hunting.

The decision also ignores the many decades of harmonious coexistence between

hunters and other recreationists on public lands throughout Michigan and across

America.

The opportunity to hunt with a firearm exists for approximately 5 months

annually in Michigan. However, substantial hunter activity occurs for only a

handful of days each year in association with the gun deer season and several

weekends during other popular seasons.

As our nation works to introduce a greater proportion of our citizens to the

outdoors, it would be counterproductive to create artificial barriers to do so

by establishing zones where well-supported and long-practiced recreational uses

are no longer allowed.

I strongly urge the Huron-Manistee National Forest to aid in sustaining our

hunting heritage by selecting the No-Action Alternative as outlined in the

SEIS.

Information on the management plan and environmental impact statement is available here: Mgmt plan and EIS

Public comment information, including an email address to send comments to is available here: Public Comment

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