Amador County - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office is requesting public comments on new rules affecting 231,000 acres of public lands in 10 central California counties. Much of the land is located along rivers in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties. The interim final supplementary rules are in effect until publication of the final supplementary rules. The best-known management areas include the South Yuba state Wild and Scenic River, North Fork American Wild and Scenic River, Merced Wild and Scenic River, Pine Hill Preserve, Cosumnes River Preserve, Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern and South Fork American River. The rules will affect camping, hunting, campfire use, and other types of recreation, mainly on the most popular heavily used public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office. The new rules will implement decisions made by BLM in the 2008 Sierra Resource Management Plan, 2004 South Fork American River Management Plan, 2005 South Yuba River Comprehensive Management Plan and other recent land-use plans. “Public lands along Sierra Nevada rivers such as the South Yuba, South Fork American, and Merced are very popular with hikers, hunters, gold hunters, and other recreationists. The new rules are necessary to help prevent conflicts between different user groups and protect the outstanding natural beauty of these lands,” said Bill Haigh, BLM Mother Lode Field Office manager. The rules are available online for public review at the Mother Lode Field Office webpage at www.ca.blm.gov/motherlode. Paper copies are available upon request through the Mother Lode Field Office, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. The official notice was published in the Federal Register this week and starts the 60-day public review period. Public comments must be postmarked no later than July 12. Written public comments should be submitted to BLM Mother Lode Field Office, attention Supplementary Rules; or by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or by fax (916) 941-3199 attention Supplementary Rules. For more information, contact James Barnes at (916) 941-3140. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, 14 May 2010 06:18
BLM Requests Comments On Rules Affecting 231,000 Acres of Public Recreation Land
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Amador County - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office is requesting public comments on new rules affecting 231,000 acres of public lands in 10 central California counties. Much of the land is located along rivers in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties. The interim final supplementary rules are in effect until publication of the final supplementary rules. The best-known management areas include the South Yuba state Wild and Scenic River, North Fork American Wild and Scenic River, Merced Wild and Scenic River, Pine Hill Preserve, Cosumnes River Preserve, Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern and South Fork American River. The rules will affect camping, hunting, campfire use, and other types of recreation, mainly on the most popular heavily used public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office. The new rules will implement decisions made by BLM in the 2008 Sierra Resource Management Plan, 2004 South Fork American River Management Plan, 2005 South Yuba River Comprehensive Management Plan and other recent land-use plans. “Public lands along Sierra Nevada rivers such as the South Yuba, South Fork American, and Merced are very popular with hikers, hunters, gold hunters, and other recreationists. The new rules are necessary to help prevent conflicts between different user groups and protect the outstanding natural beauty of these lands,” said Bill Haigh, BLM Mother Lode Field Office manager. The rules are available online for public review at the Mother Lode Field Office webpage at www.ca.blm.gov/motherlode. Paper copies are available upon request through the Mother Lode Field Office, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. The official notice was published in the Federal Register this week and starts the 60-day public review period. Public comments must be postmarked no later than July 12. Written public comments should be submitted to BLM Mother Lode Field Office, attention Supplementary Rules; or by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or by fax (916) 941-3199 attention Supplementary Rules. For more information, contact James Barnes at (916) 941-3140. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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