RECREATION GROUP FILES FOIA APPEAL TO DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REGARDING NATIONAL MONUMENTS
by Jon Crowley on 18/03/10 at 2:48 pm
OAKLEY, CA (March 17)–A national recreation group exercised its appeal rights today by filing a Freedom of Information Appeal to the Department of Interior (DOI). The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is taking this action because the agency stated they found no records or communications regarding the designation of a national monument in the heart of a popular destination OHV area in the Mendocino National Forest.
BRC is concerned the agency arbitrarily restricted its search to the “Secretary’s Immediate Office and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.” The initial FOIA request was for the DOI in general and did not specify the search be limited to the physical space of the Secretary’s Office.
Don Amador, Western Representative for the BlueRibbon Coalition, states, “BRC is concerned the DOI’s ‘no records’ response does not comply with President Obama’s promise of transparency as articulated in the early days of his presidency.”
“Our members who recreate at the Stonyford OHV Area deserve to see any information that pertains to the potential designation of this popular recreation site as a national monument. I hope the agency complies with the spirit and intent of this appeal and searches its relevant departments and agencies for the requested materials,” Amador concludes.
A copy of the FOIA Appeal may be viewed at: http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/FOIA_Appeal_National_Monuments_3.17.100001.pdf
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The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible recreation, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. www.sharetrails.org
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