Jeff, thanks for your comment on the Whitetail Basin demonstration project. Terry J. Sexton District Ranger Jefferson Ranger District 3 Whitetail Road Whitehall, MT 59759 Phone: (406) 287-3223 or 1-800-433-9206 Fax: (406) 287-3368 Jeff Juel cc: Michael Garrity , jeffjuel@wildrockies.org Subject: Whitetail Basin Fire proposal-take 2 01/20/2004 10:41 AM The Ecology Center, Inc. 801 Sherwood Street, Suite B Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 728-5733 (406) 728-9432 fax ecocenter@wildrockies.org January 17, 2004 Terry Sexton, District Ranger Jefferson Ranger District 3 Whitetail Road Whitehall, Montana 59759 Transmitted via email--please acknowledge receipt! Mr. Sexton: We are responding to your 12/19/03 letter regarding the Whitetail Basin Prescribed Fire Demonstration proposal. We are glad to see the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management attempting vegetation restoration without including destructive commercial log removal activities. Please keep both the Ecology Center and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on your mailing list to receive all future mailings. Thank your for your assistance. Sincerely, /s/ Jeff Juel And on behalf of: Michael Garrity Alliance for the Wild Rockies P.O. Box 505 Helena, Montana 59624 406-459-5936