BLM Issues Decision on the Snyder Fire Emergency Stabilization and Burned Area Rehabilitation Environmental Assessment
Colorado
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The Bureau of Land Management McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, Grand Junction Field Office, and Moab Field Office have issued a decision record for an environmental assessment to implement the Emergency Stabilization and Burned Area Rehabilitation and treatments. Treatments were approved in the MCNCA including Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, GJFO, and MFO including Westwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area that include but are not limited to aerial and drill seeding, aerial herbicide application, sagebrush plug and deep pole (cottonwood) planting, hazard sign installation.
The decision record can be found on the BLM’S ePlanning website at: Snyder Fire Emergency Stabilization and Burned Area Rehabilitation Environmental Assessment . For more information, please contact Marlin Deras, Natural Resource Specialist, (970) 244-3, mderas@blm.gov, or Christina Stark, Assistant Field Manager, 970-244-3027, cstark@blm.gov, or contact the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area at (970) 244-3000 or blm_co_gj_web_mail@blm.gov.
The BLM manages about 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.