95-12866. Designation Order; Establishment of a Camping Moratorium on Public Lands Within San Miguel County, CO

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12866]



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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
[CO-034-95-1220-00]


Designation Order; Establishment of a Camping Moratorium on 
Public Lands Within San Miguel County, CO

AGENCY: Bureau of land Management, Montrose District, Uncompahgre Basin 
Resource Area, Montrose, Colorado.

ACTION: Implementation of a moratorium on overnight camping on public 
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management as a San Miguel 
River Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) in San Miguel County, 
Colorado.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that overnight camping is prohibited on BLM 
Public Lands along County Road M-59 in the San Miguel River Special 
Recreation Management Area. The area closed to camping is bounded to 
the south by Deep Creek, located approximately 7 miles east of the town 
of Telluride on the San Miguel River and to the north by the town of 
Sawpit located approximately four (4) miles downstream of Deep Creek. 
This camping moratorium applies only to overnight camping use on BLM-
administered lands along County Road M-59, and does not affect day use 
of the public lands within this area or overnight camping use on other 
BLM-administered lands within the Special Recreation Management Area.

DATES: This camping moratorium will be effective May 26, 1995, and 
continue until such time that the San Miguel River Management Plan is 
completed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This camping moratorium is being established 
to assist the Bureau in reducing problems associated with the camping 
in this problem area while it prepares a management plan for the river 
corridor. The moratorium will help reduce the incidences of long-term 
occupancy trespass being conducted under the guise of camping on public 
lands within the San Miguel River Special Recreation Management Area.
    The camping moratorium is also necessary to prevent excessive 
impacts to soil, vegetation and other resources caused by long-term 
camping and inappropriate vehicle use. The moratorium applies to all 
public land users except those who have obtained prior approval from 
the authorized officer, and those who are specifically allowed a longer 
stay under terms of a Special Recreation Permit.
    CFR Title 43, Chapter II, Part 8360, Subpart 8364 provides BLM 
authority for establishing this closure to camping.
    8360.0-7 Penalties. Violations of any regulations in this part by a 
member of the public are punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/
or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning this 
camping moratorium for public lands administered by the BLM in San 
Miguel County in the state of Colorado may be obtained from Karen 
Tucker, Recreation Planner, Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area, Montrose 
District, 2505 South Townsend Ave., Montrose, Colorado 80401, (970) 
249-6047.

    Dated: May 15, 1995.
Jamie E. Connell,
Acting District Manager.
[FR Doc. 95-12866 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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