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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







RESOLUTION #18: TRAIL IN JARBIDGE CANYON IN NORTHEAST NEVADA (Toiyabe Chapter, Sierra Club, Marge Sill)


The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs favors the building of one and one-half miles of foot trail in Jarbidge Canyon from Pine Creek Campground to the Jarbidge wilderness boundary.
In 1996, the last one and one-half miles of the Jarbidge road south of the Pine Creek Campground in Northeast Nevada was washed out by a flood.  The U.S. Forest Service recently determined that rebuilding the road would have a deleterious effect on the bull trout, a U.S. threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, resident in the Jarbidge River.  However, Elko County officials attempted to rebuild the road using bull-dozers.  Due to national publicity about a "shovel brigade" effort by citizens, the Forest Service has decided to explore the possibility of rebuilding the road.  An Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared.  It will include several alternatives, including no action, rebuilding the road, and building a horse and foot access trail.  The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (the largest National Forest segment in the lower 48 states) has little money for road construction.  Because of these environmental and economic factors, careful construction of a trail for non-motorized use is favored.
Please contact: The Supervisor of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and ask for a copy of the DEIS when it is released.  Express support for the trail as the most environmentally suitable alternative because it will provide the best protection of the habitat of the bull trout.






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