United Four Wheel Drive Associations
An International Organization
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Category: Press Releases Date: Feb 24 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Appeal Filed in Florida to Stop 1000 Miles of Route Closures United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA) and the Florida Four Wheel Drive Association (FL4WDA) have filed appeals opposing the closure of more then 1000 mile of routes in the Ocala National forest in Florida. The closures were made as part of an access designation project when several areas in the Ocala National Forest were closed to cross-country travel. Sixty of the sixty-one concentrated use areas were also closed through this project decision. The FL4WDA has been instrumental in participating in the access designation work group over the past 5 years. Consensus was reached on several issues by the work group, including closure of some routes. However, the group failed to reach consensus on the status of concentrated use areas. Failure to evaluate the appropriateness of having more than one of the sixty-one concentrated use areas open, coupled with a failure to analyze the environmental effects of concentrating use on half the amount of routes, was one of several National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) violations cited in the appeal. Document 1 http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/2006_feis_appeal.pdf Document 2 http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/APPEAL_ONF_AccessDesignation_Feb_2006.pdf # # # United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA) is the leading representative for four wheel drive enthusiasts. UFWDA is a group of individuals, clubs, state, regional, provincial and national associations and businesses in the United States and around the world; our members span the globe from the U.S. and Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Japan, South Africa, and Iceland. If you would like more information on how you can be a part of this effort contact United Four Wheel Drive Associations today at 14525 SW Millikan Way #22622, Beaverton, OR 97005-2343, 1-800-448-3932 or visit www.ufwda.org. Carla Boucher, Attorney United Four Wheel Drive Associations P.O. Box 15696 Chesapeake, VA 23328 (757) 546-7969 Jason Kawaja, President Florida Four Wheel Drive Association (352) 392-4568 |