BLM Seeks Public Input for Hollister Resource Management Plan
Revision
The Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office will gather comments at
three public workshops for the preparation of the Hollister Resource
Management Plan Revision. The Hollister Resource Area encompasses
approximately 278,000 acres of public lands in the California Central
Coast Region, including the newly acquired Santa Cruz Coast Dairies,
Fort Ord, and portions of Clear Creek Management Area.
Since the
development of the Hollister Resource Management Plan, many social,
political, and environmental changes have occurred that affect resource
conditions and influence public land uses. These changes, coupled with
significant population growth not anticipated in the in the original
plan, have presented some complex management issues, which will benefit
from an updated land use plan.
Over the
next two years, BLM will be preparing a Draft Resource Management Plan
Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement to guide the future
management of public lands within the Hollister Resource Area for the
next twenty years. The public is encouraged to help identify issues,
questions, and concerns to be incorporated into the Plan Revision
during the scoping workshops.
Scoping
workshops will take place on August 11, 2004 in Coalinga, California at
the Coalinga Public Library, 305 N. Fourth Street, from 5:30 p.m. –
7:30 p.m., August 12, 2004 in Hollister, California at the Veterans
Memorial Hall, 649 San Benito Street, Room 105, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30
p.m., and August 16, 2004 in San Jose, California at the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Public Library, 105 E. San Fernando St., Room 225, from 5:30
– 7:30 p.m..
The BLM
will work closely with interested parties to develop management actions
that are best suited to the management of the resources and the needs
of the public. Planning criteria will be developed during public
scoping to help guide the planning effort. This collaborative process
will take into account local, regional, and national concerns. Early
participation by all interested parties is encouraged and will help
guide the planning process and determine the future management of
public lands.
Written
comments should be sent to "RMP COMMENTS," BLM, Hollister Field Office,
20 Hamilton Court, Hollister, CA, 95023. Fax: 831-630-5055. For further
information contact Sky Murphy, Planning & Environmental
Coordinator, 831-630-5039; or e-mail,
Sky_Murphy@ca.blm.gov.
