FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Manassas Battlefield: Clear Cutting the Forest in the Vicinty of the Deep Cut

["Coleman" <jandkcoleman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Knowing that many of you enjoy birding the Manassas Battlefield, esp. in the 
vicinity of the Deep Cut, you might be int'd in the following proposal to clear 
140 acres of forest on the battlefield.

Battlefield officials consider tree-clearing 
(http://www.potomacnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN/MGArticle/WPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785321301&path=%21news)
Jaclyn Pitts; Potomac News; September 28, 2005 
Manassas National Battlefield Park wants to continue to follow its mission of 
preserving historic landscapes of the battles of Manassas. And the latest 
efforts to preserve landscapes could mean clearing 140 acres of timber between 
Brawner Farm and Deep Cut in the park. 

Manassas National Battlefield Park Brawner Restoration EA [Environmental 
Assessment]
The purpose of this assessment is to implement an action approved in the Park's 
General Management Plan; the clearing of approximately 140 acres of timber 
between Brawner Farm and Deep Cut in Manassas National Battlefield Park. This 
document is available for public review and comment through October 28, 2005. 
Click here to read the environmental assessment. 
(http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parks/mana/ppdocuments/brawner%20restoration%20ea.pdf)
     Submit comments (Click on name for email): Robert Sutton, Superintendent; 
Ray Brown, Cultural Resources Manager and Bryan Gorsira, Natural Resource 
Program Manager. Manassas National Battlefield Park, 12521 Lee Highway, 
Manassas, VA 20109, 703.754.1861

Joe Coleman, near Bluemont
Loudoun Co