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Informational meeting on the Department of Natural Resources' Road
Maintenance and Abandonment Plan (RMAP) regulations
Monday, June 10, 2002 6:30-8:30 PM Presidents Hall, Kitsap County Fairgrounds Bremerton, Washington BACKGROUND: In 1999 the WA State Legislature passed HB2091 requiring private property owners to develop something akin to an EIS [Environmental Impact Study] for any roads on their property to protect public resources on private land, with all forest roads on state and private forest land to be improved and maintained to the new standards within 15 years. This federally driven legislation will adversely impact nearly everyone who owns 2.5 acres or more of forestland or land with a stream on it. These retroactive regulations erode private property rights and penalize anyone who wants to buy rural acreage.
MEETING AGENDA:
How RMAP could affect you -- Joel Kretz, President, Okanogan County Farm Bureau Where did RMAP come from and what's being done about it? -- Hertha Lund, Assistant Director of Government Relations, Washington Farm Bureau Grass-roots involvement -- Dean Boyer, Director of Public Relations, Washington Farm Bureau Other issues of concern: Critical Area Ordinances, Water Metering, Confined Animal Feeding Operations -- Hertha Lund Questions and Answers on RMAP, CAO, Water Metering, CAFO What's next -- Angela Schauer, President, Mason/Kitsap County Farm Bureau More Information: Washington State Farm Bureau http://www.wsfb.com/RMAP/Index.htm In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. [Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml] |