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Summary of Public Comments - Managing Recreation Uses in the Upper Segment of the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River Corridor EA Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Content Analysis Process ................................................................................................................ 2 Commenters and Associated Public Concern Statements ............................................................... 2 Public Concern Statements and Responses ..................................................................................... 9 Alternatives ................................................................................................................................. 9 Fisheries ..................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Heritage ...................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Laws and Regulations ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Miscellaneous ............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Monitoring ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. NEPA ......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Fisheries ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Recreation Experience .................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Recreation Fishing .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Recreation Horseback Riding, Hunting, and Motorized Use ....... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Scenery ........................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - River Values ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. ORV - Purpose and Need ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Recreation .................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Scenery .................................................................................................................................... 246 Social and Economic ............................................................................................................... 248 Soils ......................................................................................................................................... 252 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................... 255 Water and Riparian Corridor ................................................................................................... 259 Wilderness ............................................................................................................................... 267 Wildlife ................................................................................................................................... 270 Appendix A – Content Analysis Process ..................................................................................... 273 Appendix B – Coding Structure .................................................................................................. 275 Appendix C - Demographics ....................................................................................................... 279 Appendix D – List of Preparers ................................................................................................... 282 Introduction The Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests released the “Managing Recreation Uses on the Upper Segment of the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River” Environmental Assessment (EA) on July 15, 2011 to begin the official comment period. The comment period was extended to end on August 30, 2011. The Forests received a total of 245 comment letters, of which 193 contained unique and substantially different comments; and there were 3 form letters received from 53 individuals. The letters, emails, and form letters, were received from individuals, groups, organizations, agencies, and business owners by U.S. Post Office or email. All of the comment letters were analyzed using a process called content analysis, which was completed by a third-party contractor (see detailed process in this Content Analysis Report). In addition to the reports that were produced from the content analysis process, the Interdisciplinary 1
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