[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4750]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[AZ-010-95-1610]


Arizona Strip District Resource Management Plan: Intent to Amend

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Arizona Strip District Resource 
Management Plan, Arizona.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the BLM Planning Regulations (43 CFR part 1600) 
this notice advises the public that the Arizona Strip District, Bureau 
of Land Management, is proposing to amend the Arizona Strip District 
Resource Management Plan in order to implement management practices 
that will help recover the Northeastern Mojave Desert population of 
desert tortoises. The main issues anticipated in this plan amendment 
are: (1) recovery of the northeastern Mojave Desert population of 
desert tortoises, listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as 
threatened; and (2) impacts on existing and future uses of resources on 
public lands in the Mojave Desert managed by the Arizona Strip 
District.
    This amendment is limited to the area categorized as desert 
tortoise habitat (Arizona Strip Resource Management Plan, 1991) or 
designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as critical habitat 
for desert tortoises.
    A land use plan amendment and environmental analysis will be 
prepared for the subject lands by an interdisciplinary team including 
range, wildlife, recreation, minerals, lands and realty, and cultural 
resource specialists. The existing land use plans and maps are 
available for review at the Shivwits Resource Area Office in St. 
George, Utah.

DATES: Interested parties may submit comments to the District Manager 
at the address shown below on or before May 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the District Manager, Bureau of 
Land Management, Arizona Strip District, 390 North 3050 East, St. 
George, Utah 84770.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Cropper, Area Manager, Shivwits 
Resource Area, 345 E. Riverside Drive, Suite 103, St. George, Utah 
84770, (801) 628-4491 to obtain additional information regarding this 
plan amendment.
Roger G. Taylor,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-4750 Filed 2-24-95; 8:45 am]
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