BLM evaluating proposal to lease Salida East to Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal George Field Office is seeking public comment on its draft Environmental Assessment to lease the Salida East Recreation Site to Colorado Parks and Wildlife under the Recreation & Public Purposes Act.
CPW, through the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area partnership, manages 16 recreation sites through an R&PP lease. Salida East is located within the AHRA. This proposal would modify CPW’s lease to add the 19-acre Salida East site.
“As neighbors to the local community, we are eager to hear about any issues and concerns from the public,” said Royal Gorge Field Manager, Keith Berger. “Moving forward with our work on the EA, we want to make sure that a decision to lease Salida East to CPW will benefit residents and visitors alike.”
With an approved lease, the BLM and CPW would collaboratively manage the area. If the lease is approved, CPW would collect fees to fund maintenance, capital improvements and monitoring costs, thereby reducing user-related conflicts, ensuring natural resource protection and improving safety and management in the area.
In 2015, recreation activities on BLM-managed lands generated $543 million and supported 4,625 jobs in Colorado.
Comments will be most helpful if submitted before May 1, 2017 and accepted via BLM’s ePlanning website at http://bit.ly/2cpES3I or by mail to the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, 3028 E. Main St., Canon City, CO 81212. For additional information, please contact Kalem Lenard at jlenard@blm.gov or 719-269-8538.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware 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 your personal identifying information from public review, 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.