BLM Planning Meeting in Mariposa County
The Folsom Field Office
of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
asking the public to help identify issues and concerns regarding future
management of about 72,580 acres of public lands in Mariposa County at
a public meeting on Thursday, February 24, in the Board Chamber,
Mariposa Government Center, 5100 Bullion Street in Mariposa , between
6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Deane Swickard, BLM
Folsom Field Manager, said the information gathered
at the public meeting will be used by the BLM in the development of a
regional Resources Management Plan (RMP) that will guide management
activities on public lands under its jurisdiction for the next 20 years.
The Folsom Field Office
is responsible for the management of
approximately 230,000 acres of public land within fourteen California
counties: Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Mariposa, Merced,
Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne,
and Yuba Counties.
Preliminary issues and
management concerns have been identified by BLM
personnel include: Management of public land resources at the watershed
level; management of ecosystems and riparian areas to maintain and
improve conditions; management and protection of sensitive, rare,
threatened, or endangered species; management of Wild and Scenic River
corridors; implementation of the Federal Wildland Fire Policy; fluid
and solid mineral development; meeting the needs of local and regional
communities; land tenure adjustments, and the consideration of lands
for special management designation; cultural resource protection, and
the provision of recreation opportunities for the public.
For more information,
please contact the Bureau of Land Management,
Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom CA 95630, or call (916)
985-4474.
