[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16821]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CO-076-1220-00]


Notice of Intent To Amend the Grand Junction Resource Area 
Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend the Grand Junction Resource Area 
Resource Management Plan, 1987.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 and section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Grand Junction 
Resource Area, is proposing to amend the Grand Junction Resource 
Management Plan, approved in January of 1987. The amendment will 
consider changes that would enhance and build upon existing management 
direction in the Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge Planning area. The effects of 
these changes have been analyzed in an environmental assessment (EA). 
The amendments have been developed as part of the Ruby Canyon/Black 
Ridge Integrated Resource Management Plan, and will consider a number 
of new management actions affecting recreation, wilderness, vegetation, 
wildlife, and fire management.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The affected area includes 118,700 acres of 
public land in western Mesa County between the Colorado National 
Monument and the Utah state line. The Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge 
Integrated Resource Management Plan and EA has been developed by an ad-
hoc committee of affected and interested publics along with Bureau of 
Land Management specialists with expertise in outdoor recreation, 
wilderness, archaeology, paleontology, range conservation, wildlife and 
fire management. There will be a thirty day public comment period on 
the plan, the EA, and a guidebook for Prescribed Natural Fire Planning 
and Implementation for the area beginning on July 18, 1997. During the 
public comment period, an open house will be held at the Bureau of Land 
Management office in Grand Junction, Colorado on August 7,1997 from 
3:00 to 8:00 p.m. The open house is being held to give an opportunity 
for the public to discuss the plan and proposed amendments one on one 
with various BLM specialists.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harley Metz, Ecologist, Grand Junction 
Resource Area, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506; (970) 244-
3076.
Mark Morse,
Grand Junction District Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-16821 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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