[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 65 (Thursday, April 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18299-18300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6936]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY-020-08-1220-DA]


Notice of Intent To Name a Geographic Location the Craig Thomas 
Little Mountain Special Management Area, Big Horn County, WY

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces its intent to 
name an area of the public lands administered by the Cody Field Office. 
These lands include the Little Mountain Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern (ACEC), a portion of the West Slope Special Recreation 
Management Area (SRMA), and recently acquired lands near Little 
Mountain. In recognition of the late United States Senator Craig 
Thomas' support and assistance in furthering public land management in 
the area administered by the BLM Cody Field Office, this notice 
announces that those public lands collectively will be known as the 
``Craig Thomas Little Mountain Special Management Area''.

DATES: This naming will be in effect the date this notice appears in 
the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the naming and the public 
lands affected by it may be obtained by written request to the BLM Cody 
Field Office, P.O. Box 518, Cody, Wyoming 82414; or by visiting the BLM 
Cody Field Office, 1002 Blackburn Avenue, Cody, Wyoming, during its 
business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
holidays).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Stewart, Field Manager, BLM, Cody 
Field Office, P.O. Box 518, 1002 Blackburn Avenue, Cody, Wyoming 82414. 
Mr. Stewart may also be contacted by telephone at (307) 578-5900.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June 2003, the BLM acquired approximately 
8,200 acres of land on and near Little Mountain, approximately 15 miles 
east of Lovell, Wyoming. The land was previously part of the Devils 
Canyon Ranch. Acquisition of the land improved access to thousands of 
acres of State, BLM-administered public, and National Forest System 
lands on the western slope of the Bighorn Mountains. Funding for the 
first phase of the acquisition was made through a $4 million 
congressional appropriation from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act and by a $100,000 donation from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. 
An additional 3,000 acres are being held by the Trust for Public Land, 
a national land conservation group, for transfer to the BLM at a later 
date. When the transfer occurs, these lands would automatically become 
part of the Craig Thomas Little Mountain Special Management Area.
    The area proposed for naming offers a variety of recreational and 
educational opportunities and sites of historic, cultural, and 
paleontological interest. Portions of the area lie within the Little 
Mountain ACEC and the West Slope SRMA, as established in the Cody 
Resource Management Plan (RMP). The RMP restricts vehicular travel to 
designated roads and trails within the area administered by the Cody 
Field Office. The specific routes designated for travel were 
established by an Activity Plan and its implementation is currently in 
progress.
    The following described lands are included: Approximately 69,253 
acres of BLM-managed public land in Townships 56 through 58 North, and 
Ranges 92 through 94 West, 6th Principal Meridian lying north of U.S. 
Highway Alternate 14 (14A), south of the Montana state line, east of 
the

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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, and west of the Bighorn 
National Forest.

James K. Murkin,
Acting Associate State Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-6936 Filed 4-2-08; 8:45 am]
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