97-16478. Hunting Closure on Identified Public Lands, CA  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 34076]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-16478]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Bureau of Land Management
    [CA-340-1110-00]
    
    
    Hunting Closure on Identified Public Lands, CA
    
    AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
    
    ACTION: Hunting Closure on Identified Public Lands, California.
    
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    SUMMARY: In cooperation with the California Department of Fish and 
    Game, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Regents of the University of 
    California, the Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy, and the Quail Ridge 
    Association, and under authority of 43 CFR 8364.1, the Clear Lake 
    Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management is designating as closed 
    to hunting approximately 558.38 acres of BLM lands. These public lands 
    are located within the Quail Ridge Reserve at Lake Berryessa in Napa 
    County, California and are cooperatively managed by the above agencies 
    and organizations as the Quail Ridge Reserve. The 558.38 acres of BLM 
    lands closed to hunting are legally described as:
    
    Township 7 North, Range 3 West, MDM,
        Sec. 1, W\1/2\ Lot 2 in the NE\1/4\, 38.38 acres;
        Sec. 1, W\1/2\ Lot 1 in the NE\1/4\, 40 acres;
        Sec. 2, SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\, 40 acres.
    Township 8 North, Range 3 West, MDM,
        Sec. 25, SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
    360 acres;
        Sec. 26, SE\1/4\ NE\1/4\, 40 acres;
        Sec. 35, NE\1/4\ NE\1/4\, 40 acres.
    
        This is a permanent year-round hunting closure until and unless the 
    Management Team for the Quail Ridge Reserve agrees to rescind or modify 
    the closure. An exception to this closure are special hunts agreed upon 
    by the Management Team as necessary to control the proliferation of 
    nonnative game species i.e. feral pigs. Any special hunts will be 
    coordinated by the California Department of Fish and Game.
        A map depicting BLM lands to be closed to hunting is available upon 
    request from the Clear Lake Resource Area office of the BLM in Ukiah, 
    California.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: This closure will become effective upon publication in 
    the Federal Register.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Phil Damon, Acting Clear Lake Resource Area Manager at 707-468-4000.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This closure applies to BLM lands located 
    within the Quail Ridge Reserve (QRR) at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, 
    California. In a Cooperative Agreement approved in 1992 between the 
    Regents of the University of California and the Bureau of Land 
    Management, the BLM agreed to provide to the University of California 
    the use of the above-described public lands for teaching, research, and 
    other educational purposes. In this agreement the BLM also agreed to 
    support a hunting closure on these lands primarily to avoid potential 
    conflicts with animal population studies, but also to decrease the 
    safety hazards to researchers and visitors during hunting seasons.
        QRR includes lands owned and managed by the agencies and 
    organizations listed in the above Summary of this Notice. With the 
    exception of the BLM, all lands owned and managed by these agencies and 
    organizations have already been closed to all hunting. The Department 
    of Fish and Game has not enforced the hunting closure on DFG-
    administered lands because it is very difficult to determine common 
    boundaries between the BLM lands and DFG lands on the ground. In the 
    absence of a hunting closure on BLM lands, the integrity of the 
    cooperative management of QRR by agencies and organizations which 
    already have hunting closures in place will be compromised. 
    Implementing the hunting closure on BLM lands is necessary to complete 
    the final link in the cooperative goal of closing lands within QRR to 
    hunting. As stated, the BLM has signed cooperative agreement to support 
    a hunting closure.
    Phil Damon,
    Acting Clear Lake Resource Area Manager.
    [FR Doc. 97-16478 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4310-40-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/24/1997
Department:
Land Management Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Hunting Closure on Identified Public Lands, California.
Document Number:
97-16478
Dates:
This closure will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
Pages:
34076-34076 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
CA-340-1110-00
PDF File:
97-16478.pdf