[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21542]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-060-06-1020-00]
Montana Off-Road Vehicle Designation; Notice to Limit Off-Road
Vehicle Use on Public Lands
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
ACTION: Notice to Limit Off-Road Vehicle Use on Public Lands.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that beginning September 1, 1996, the
use of off-road vehicles (ORV) is limited on public lands within the
Sand Creek/Carroll Coulee Block Management Area in northern Petroleum
County, Montana. This will be in effect during the bird and big game
hunting season as established by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Commission in accordance with the authority and requirements of
regulation 43 CFR 8364.1.
DATES: This designation will be in effect between September 1, 1996 and
December 1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Otto, Judith Resource Area
Manager, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 1160, Airport Road,
Lewistown, MT 59457.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This block management area includes 45,440
acres. The public land is administered by the BLM, Judith Resource
Area, Lewistown District. This designation is the result of analysis
completed in the Judith, Valley, Phillips Resource Management Plan of
1994, and will be implemented as a cooperative effort among private
landowners; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Montana Department of
Natural Resources and Conservation; and the BLM. The purpose of this
designation is to prevent damage to soil, vegetation and scenic
resources; to open additional private and state lands for hunting; and
to reduce landowner/recreationist conflicts so as to provide a higher
quality hunt.
The off-road vehicle limitation area is located in northern
Petroleum and Fergus Counties, Montana.
Hunting within the described block will be subject to the following
rules.
1. All off-road vehicle travel is prohibited.
2. All roads not shown on the block management area map or signed
as open, are closed to motorized vehicles with the exclusive exception
of retrieving downed big game. Big game retrieval is allowed between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. daily on open or closed roads. Prior to or after these
hours, motorized vehicles are not permitted on closed roads or off
roads. No off-road vehicle use will be allowed on any lands within this
area.
3. All public land in this management area is open to walk-in
hunting.
4. The private land in this management area is open to walk-in
hunting, except around residential areas and shipping pastures (these
are individually signed at reasonable access and boundary points).
5. Camping on private land requires landowner permission.
6. Camping is permitted on public land (14-day stay limit) within
100 yards of open roads. Direct access by motor vehicle is permitted to
and from campsites using the most direct route to avoid damage to soils
and vegetation. Such camping is also allowed within a reasonable
distance down closed roads, after obtaining a special use permit issued
by the Judith Resource Area.
7. Use of state land is governed by the Department of Natural
Resources and Conservation (DNRC) regulations. There are four areas
where these rules differ from those used in the rest of this area.
These include: 1) A DNRC recreational use license is required for
general recreational use; 2) Camping is allowed within 200 feet of an
open road and is limited to two days only; 3) No open fires or
fireworks are allowed; and 4) Horses cannot be kept on DNRC lands
overnight.
8. Outfitters and other recreationists must use certified weed free
hay on BLM and DNRC land for their livestock.
Dated: August 13, 1996.
David L. Mari,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-21542 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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