From the Thursday, July 27, 2006 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
A deadline for public comments on long-range forest plans for the Flathead, Lolo and Bitterroot national forests is looming in less than two weeks, and the Forest Service has received only about 200 comments.
“That is pretty low,” observed Chuck Sperry, who leads the Missoula-based planning team that has been developing the three forest plan proposals.
But Sperry said Tuesday he expects an increasing rush of comments as the Aug. 7 deadline approaches.
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