Bridger-Teton National Forest Seeks Comments on Jackson Ranger District E-Bike Draft Analysis

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The Bridger-Teton National Forest is seeking public comment on the “E-bike Use Designation on Select Jackson Area Trails” Draft Environmental Assessment (EA). The Draft EA outlines alternatives for future management of e-bike opportunities within the Jackson Ranger District and discusses the environmental and social effects of these alternatives. There will be a public open house at the Jackson Ranger District Office on Thursday, January 30th, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm to answer questions about the proposed action, alternatives, and the analysis of effects. The Draft EA can be found on the project webpage at www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64890. To comment, follow the link to the project page and click on “Comment on Project” under the “Get Connected” tab. Written responses may also be mailed to, or dropped off at, the Jackson Ranger District Office on North Cache Street in Jackson. Comments must be submitted or postmarked during the 30 days after the legal notice is published in the Casper Star-Tribune, the newspaper of record. Public comments will help inform the final EA and draft decision, which will be released later this spring.

The proposed action was initially released for public review during a scoping period and was followed by an open house in the fall of 2023. Forest staff then provided an informational video outlining the preliminary issues, held a public e-bike workshop, and met directly with local partners, organizations, and individuals to gather input and ideas from the community for potential alternatives to the proposed action to consider. An interdisciplinary team of Forest staff then analyzed the social and environmental effects of the proposed action and alternatives. In preparing the analysis, Forest staff conducted a review of the available e-bike literature, analyzed e-bike trends nationally, and spent the summer ground-truthing potential routes to develop an alternative that helped respond to the issues and met the purpose and need.

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