[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18278]
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[Federal Register: July 27, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[NV-010-4350-01; 4-00154]
Availability of the Wells RMP Draft Elk Amendment and
Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Wells Resource Management Plan (RMP) Draft Elk Amendment
and Environmental Assessment (EA) is available to the public for a 30
day review period. This draft amendment analyzes the impacts of several
alternatives for managing elk in the BLM's Wells Resource Area, Elko
County, Nevada.
DATES: All written comments on the draft amendment must be submitted to
BLM in person or postmarked no later than August 31, 1994.
A public open house meeting to answer questions will be held on
August 18, 1994. This meeting will begin at 7 p.m., local time.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to: Wells Area Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, 3900 E. Idaho Street, P.O. Box 831, Elko,
Nevada 89803.
The open house meeting will be held at the Wells High School
Auditorium, 115 Lake Street, Wells, Nevada.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bill Baker, Wells Area Manager, at the above BLM address of telephone
(702) 753-0200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through a review of elk habitat management
in the Wells Resource Area, it was determined that elk numbers and
habitat use areas are expanding from those identified in the Wells RMP
Record of Decision, approved July 16, 1985. Elk are recognized as
highly adaptable creatures and during recent years have pioneered to
adjacent previously unoccupied habitats in the Wells Resource Area from
the Pilot Mountain Management Area, northwestern Utah and southern
Idaho.
The purpose of this amendment is to establish elk habitat
management areas, identify habitat requirements and specific management
objectives and practices, establish target elk population management
levels, develop factors for attainment and future adjustments in elk
population management levels, and identify constraints on other
resources within the Wells Resource Area.
Copies of the draft amendment are available from the BLM's Elko
District Office.
Dated: July 20, 1994.
Ronald B. Wenker,
Acting State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 94-18278 Filed 7-26-94; 8:45 am]
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