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George Washington National Forest’s next public meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 13 in Lexington,” Forest Supervisor Wayne Kelley announced last week.

This is one in a series of public meetings addressing revision of the forest’s land-management plan.

Forest officials have been involved in an 11-year effort to develop a Land and Resource Management Plan, required by the National Forest Management Act of 1976. This is actually a revision of a plan developed in 1986 that was appealed by 18 various individuals and groups and ordered to be redone by Forest Service Chief F. Dale Robertson.

“The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss alternative themes to be considered in detail in the revision,” said Ron Lindenboom, leader of the interdisciplinary (ID) team of seven full-time Forest Service professionals.

The ID team has been working with interested citizens at the public meetings, identifying more different issues and concerns than had been noted during previous planning ef

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