Mr. Juel - thanks this follow-up message, which I acknowledge has been received and filed in the Project Administrative Record. As per my previous e-mail to you, the comments ;you provided electronically on 20 June 2005 have been received and are included in the project record. The IDT and District Ranger have thoroughly reviewed the comments that you have provided, along with other comments from the public, in the development of the proposed action for the Holland Pierce Fuels Reduction and Forest Health proposal. As mentioned in the July 8th letter that you referenced, this project will be conducted under the authorities of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Please do not hesitate to contact me if your have additional questions. Jeff Juel To comments-northern-flathead-swan-lak 07/29/2005 04:42 e@fs.fed.us, Keith Soderstrom PM cc jeffjuel@wildrockies.org, Arlene Montgomery , sbrady@fs.fed.us Subject Holland Pierce Fuel Reduction and Forest Health Project proposal comments Mr. Soderstrom: We received your latest (July 8) letter on the Holland Pierce Fuel Reduction Project proposal, and wonder why you are again soliciting comments as you did in May. The May letter even had more details--how can we be more informed by your latest letter, when you've not even responded to our earlier comments? Attached, in RTF format, are our earlier comments on the proposal. This time please acknowledge, via email, that you've received them. Sincerely, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< Jeff Juel The Ecology Center, Inc. 314 N. First Street Missoula, MT 59802 406-728-5733 fax: 406-728-5779 mailto:jeffjuel@wildrockies.org Visit the Ecology Center website at: http://www.wildrockies.org/teci (See attached file: Holland Pierce Fuel Reduction CE.rtf) Holland Pierce Fuel Reduction CE.rtf