Forest Service to host open house for Off-Highway Vehicle Grant

Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV) are the focus of an upcoming open house hosted by the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) on February 25, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. They will be providing information and asking for public input on developing three preliminary applications for the OHV Cooperative Funds grants that will be submitted to the State of California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (OHMVR).

The grants would provide for OHV education and information, law enforcement patrols, resource and use monitoring, planning for winter travel management, and protection for both natural and cultural resources in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The open house will take place at the Forest Supervisor’s Office, 35 College Drive in South Lake Tahoe. There will be no formal presentation so the public may arrive at any time during the two-hour event. They may visit any or all of the three stations that will explain each grant application.

Staff members will be available to explain the proposals and answer questions.

The 30-day grant application comment period begins Tuesday, March 8, 2016, and ends Monday, April 4, 2016.

For requests for reasonable accommodation access to the facility or proceedings, contact Adrian Escobedo at (530) 543-2758 or email aescobedo02@fs.fed.us.
For more information about the grants and how to comment, visit http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1164 or email Jacob Quinn at jmquinn@fs.fed.us.