[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59575-59576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29527]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[ID-024-1020-01]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Land Use Plan Amendment

SUMMARY: The Snake River Resource Area, Upper Snake River District, is 
proposing to amend the Cassia Resource Management Plan to allow for the 
reallocation of 300 AUMs from livestock usage to bighorn sheep usage 
via a bighorn sheep reintroduction on Jim Sage Mountain in Cassia 
County, Idaho.

DATES: The public, state and local governments, and other Federal 
Agencies are invited to participate in the amendment process. 
Identification of issues, concerns, or other written comments 
pertaining to this notice will be accepted until November 30, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed plan amendment would allow the 
reallocation of 300 AUMs of forage from livestock to bighorn sheep on 
Jim Sage Mountain in Cassia County, Idaho via a bighorn sheep 
reintroduction on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM). The actual reintroduction of bighorn sheep would be conducted by 
the Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game with assistance from BLM and other 
agencies and individuals.
    The public land where the reintroduction is proposed is currently 
managed for livestock grazing, wildlife habitat and recreation as part 
of the Jim Sage Allotment, #5003. All the aforementioned uses would 
continue.
    Public participation in the amendment process will include 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register and local newspapers 
and the mailing of this notice to state and local governments, private 
individuals, and other interested parties. Depending on the amount of 
public interest, public meetings may be held in the Snake River 
Resource Area Office, Burley, Idaho.

ADDRESSES: Any comments on this notice should be mailed by close of 
business on November 30, 1998 to the Bureau of Land Management, Snake 
River Resource Area, Attention: Kurt Pavlat, 15 East, 200 South, 
Burley, ID 83318.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Pavlat, Range Conservationist, 
(208) 678-5514.

    Dated: October 26, 1998.
Kurt Pavlat,
Range Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 98-29527 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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