On February 27th, 2013 the Forest Service initiated a 60-day comment period to provide the public an opportunity to review the Agency's proposed planning directives. The public comment period closed on April 29th, but the Agency has decided to reopen the comment period for an additional 15 days to provide an opportunity to gather additional public input to inform the final planning directives. The comment period closed on or about May 8th.

It is important that you weigh in with the Administration against the Rio Grande del Norte and future designations of massive National Monuments as OHV use will almost certainly be restricted in these areas. Click the Take Action link to send an email to the President opposing massive scale National Monument designations.