Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in getting this to the nmcaver mail list - my BLM address
is not registered to the list so the original email I sent was not delivered.
All interested cavers should consider participating in the comment period for
the Ft Stanton-Snowy River Cave NCA management plan.
Donna
For Immediate Release
March 9, 2010
For Additional Information
Howard Parman 575-627-0212
Donna Hummel 505-954-2019
BLM Begins Development of a Management Plan for
Ft. Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area
-Agency Seeks Public Input-
Roswell, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management has begun a public scoping
process to solicit comments and identify issues to be considered as it
prepares a Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and an associated
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave
National Conservation Area (NCA). The NCA, located in Lincoln County, New
Mexico, was created to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and
nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological,
natural and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort
Stanton-Snowy River cave system.
The NCA was established on March 30, 2009, when the President signed into
law the Omnibus Land Management Act (Act). The Act directs the BLM to
develop a management plan for the NCA within 2 years of the enactment. The
plan will be comprehensive in nature and will incorporate both cave and
surface resource management goals and objectives.
The Roswell Field Office initiated this planning process with a formal
announcement opening the 30-day public comment period published in the
Federal Register on March 9, 2010.
Public participation is an important part of the planning process. Two
scoping meetings have been scheduled where information about the NCA will
be available, questions will be answered, and issues and concerns can be
identified:
· April 5, 2010 - Ruidoso Convention Center, 5 - 7 p.m.
· April 8, 2010 - Capitan Public Library, 5 - 7 p.m.
Documents related to this proposal may be examined at the Roswell Field
Office or on the web at www.blm.gov/nm.
Comments on issues and planning criteria related to the RMPA/EA for the
Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave NCA can be submitted to the BLM by email at
nmrfo_comme...@blm.gov;
fax 575-627-0276; or by mail to Roswell Field Office, 2909 W. 2nd St.,
Roswell, NM 8820.
For further information and/or to have your name added to our mailing list,
contact Howard Parman, Planning Team Leader; Roswell Field Office, 2909 W.
2nd St., Roswell, NM 88201; telephone - 575-627-0212; or by email at
howard_par...@blm.gov.
-BLM-
________________________________
Donna Hummel
Deputy Chief, Office of External Affairs
USDI, Bureau of Land Management
New Mexico State Office
1474 Rodeo Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Office: 505/954-2019
Cell: 505/660-8528
Fax: 505/954-2010
Email: dhum...@blm.gov
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