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Show Aloob District BLM Office Jo Hold Public Meetings Jo Explain Grazing Suit T-e B-.-r.rj c' Land Mi.i-lit-cr.l wiil hoi J pubiic res:, f is thrvxigVxit its Mcvab X:r.t tn iate Ovtoher and ti? Novcrr.bcr to ciplaia implications of a grazing ' i.v. I"--1 v-icocssf.:! tvo year lor ' .:: is f.'.cJ b ,;tvcp of ' ev-"jr.:rer.a!:t. the Nation-i Nation-i K; scarves Defense Council, fc.".. iri five others. contend-r; contend-r; jt one general program- i::c environmental impact i Citer.er.t for the cui:r''i r1-':" lar.cis d:d n.- sativfv National Environmental Pxcr Act. The federal courts iiTteJ -.:h the groups and 31Mi!; prepare 212 detailed evtror.rr.cnt.al impact state- terts on 150 million acres of es:ern gracing land. Ji A r.-jn-.ber of the statements -l have to be written for BLM pir.g land in Utah. The Cinvoniands area, covering 1.1-3. OX) acres in San Juan i---Grand Counties, is scheduled sched-uled to be Tittcn in 19". All l"er areas of the State will be completed at least bv Ju!v HW The lawsuit has resulted in an immediate curtailment of certain rans-c programs. BLM will m-t implement anv Allotment Allot-ment Management Plan ( after af-ter June 30. H5 without first completing an impact statement state-ment covering such an AMP. Nor is BLM allowed to continue projects works and vegetative manipulations projects pro-jects supportive of improved livcvtock grazing such is scedmgs. chainings. spraying and fencing. Moreover, livestock live-stock grazing authorizations will be limited to an annual authorization basis. There arc also other short-term short-term implications such as certain livestock class changes will be delayed temporarily, etc. Among the four meetings scheduled in Southeastern L'tah. the one set for Moab w ill be on Oct. 28. in the Council Chambers of the Grand County Courthouse. Trie public pub-lic is urged to attend. |