08/22/2026
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Forest access is not just a recreation statistic.
For local families, access can mean firewood to heat a home, meat in the freezer, posts and poles, mushrooms and berries, access to cattle and range improvements, a family camping area, or taking an older or disabled family member into the mountains.
A use can remain legal on paper and still be lost if people cannot reach it, gather it, cut it, haul it, or afford the additional time and fuel required.
The DEIS talks about jobs, income, forest products, recreation, and traditional foods. It does not clearly show how the alternatives and their access sideboards will affect families at the household level.
County-wide economic numbers will not tell us whether a family loses its firewood area, whether an elderly resident can still reach a family place, or whether a longer route makes hunting, gathering, grazing, or small forest-product work unaffordable.
The fix is a household-level analysis of access, distance, time, replacement costs, firewood, food, elder and disability access, working-land needs, and tribal and non-tribal subsistence uses.
Choose “Household / Local-Use Economics” in FAFA’s commenting tool and explain what forest access means to your family.
Comments are due September 30, 2026.
https://www.forestaccessforall.org/bmfpr-public-comment
