Date: 06/16/2010 BRC PARTNER ALERT
TAOS BLM RELEASES DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT
Dear BRC Members and supporters in New Mexico,
We wanted to pass along an alert sent yesterday by the folks over at the New Mexico Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (NMOHVA). The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Taos Field Office has released their Draft Resource Management Plan for review and comment.
NMOHVA reports that BLM's preferred alternative will reduce "open" riding areas from over 64,000 acres to only 380 acres. The preferred alternative closes almost 55,000 additional acres and limits OHV use to only 'designated routes' on over 500,000 acres.
NMOHVA's alert reminds everyone that the Taos office manages the popular El Placio (Alcade) and Buckman (west of Santa Fe) riding areas.
There is more information in the alert which is pasted below and also available on NMOHVA's Current Issues webpage. And, you can keep up to date on this and other OHV issues by subscribing to NMOHVA's email Action Alert list.
As always, call or email if you have any questions or comments.
Brian Hawthorne
Public Lands Policy Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102
NEW MEXICO OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE ALLIANCE ALERT:
Taos BLM Releases Draft Resource Management Plan for YOUR Comment and Review
The Taos Field Office has released their Draft Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP) for public review and comment.
The Draft Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP) considers and evaluates a range of management options for approximately 595,100 acres of BLM-managed public lands in Colfax, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, and Union Counties. The Plan covers mangement of both the El Palacio (Alcade) and Buckman (west of Santa Fe) riding areas.
The draft plan addresses the primary issues of public interest within the planning area, including visual resource management, rights-of-way, mineral development, off-highway vehicles use, renewable energy, and special area designations. When complete, the plan will revise the current land use plan, prepared over 20 years ago, to reflect current policies and apply new management strategies for these and other resources and opportunities.
The BLM is considering four alternatives in the draft plan including one identified as its preferred alternative. The four alternatives provide a range of management options, from an emphasis on resource use and development to one of conservation and protection.
The preferred alternative dramatically decreases the amount of land 'open' for OHV use from over 64,000 acres to only 380 acres. The preferred alternative closes almost 55,000 additional acres and limits OHV use to only 'designated routes' on over 500,000 acres.
The draft plan also requires the BLM to designate routes within five years.
The Draft RMP is available for review at:
http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/Taos_Field_Office/taos_rmpr.html
Compact disks containing the Draft Taos Resource Management Plan and EIS are also available at the Taos Field Office at 226 Cruz Alta Road in Taos and BLM's New Mexico State Office at 301 Dinosaur Trail in Santa Fe. A limited number of hard copies are also available upon
request.
Comments on the draft plan will be accepted through September 8, 2010, and may be submitted via email at:
NM_TAFO_Comments@blm.gov
or by mail to:
Taos Field Office, Attention: Brad Higdon, 226 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM 87571.
NMOHVA is studying the Draft RMP and will be providing additional updates when we have had the chance to read and digest the document.
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TAOS BLM RELEASES DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT
Dear BRC Members and supporters in New Mexico,
We wanted to pass along an alert sent yesterday by the folks over at the New Mexico Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (NMOHVA). The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Taos Field Office has released their Draft Resource Management Plan for review and comment.
NMOHVA reports that BLM's preferred alternative will reduce "open" riding areas from over 64,000 acres to only 380 acres. The preferred alternative closes almost 55,000 additional acres and limits OHV use to only 'designated routes' on over 500,000 acres.
NMOHVA's alert reminds everyone that the Taos office manages the popular El Placio (Alcade) and Buckman (west of Santa Fe) riding areas.
There is more information in the alert which is pasted below and also available on NMOHVA's Current Issues webpage. And, you can keep up to date on this and other OHV issues by subscribing to NMOHVA's email Action Alert list.
As always, call or email if you have any questions or comments.
Brian Hawthorne
Public Lands Policy Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102
NEW MEXICO OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE ALLIANCE ALERT:
Taos BLM Releases Draft Resource Management Plan for YOUR Comment and Review
The Taos Field Office has released their Draft Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP) for public review and comment.
The Draft Taos Resource Management Plan (RMP) considers and evaluates a range of management options for approximately 595,100 acres of BLM-managed public lands in Colfax, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, and Union Counties. The Plan covers mangement of both the El Palacio (Alcade) and Buckman (west of Santa Fe) riding areas.
The draft plan addresses the primary issues of public interest within the planning area, including visual resource management, rights-of-way, mineral development, off-highway vehicles use, renewable energy, and special area designations. When complete, the plan will revise the current land use plan, prepared over 20 years ago, to reflect current policies and apply new management strategies for these and other resources and opportunities.
The BLM is considering four alternatives in the draft plan including one identified as its preferred alternative. The four alternatives provide a range of management options, from an emphasis on resource use and development to one of conservation and protection.
The preferred alternative dramatically decreases the amount of land 'open' for OHV use from over 64,000 acres to only 380 acres. The preferred alternative closes almost 55,000 additional acres and limits OHV use to only 'designated routes' on over 500,000 acres.
The draft plan also requires the BLM to designate routes within five years.
The Draft RMP is available for review at:
http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/Taos_Field_Office/taos_rmpr.html
Compact disks containing the Draft Taos Resource Management Plan and EIS are also available at the Taos Field Office at 226 Cruz Alta Road in Taos and BLM's New Mexico State Office at 301 Dinosaur Trail in Santa Fe. A limited number of hard copies are also available upon
request.
Comments on the draft plan will be accepted through September 8, 2010, and may be submitted via email at:
NM_TAFO_Comments@blm.gov
or by mail to:
Taos Field Office, Attention: Brad Higdon, 226 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM 87571.
NMOHVA is studying the Draft RMP and will be providing additional updates when we have had the chance to read and digest the document.
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