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What Can We Learn From Past Reform Efforts, R. Max Peterson

The National Forest Management Act in a Changing Society, 1976-1996: How Well Has It Worked in the Past 20 Years?: Will It Work in the 21st Century? (September 16-18)

7 pages.

Contains footnotes and references.

South Manti Timber Salvage Sales Environmental Assessment, United States Forest Service

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This environmental assessment (EA) is intended to foster informed decision making and public participation on a site-specific proposal to implement activities designed to meet the purpose and need and goals and objectives of the Manti-La Sal National Forest Land and Resources Management Plan (Forest Plan). This EA discloses the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of three action alternatives for timber harvest and road construction, and a no action alternative on portions of the Ferron/Price and Sanpete Ranger Districts, Manti-La Sal National Forest in Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah. The area to be analyzed in support of this decision includes …

Final Environmental Impact Statement Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project, Sweetwater, Lincoln, And Uinta Counties, Wyoming, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

The Expanded Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas Development Project EIS analyzes a proposal by the Moxa Arch operators (Amoco Production Company, Union Pacific Resources Company, Wexpro/Celsius Energy Company, Bannon Energy, Marathon Oil Company, Presidio Exploration, and other companies) to continue to infill drill additional development wells in their leased acreage within the Moxa Arch oil and gas development area. The project area encompasses approximately 476,261 acres of southwestern Wyoming. Lands associated with the additional drilling program include those previously analyzed in the Amoco Production Company Moxa Arch Natural Gas Production Environmental Assessment (EA) and Decision Record (DR) (USDI-BLM 1991) and …

Fontenelle Natural Gas Infill Drilling Projects, Sweetwater And Lincoln Counties, Wyoming, Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

DALEN Resources Oil & Gas Co. (DALEN Operator) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Presidio Oil Co., and several other companies (collectively the Lincoln Road Operators) propose to continue infill drilling their existing lease acreage (collectively approximately 179,760 acres) within the Fontenelle II and Lincoln Road development areas. The Fontenelle II and the Lincoln Road development areas are immediately adjacent to each other. Both proposed actions would be implemented in northeastern Lincoln and northwestern Sweetwater counties, Wyoming adjacent to and east of Fontenelle Reservoir and the Green River. The project areas are approximately 30 miles northeast of Kemmerer, Wyoming and …

Express Crude Oil Pipeline Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

Express Pipeline, Inc. (Express) proposes to construct, maintain, and operate a 24-inch crude oil pipeline from the U.S. (Montana)/Canada border near Wild Horse to Casper, Wyoming. The project (the proposed action ) would include the 515-mile pipeline, five pump stations, numerous mainline block and check valves, and a meter station. Initially, the pipeline would be capable of transporting 172,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude oil to Casper, Wyoming. Construction is scheduled from July through October, 1996, with operations beginning by late October, 1996. This final environmental impact statement analyzes the environmental effects of the Express Pipeline, the No Action …

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 1 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This final environmental impact statement (EIS) describes the proposed Grass Creek Resource Management Plan (RMP) and its environmental consequences. This proposed plan is for the future management of public lands in a portion of the Bighorn Basin Resource Area of the Worland District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The planning area comprises approximately 968,000 acres of BLM-administered public land surface and 1,171,000 acres of BLM-administered federal mineral estate. (BLM-administered public land surface is referred to as "public land" in this document.)

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 2 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the balanced management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are considered in a combinatlon that will best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield: a combination of uses that take into account the long term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

Environmental Assessment Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project, United States Forest Service

Environmental Assessments (UT)

This Environmental Assessment (EA) documents the analysis of a Proposed Action and the No Action alternative for the Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project. The Proposed Action is designed to meet the following Purpose and Need within urban interface areas, Forest campgrounds and along designated Forest roads (Focus Areas): restore forest health by reducing bark beetle populations and protecting and retaining scenic vegetation; eliminate safety hazards by reducing fuels buildup and fire danger; manage habitats to maintain viable populations of existing native or desired non-native vertebrate species; and recover the volume and value of trees killed by bark beetles. The EA discusses …

Appendix 1 Public Comments And Forest Service Responses To The Environmental Assessment For 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments On The Shoshone National Forest, United States Forest Service

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Forest Service Regulations (36 CFR 215.6d) require publication of this appendix. Material in this appendix addresses comments received from the public during the comment period for the Environmental Assessment for 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments on the Shoshone National Forest. This appendix will be attached to any Decision Notices that may result.

Record Of Decision For Fontenelle Natural Gas Infill Drilling Projects Environmental Impact Statement, Sweetwater And Lincoln Counties, Wyoming, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Record of Decisions (WY)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approves the Fontenelle Projects Resource Protection Alternatives (RPAs) for natural gas development and production. Approval of the RPAs provides for managing the area, in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Sec. 202(e)), in a manner that allows for natural gas development while continuing to provide for the existing principal and major uses (i.e., domestic livestock grazing, fish and wildlife development and utilization, mineral exploration and production, rights-of-way, and outdoor recreation) recognized by the land use plan for this area. The RPAs balance the multiple uses and sustains the long-term yield of …

Green River Resource Area Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 1 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Resource Management Plans (WY)

This final environmental impact statement (EIS) describes the Proposed Green River Resource Management Plan (RMP) and its environmental consequences. This proposed plan is for the future management of approximately 3,635,000 acres of BLM-administered public land surface and 3,581,000 acres of BLM-administered Federal mineral estate in the Green River Resource Area.

Green River Resource Area Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Resource Management Plans (WY)

The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the balanced management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are considered in a combination that will best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield; a combination of uses that take into account the long term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

Environmental Assessment Amendment To Grand Mesa National Forest Travel Management Plan Revision 100 Mile Proposal, United States Forest Service

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The purpose of this Environmental Assessment (EA) is to describe the environmental effects of a proposal to evaluate reopening approximately 100 miles of the 299 miles of nonsystem routes which were closed to motorized use by the Decision Notice on the Grand Mesa National Forest Travel Management Plan Revision dated December 12, 1994.

Environmental Assessment For 36 Livestock Grazing Allotments On The Shoshone National Forest, United States Forest Service

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The Shoshone National Forest proposes to issue Term Grazing Permits that will authorize the grazing of livestock on 36 grazing allotments located within the Forest. Permits will be issued for a period of up to 10 years. Part 3 (Special Terms and Conditions) of each permit would contain site specific livestock and rangeland management requirements designed to mitigate existing resource conflicts and implement Forest Plan standards and guidelines specific to each allotment.