Angeles National Forest

News Release

USDA Forest Service

Angeles National Forest

FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT

Angeles National Forest seeks public comment on off-highway vehicle grant application

ARCADIA, CA — February 25, 2009

Angeles National Forest officials will submit a cooperative grant application to the State of California Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division for 2009/2010 "Green Sticker" grants, and are seeking public comment on the application. Comments on the application must be received between March 3, 2009, and April 6, 2009.

Green Sticker grants provide funding to help protect, maintain, and enhance the Forest's designated off-highway vehicle (OHV) system. If awarded, grant money would be used for trails and facilities maintenance, signage, wildlife and cultural resource protection, restoration projects, and law enforcement support at OHV areas.

The draft grant application is available on the California state parks website, at http://www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. To receive a copy of the application by mail, please call the Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers Ranger District Office at (661) 296-9710.

The grant application also will be on the agenda of a public meeting at 5 p.m. on March 18, 2009, at the California Trail Users Coalition, 3550 Foothill Blvd., Glendale CA 91214. Members of the public are invited to comment on the application during the meeting.

Comments that are submitted online are required to be sent to the Forest Service, at rkidd@fs.fed.us, and to the Calfornia State OHV program, at http://www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. Comments also can be submitted by mail to: Ray Kidd, USDA Forest Service, 28245 Avenue Crocker #220, Santa Clarita CA 91355.

Further information on grant regulations is available at http://www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. For more information on the application and on the Angeles National Forest’s OHV program, please contact Ray Kidd at (661) 296-9710, ext. 229.

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