position statements
The Access Fund regularly provides comments and testimony to national agencies, state legislators, and land owners on management plans for public and private lands that contain climbing resources.
National
United States Forest Service Proposed Agency Directives Regarding Travel Management – 2007 Comments
United States Forest Service Open Space Conservation Strategy and Implementation Plan – 2006 Comments
United States Forest Service Land Sale Proposal – 2006 Comments
National Park Service Management Policies Revision – 2006 Comments
Bureau of Land Management Regulation Authorizing Fixed Anchors in Wilderness – 2004 Letter
Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve Backcountry Management Plan – 2003 Comments
California
Merced River Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2010 Scoping Comments
Cleveland National Forest Proposed Seasonal Raptor Closure Protocols - 2009 Comments
Williamson Rock Temporary Closure Resolution – 2009 Comments
Pinnacles National Monument General Management Plan – 2008 Comments
Merced River Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2007 Scoping Comments
Williamson Rock Climbing Access Trail – 2007 Scoping Comments
Seasonal Raptor Closures in Cleveland National Forest – 2007 Comments
Seasonal Raptor Closures in Cleveland National Forest – 2007 Scoping Comments
Lover's Leap Motorcycle Trail, Eldorado National Forest – 2007 Letter
Auburn State Recreation Area General Management Plan – 2007 Comments
Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River/Tuolumne Meadows Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2006 Scoping Comments
San Bernardino National Forest Land Management Plan Revision – 2004 Comments
Natural Bridge Management Assessment – 2004 Comments
Yosemite National Park Parkwide Out of Valley Campgrounds Study – 2003 Congressional Testimony
Yosemite Lodge Redevelopment Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2003 Comments
Yosemite Valley Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2003 Testimony
Lower Yosemite Falls Plan, Yosemite National Park – 2001 Scoping Comments
Colorado
Grand Junction BLM Resource Management Plan – 2009 Scoping Comments
Denver Mountain Parks Master Plan – 2008 Comments
Colorado Roadless Rule – 2008 Comments
White River National Forest Travel Management Plan – 2006 Comments
Idaho
City of Rocks General Management Plan – 2009 Scoping Comments
Castle Rocks Climbing Management Plan – 2009 Scoping Comments
City of Rocks Climbing Management Plan – 2006 Scoping Comments
Castle Rocks State Park Master Plan – 2005 Comments
Illinois
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – 2006 Comments
Montana
Ravalli County Mining Proposal to Quarry Lost Horse Crag – 2007 Opposition Letter
Nevada
Red Rocks Fee Increase – 2009 Comments
Red Rocks Wilderness Plan – 2007 Scoping Comments
Cave Rock Management Plan – 2003 Comments
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Housing Development Proposal – 2002
New York
Minnewaska State Park and Preserve Master Plan – 2009 Scoping Comments
Minnewaska State Park and Preserve Master Plan – 2008 Scoping Comments
Adirondack Management Plans – 2003 Comments
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan – 2009 Scoping Comments
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge – 2007 Letter re Rock Climbing as an Appropriate and Compatible Use
Oregon
Cascade-Siskiyou Draft Resource Management Plan – 2002 Comments
Road 18 Caves Project Environmental Assessment, Deschutes National Forest – 2001 Appeal
Tennessee
Obed Wild and Scenic River Climbing Management Plan – 2002 Comments
Utah
Arches National Park Climbing Management Plan – 2007 Scoping Comments
Zion National Park Backcountry Management Plan – 2007 Comments
Arches National Park Improper Climbing Restriction Rulemaking – 2006 Letter
Zion National Park Backcountry Management Plan – 2005 Scoping Comments
Indian Creek Corridor Recreation Plan – 2004
Indian Creek Corridor Recreation Plan – 2003 Scoping Comments
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park Rock Outcropping Management Plan – 2008 Comments
Great Falls Park General Management Plan – 2005 Comments
Washington
Mount Rainier National Park Mountaineering Cost Recovery Proposal – 2003 Comments
Frontcountry Climbing Management Plan for the Ross Lake National Recreation Area – 2003 Scoping Comments
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest Plan – 2005 Comments
New River Gorge Climbing Management Plan – 2003 Comments
New River Gorge National River Draft Climbing Management Plan and Proposed Peregrine Closure at the Endless Wall – 2002 Letter
Wyoming
Devils Tower National Monument Climbing Management Plan Update – 2002 Scoping Comments
Foreign
Niagara Parks Commission Draft Environmental Land Management Plan – 2008 Comments
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