Eagle River Watershed Council’s comments on the WRNF Oil and Gas Leasing DEIS. David Francomb White River National Forest Deputy District Ranger Aspen-Sopris Ranger District 970.963.2266 ext. 3136 Cell: 970.274.0889 dfrancomb@fs.fed.us From: Fitzwilliams, Scott -FS Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:36 PM To: Francomb, David A -FS Subject: Fw: WRNF DEIS Comments From: Melissa Macdonald [mailto:macdonald@erwc.org] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:17 PM To: Melissa Macdonald ; Fitzwilliams, Scott -FS Cc: Cliff Simonton ; s.pollack@comcast.net ; Tambi Katieb Subject: RE: WRNF DEIS Comments Hello, Scott, Attached please find the SIGNED comment letter! My apologies for the erroneous attachment. Melissa Dear Scott, Attached please find the Eagle River Watershed Council's comments on the White River National Forest's Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Environmental Statement. By virtue of these comments, we request to be a cooperator in any future record of decision that would propose to reopen areas closed by final action on the proposed alternative as we are currently engaged in research and baseline data collection with Eagle County on watershed resource values in legally available areas closed through management decision by the proposed action. We appreciate the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Melissa Melissa G. Macdonald Executive Director Eagle River Watershed Council PO Box 7688 Avon, CO 81620 970-827-5406 This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.