BLM to resolve residential encroachments by selling a small parcel of public land
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Montrose, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office plans to sell a small parcel of public land to resolve a long-standing residential encroachment. The parcel is managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office and is located within the planning area for the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area.
“The BLM hopes to resolve this long-lasting and unintentional trespass on public lands by selling this small piece of public land to a private party,” said Suzanne Copping, Uncompahgre Field Manager.
The parcel contains 6.62 acres located adjacent to the National Conservation Area in the Peach Valley area of Delta County. A 2003 boundary survey of the new National Conservation Area identified several inadvertent encroachments of the private property onto public land, including this parcel. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003 adjusted the boundary to remove encroachments, including the parcel, from within the NCA to facilitate a resolution.
The BLM released a draft of the preliminary environmental assessment for a 21-day public comment period in September 2020 to provide an opportunity to gather additional input from the public regarding the project and issue analysis. No comments were received.
More information about the proposed land sale, including maps, is available online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2000347/510.
A notice announcing the land conveyance published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2022, beginning a 45-day public comment period on the sale action. Comments must be received by October 1, 2022, and submitted to the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office, 2465 S. Townsend Road, Montrose, CO 81401 or by email to jpmoe@blm.gov.
All comments, including personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While those commenting may ask that their identifying information be withheld from public review, the BLM cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
For more information, contact Jana Moe, Realty Specialist, BLM, Uncompahgre Field Office, telephone: (970) 240-5324.
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