An open house at Chuchupate ranger station for the Mt. Pinos District of the Los Padres National Forest will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 9, 4-7 p.m.

See the new USFS facility and get answers about the proposed new plans for use of Los Padres Forest wildlands, including changes to off-road uses of forest land.

For full details and a comment form, see www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35130.

Public comments will be accepted until Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Mt. Pinos District Chuchupate office is at 34580 Lockwood Valley Road, Lake of the Woods.

This is part of the April 05, 2013 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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