BLM Announces Public Comment Period for the Environmental Assessment For Tangle Ridge Trail Proposal
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GLENNALLEN, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on a proposal to extend a non-motorized hiking route near the Tangle Lakes Campground.
The BLM Glennallen Field Office proposes cutting brush, marking, and applying minimal construction techniques to the Tangle Ridge Trail starting in the campground. The proposal is an effort to expand hiking opportunities within the Glennallen Field Office Management area. It includes a plan to extend the route northward within the Delta National Wild and Scenic River corridor towards the Delta River falls portage. The route would cross the river before continuing back in a southerly direction towards the Denali Highway. Tread construction would occur on some ascending and descending portions of the route.
Work would begin in June of 2017 and will be performed by BLM employees with the assistance of a Youth Conservation Corps crew. The project is expected to take up to five years to complete.
Your comments and concerns will be considered in the development of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for this proposal. Please submit your comments on the Proposed Action and other issues to be considered to the address(es) noted below by January 11, 2017.
To submit electronic comments, please visit the BLM’s NEPA register:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-
Please send U.S. Mail comments to:
Bureau of Land Management
Glennallen Field Office
Attn: Tangle Ridge Trail
P.O. Box 147
Glennallen, Alaska 99588
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identification information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal indemnifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
The BLM manages more than 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.