[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19252]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-050-08-1210-04; 1617]
Arizona: Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment
(Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Area) and Environmental
Assessment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare a Resource Management Plan
Amendment/Environmental Assessment and Invitation to Participate in the
Identification of Issues; Yuma Field Office, AZ.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Yuma Field Office, is
preparing an Amendment/Environmental Assessment to the Yuma District
Resource Management Plan to revise wild horse and burro management
provisions. The proposed Amendment would update management provisions
for the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area in conformance with the Wild
Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1331-1340)
1994. Under the proposed Amendment, horses and burros would be managed
to maintain an appropriate management level that will provide for a
thriving natural ecological balance within the Cibola-Trigo Herd
Management Area south of Interstate 10 and west of the impact area from
the Yuma Proving Ground firing range located near Highway 95, at the
southern portion of the military reservation.
DATES: Written comments related to the identification of issues for the
proposed Amendment will be accepted on or before August 19, 1998. A
public meeting will be held on August 19, 1998, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at the BLM office, 2555 Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona, to provide
additional opportunity for the identification of issues.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Ron Morfin, BLM Yuma Field Office, 2555
Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Morfin, Planning Team Leader, Yuma
Field Office, Yuma, Arizona. Telephone (520) 317-3226.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM Yuma Field Office is currently
coordinating efforts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army
Yuma Proving Ground, and Arizona Game and Fish Department to develop a
cooperative management plan for lands and resources contained within
the Cibola-Trigo Wild Horse and Burro Herd Management Area through an
interdisciplinary planning team. Considering other land and resource
values and multiple uses and to provide for a thriving natural
ecological balance, management objectives and direction will be
proposed for wild horse and burro herds through this effort to reach
and maintain the appropriate management level as established by the
Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area Plan. National BLM Policies and
guidance at 43 CFR 4700 require that management direction affecting
wild horses and burros shall be established through the Land Use
Planning Process pursuant to 43 CFR 1600.
Issues to be addressed include: the presence of burros at impact
areas from a munitions research and development firing range;
management of animals outside of the herd area; management of the
current horse and burro herd to reach and maintain an appropriate
management level; provisions for refining forage utilization monitoring
protocols; and the use of new technologies to monitor herd size.
Documents relevant to the planning process will be available for
public review at the BLM Yuma Field Office, 2555 Gila Ridge Road, Yuma,
Arizona. This notice is published under the authority found in 43 CFR
1610.2(c).
Dated: July 8, 1998.
Maureen A. Merrell,
Assistant Field Manager, Business and Fiscal Services/Acting Field
Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-19252 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-32-P
