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Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon
Emigrant Trails NCA Planning Effort
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| The Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area Act of 2000 required BLM to: "....develop a comprehensive resource management plan for the long term protection and management of the conservation area. The plan shall be developed with full public participation and shall describe the appropriate uses and management of the conservation area consistent with the provisions of this Act. The plan may incorporate appropriate decisions contained in any current management or activity plan for the area and may use information developed in previous studies of the lands within or adjacent to the conservation area." |  |
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Public Involvement throughout
the Planning Process The broad-based collaborative planning that created the approved RMP involved all known groups with interests in the area. As a result of this process, the Black Rock-High Rock NCA now has a far better plan for managing its future than would otherwise have been possible. The RMP is the result of a lot of hard work from many parties including the general public, local communities, Tribal, State, and federal agencies, and the RAC NCA Subgroup. BLM is very grateful to everyone who participated in this complex and lengthy process. Scoping: Scoping provided an opportunity for the public to suggest issues to be addressed in the RMP. Public involvement included eight "open house" scoping meetings, a scoping workshop for Tribal representatives, and two additional workshops for the public that resulted in 825 comments. Resource Advisory Council Black Rock-High Rock NCA Subgroup: The
Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation
Area Subgroup worked collaboratively with BLM and provided advice and
counsel to the two parent RACs. The NCA Subgroup included 26 members and
met 10 times, donating a total of 2500 hours of their time to the NCA
planning process. |
| Draft RMP/EIS: Approximately 1,300 copies of the Draft RMP/EIS were mailed to interested individuals, governments, agencies, and organizations in March 2003. The document was also made available on the Black Rock-High Rock NCA planning webpage. Five public meetings were held during the 90-day public comment period for the Draft. A total of 320 comment letters were received from federal and State agencies, Tribal governments, local governments, advisory groups, conservation or environmental organizations, commercial interests, and other interested members of the public. About 4,000 additional comments were received as form letters via e-mail. About 75 letters contained what were considered substantive comments. |  |
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Proposed RMP/Final EIS: The Proposed RMP/FEIS was distributed in September 2003 for review with a 30-day protest period. BLM received eight protests, all of which were subsequently resolved. A 60-day Governor's consistency review period resulted in several concerns, which were also successfully resolved. The entire Proposed RMP/Final EIS is available online. |
| RMP Approval: The Resource Management Plan (RMP) was approved by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Directors of California and Nevada in July 2004. The 1.2 million-acre NCA Planning Area is jointly managed by the Winnemucca (Winnemucca, Nevada) and Surprise (Cedarville, California) Field Offices. The RMP including the Record of Decision is available online. |  |
To Contact us for paper or cd copies of the RMP: Send Email including Your Name, Address and what version you would like to the Winnemucca Field Office |
The Final Planning Bulletin is available in pdf format (728 Kb) |
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