La Posa Travel Management Plan
Preliminary Environmental Assessment
Available
Yuma, Ariz. - The
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma Field Office has announced that the La
Posa Travel Management Plan preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) will be available
for review starting Wednesday, January 21, 2015. There will be a 30-day public comment period
and all comments must be received by close of business on February 19, 2015. Beginning on January 21, 2015, the
preliminary EA may be reviewed on the BLM internet website at http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/travel_mgmt/la_posa.html.
To coincide with the comment period
and to update the public on the preliminary EA,
the BLM will hold an open house
on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
The open
house will be held at the Quartzsite Community Center
located at 295 Chandler Street; Quartzsite, Arizona; from 3:00
to 6:00 p.m.
Local BLM specialists and managers will be available so that
residents and interested parties can ask questions and voice concerns. Maps will be on display for review, as well
as general EA and travel management information.
Written comments about the preliminary EA for the La Posa
TMP will be accepted through
February 19, 2015.
Comments postmarked by this date will be considered in making the final
decision. The comments should be
specific to be most effective. Comments
should be mailed to BLM Yuma Field Office, Attention: Ray Castro; 2555 E. Gila Ridge Road; Yuma,
Arizona 85365; or through email to blm_az_ym_trails@blm.gov.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public
land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System
of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska.
The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate
throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to manage and conserve the public
lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our
mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2013, the BLM
generated $4.7 billion in receipts from public lands.
