[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53460-53461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26527]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY-930-1610-00]
Wyoming BLM Fire Management Plan; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wyoming State Office,
announces (1) the availability of the ``Fire Management Implementation
Plan for the BLM-administered Public Lands in the State of Wyoming''
(fire management plan); and (2) an Administrative Determination
documenting compliance of the plan with the National Environmental
Policy Act, conformance with Wyoming BLM land use plans, and approval
by the Wyoming BLM State Director.
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SUMMARY: The Wyoming BLM fire management plan describes fire management
objectives and strategies to be applied on about 17.5 million acres of
BLM-administered public lands in the State of Wyoming. Covering 58
geographical areas within the State, the plan promotes the cost-
effective protection of life, property, and natural resources from
wildfire. It highlights the use of fire to manage natural resources,
identifies fuel management strategies to reduce the potential for
catastrophic wildfires, seeks a better understanding of the role of
fire in the natural environment, and promotes fire line safety through
increased communication and coordination.
Fire management planning was formally initiated in April 1997 to
comply with recommendations contained in the Federal Wildland Fire
Management Policy and Program Review signed in December 1995 by the
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. The Wyoming BLM solicited
and incorporated public
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comments in developing the fire management plan.
As documented in an Administrative Determination, the ``Fire
Management Implementation Plan for the BLM-administered Public Lands in
the State of Wyoming'' is in conformance with the 11 Wyoming BLM land
use plans in the State, and is adequately covered by the environmental
analyses developed for those land use plans.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wyoming State Office: Stephen Eckert, State Fire Management
Officer, 307-775-6235, or Joe Patti, Field Planning Coordinator, 307-
775-6101, Bureau of Land Management, 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box
1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003-1828.
Casper Field Office: Jim Johnson, Fire Management Officer or Glen
Nebeker, Resource Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, 1701 East E
Street, Casper, Wyoming 82601, 307-261-7600.
Rawlins Field Office: Larry Trapp, Fire Management Officer or John
Spehar, Planning Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 1300 North
Third Street, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301, 307-328-4200.
Rock Springs Field Office: Tony Tezak, Fire Management Specialist
or Renee Dana, Resource Advisor, Bureau of Land Management, 280 Highway
191 North, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901, 307-352-0256.
Worland Field Office: Gary Bingham, Fire Management Officer or Bob
Ross, Planning Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management, 101 South 23rd
Street, P.O. Box 119, Worland, Wyoming 82401-0119, 307-347-5100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In verifying the conformance of the fire
management plan with BLM land use plans statewide, the following BLM
land use plans were reviewed. The Newcastle Management Framework Plan
(MFP-1982) and the imminent Newcastle Resource Management Plan (RMP),
Grass Creek MFP (1983) and the imminent Grass Creek RMP, Buffalo RMP
(1985), Platte River RMP (1985), Kemmerer RMP (1986), Lander RMP
(1987), Pinedale RMP (1988), Washakie RMP (1988), Cody RMP (1990),
Great Divide RMP (1990), and Green River RMP (1997). It was found that
the fire management plan is in conformance and does not conflict with
any of these land use plans. Actually, the fire management plan is
derived from the fire management decisions in these land use plans
which address cost-effective protection of life, property, and natural
resources from wildfire and the use of prescribed fire to achieve
multiple-use management goals. As necessary, maintenance actions will
be completed to incorporate new fire terminology in the older RMPs. No
needs for amending any of the land use plans were identified. Minor
maintenance needs for the land use plans may be identified in the
future as implementation of the fire management plan progresses.
Copies of the fire management plan and Administrative Determination
can be obtained by contacting any of the BLM offices or officials
listed above. They can also be viewed on-line from the Wyoming BLM
Internet Site at http://www.wy.blm.gov/.
Dated: September 25, 1998.
Alan R. Pierson,
State Director.
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