Pack Goat Closure extending to Oregon

[Saph]

In reading the attorney's objections on behalf of NAPgA's behalf there are a couple of acronyms used that I don't know. BMP's and NEPA. Would someone please tell me what they are. Thanks!

Taffy,

BMPs= Best Management Practices. Also known as "Mitigation Measures." These are actions designed to mitigate the negative effects of an activity on a resource. In this case, our mitigations would include practices that would reduce probability of contact with wild sheep, such as high lining our animals in camp, leashing at all times when on the trail, etc.

NEPA=the National Environmental Policy Act, basically the law that requires the Federal government to document the effects of any & all proposed activities on resources. National Forests are required to revise their Management Plans every 10-15 years, thus they must go through the NEPA procedure, including analysis of alternatives and their effects. The document produced by this analysis is called the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).