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For Immediate Release                                                                                                              News Release No. 031208                

Contact: Doug Stockdale, 907-474-2264                                                                                Date: 03/12/2008 

 

 

BLM Schedules Public Scoping Meetings For Eastern Interior Planning Area

 

FAIRBANKS, AK — The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office today announced the initial schedule of public scoping meetings for a Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. The Eastern Interior planning area stretches from Fairbanks to the US–Canada border and contains about 8 million acres of BLM-managed lands.

Scoping meetings are held early in a planning process to help familiarize the public with the project and to gather issues, concerns and ideas that the plan should address. The scoping period for the Eastern Interior Resource management Plan runs from March 1 through July 1, 2008.

"Scoping is an important first step in the public involvement process," said Eastern Interior Field Manager Lenore Heppler. "Scoping is an informal process of two-way information sharing and gathering between the BLM and the public. It gives the public a significant voice and opportunity to help shape and direct our planning process."

Community Scoping Meeting Schedule
Community
Location
Day
Date
Time
     
Anchorage
Campbell Creek Science Center
Multi-Purpose Room
Thursday
April 10
3-8 p.m.
     
Tok
Tok School Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday
April 16
3-8 p.m.
     
Delta Junction
Community Center
Thursday
April 17
3-8 p.m.
     
Fairbanks
FNSB Assembly Chambers
Tuesday
April 22
3-8 p.m.

Additional scoping meetings will be scheduled in other communities in May and June and announced through the news media and on the BLM Web site at www.blm.gov/ak

For more information, or to be added to the mail list, contact Jeanie Cole, Planning Team Leader, Eastern Interior Field Office at (907) 474-2340.

 

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The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages 258 million surface acres — more land than any other federal agency. Most of this public land is in 12 Western states, including 80.8 million surface acres in Alaska. The Bureau also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on the public lands.

 

 

 

 
Last updated: 05-19-2008