Public Comment on Millions of Utah Acres Rushed, Group Warns
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 23, 2007 (ENS) –
On Friday, the Moab office of the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, will release its draft plan for how millions of acres of the redrock country will be managed. The other five BLM planning districts throughout Utah will release their planning documents over the next few months.
The Resource Management Plans will define which areas should be protected as wilderness, and which areas should be used for oil and gas exploration and off-road vehicle use. . . . The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, SUWA, says the BLM Moab field office planning document “represents the culmination of hundreds of thousands of hours of work by career professionals at the BLM,” but the public will have just 90 days to submit its comments. . . .
Stefanos Folias
is 90 days the minimum time required by law? or the maximum? or both?
the draft is 1000 pages long!
one can stay on top of their own research, but the draft is something new that must be scoured for details, subtlety, etc.
if the current land use plan for the moab district was applied 22 years ago what is a few more months (or more) — now — for the public to study the plan?
and if the other 5 districts are releasing their plans in the next few months … that’s a barrage of plans = a LOT of scrutiny for the public ALL AT ONCE!
i thought america wanted us to work our jobs?
if 6 plans = 6000 pages? when do we have time to read all this as concerned citizens?
these are not small areas and small decisions. these are management plans for southern utah … NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY!
stefan
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 10:00 PM, bruce silliman wrote: > 90 days is what the law requires! mandated by Congress. interested > parties > need to stay on top of the areas of interest and do their research > prior to > the announcement of the release date of the planning document. that > way > when the announcement is made they know where they are going to put > their > emphasis.
bruce from bryce >
bruce silliman
90 days is what the law requires! mandated by Congress. interested parties need to stay on top of the areas of interest and do their research prior to the announcement of the release date of the planning document. that way when the announcement is made they know where they are going to put their emphasis.
bruce from bryce
>From: Stefanos Folias sf@bu.edu
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>Public Comment on Millions of Utah Acres Rushed, Group Warns
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 23, 2007 (ENS) –
On Friday, the Moab office of the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, >will release its draft plan for how millions of acres of the redrock >country will be managed. The other five BLM planning districts >throughout Utah will release their planning documents over the next >few months.
The Resource Management Plans will define which areas should be >protected as wilderness, and which areas should be used for oil and >gas exploration and off-road vehicle use. >. >. >. >The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, SUWA, says the BLM Moab field >office planning document “represents the culmination of hundreds of >thousands of hours of work by career professionals at the BLM,” but >the public will have just 90 days to submit its comments. >. >. >.
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