Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC Recreation/Planning
The Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council’s (RAC’s) Recreation and Planning subcommittees will meet Thursday, June 30, in the Midway conference room at Henderson City Hall, 240 Water Street, in Henderson, Nevada. The Recreation Subcommittee will meet at 1 p.m. The Planning Subcommittee will meet at 3 p.m.
The subcommittees, through the Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC, advise and make recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on recreation and planning. Discussion items will include BLM special recreation permitting processes (SRPs), solar energy zones and transmission corridors. The meetings are open to the public and provide the public an opportunity to make comments. Public comment periods are scheduled at 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m., respectively. The public is encouraged to attend and provide comment. Written comments can also be submitted to the RAC Coordinator, Chris Hanefeld at the Ely District Office, 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301. The agendas are available online at http://bit.ly/MOSORAC.
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in planning and discussion of issues related to management of BLM-administered public lands. The Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC is one of three such councils in Nevada that accommodate this community participation directive. Represented on the council are commercial and non-commercial users including environmental, livestock, mining, Native American, and wild horse and burro interests and elected officials and state agencies.
For more information, contact Chris Hanefeld, BLM Ely District Office public affairs specialist, at (775) 289-1842 or chanefel@blm.gov.
BLM Adds Public Scoping Meeting
The BLM has added an additional public scoping meeting in Tonopah. This public meeting will be held from 5 pm-7pm, Wednesday, July 6, in the Tonopah Convention Center Blue Room, 301 Brougher Ave., Tonopah.
The meeting times, dates and locations of the other public scoping meetings remain the same. They are: 2pm-4pm, Saturday, June 25, Lincoln County High School, 1111 Edwards St., Panaca
4:30pm-6:30pm, Wednesday, June 29, Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Dr., Las Vegas
The purpose of the public scoping period is to give anyone interested an opportunity to help the BLM identify issues and concerns that should be analyzed in the RMP and EIS. The BLM is seeking public input on a wide range of potential issues, including but not limited to traditional uses, cultural and visual resources management, and outdoor recreation. Commenters may also bring forward additional issues and concerns not already identified by the BLM.
The 30-day public scoping period concludes July 1, 2016 or 15 days following the last public meeting, whichever is later. Written comments may be submitted at any of the public meetings or mailed to the BLM Basin and Range National Monument, P.O. Box 237, Caliente, NV 89008. Fax comments to (775) 726-8111. Submit comments electronically at blm_nv_basin_range@blm.gov. Please reference the Basin and Range National Monument RMP when providing input.
