97-18240. Arizona: Availability of the Final La Posa Interdisciplinary Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Yuma Field Office

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18240]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-050-07-1220-00; 8322]


Arizona: Availability of the Final La Posa Interdisciplinary 
Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, Yuma Field Office

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final La Posa interdisciplinary 
management plan and environmental assessment, Yuma Field Office.

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SUMMARY: The Yuma Field Office has prepared an Interdisciplinary 
Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for an area totalling 
approximately 800,000 acres (Federal and non-Federal) in southwestern 
Arizona.
    The management actions prescribed are to: (a) Maintain semi-
primitive and long-term camping opportunities while reducing adverse 
impacts; (b) increase recreational opportunities in the management area 
and respond to public informational needs; (c) promote tourism and 
private business opportunities in the management area through 
partnerships; and (d) evaluate desert wildlife habitat conditions in 
cooperation with Arizona Game and Fish Department.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A limited number of copies of the Plan and 
Environmental Assessment are available upon request to: Field Manager, 
Bureau of Land Management, 2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 
85365. There are also copies available for review at the above 
location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Planning and Environmental Coordinator Kent Biddulph, Bureau of Land 
Management, 2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365, telephone 
[phone].

    Dated: July 1, 1997.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager, Yuma.
[FR Doc 97-18240 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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