[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9863]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

[CA-065-06-1210-04]


Southern Sierra Management Plan; Scoping Period & Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of Agriuclture, Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of initial scoping period and public meeting for 
gathering input in the development of the Southern Sierra Management 
Plan and NEPA compliance document for public lands in the Bakersfield 
and California Desert Districts and USFS lands in the Cannell Meadow 
Ranger District of Sequoia National Forest.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to BLM Manual 8561 Wilderness Management Plans, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Caliente and Ridgecrest Resource Areas 
are required to prepare management plans for addressing management of 
the wilderness areas designated under the California Desert Protection 
Act of 1994. BLM and the USFS will be preparing a joint management plan 
for the Southern Sierra wilderness areas and adjacent non-wilderness 
public lands. The purpose of the scoping meeting is to identify issues, 
affected resources, and alternatives. This meeting is a continuation of 
the scoping process initiated at the public meeting held on April 8, 
1995 at the South Fork Administrative Site in Weldon, CA.

DATES: Public scoping meeting will be held on: Date: May 18, 1996 
Saturday. Time: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; registration begins at 10:30 a.m. 
Place: Desert Empire Fairgrounds--Sage Hall, 520 South Richmond Road, 
Ridgecrest, CA 93555.

ADDRESSES: Scoping comments may be sent to: BLM Caliente Resource Area 
Manager, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308 ATTN: Mike Ayers; 
BLM Ridgecrest Resource Area Manager, 300 S. Richmond Rd., Ridgecrest, 
CA 93555 ATTN: JuLee Pallette; USFS Sequoia National Forest, Lake 
Isabella Visitor Center, P.O. Box 3810, Lake Isabella, CA 93240 Attn: 
Mike Mendoza.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This planning effort addresses the Bright 
Star, Chimney Peak, Dome Land additions, Kiavah, Owens Peak and Sacatar 
Trail Wilderness Areas, as designated under the California Desert 
Protection Act. The boundaries of this coordinated planning effort are 
generally: Kennedy Meadows (north), LA aqueduct (east), Scodie Mts. 
(south), and Piute Mts./Dome Land Wilderness (west). [T.21S.-28S., 
R.34E.-38E., MDM] Nonwilderness lands will be considered in the plan, 
eg. campgrounds and trailheads.

For further information contact: Plan coordinators: Mike Ayers, BLM-
Caliente at (805) 391-6000; JuLee Pallette, BLM-Ridgecrest at (619)384-
5400; Mike Mendoza, USFS-Sequoia at (619) 379-5646.

    Dated April 16, 1996.
Lee Delaney,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-9863 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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