Management Plan
In 2004, President Bush signed the Galisteo Basin Archaeological Sites Protection Act (Act) which identified 24 sites with Native American and Spanish colonial history, totaling 4,591 acres, for preservation, protection, and interpretation. These sites are on public and private lands across the Galisteo Basin in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. To meet the legal requirements of the Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is developing a plan to guide the future management of the sites. Because implementation of a management plan would be a Federal action, the BLM is preparing an environmental assessment (EA) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to consider the environmental consequences of the management options. The BLM will make the EA available for public review and comment upon its completion.
Scoping Report
Scoping is the process by which the BLM solicits input to identify relevant issues and concerns that should be considered and addressed within the scope of the EA. Input provided by the public, Native American tribes, governmental entities, or other interested parties regarding issues, concerns, potential environmental consequences, or other relevant information is used by the BLM to prepare its assessment. The formal scoping period for the Act management plan was from April 16, 2010, to June 7, 2010.
The scoping report addresses all aspects of the scoping process for the management plan EA, including interagency coordination, public notifications, dates and locations of the workshops, and all comments received as a result of these efforts, either at the workshops or through other mechanisms. This document summarizes the comments received, both verbal and written, during the scoping workshops, as well as comments received via email and mail during the scoping period. All comments are given equal consideration regardless of method of transmission.
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