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Show SnnJucn Officials Protest BIM Land Retention Plan ,' By C. Sharp Tiio numbers ,f the San Juan County Commission pro-V pro-V s'.e i aga list 'praeonceiv-ed 'praeonceiv-ed notions of ;h" C.S. Bureau cf Lar.d Mara tr.: nt for retaining re-taining a .'.ai, v:.ntia! acTC-a.e acTC-a.e cf ia.'Kis suitable for sah' to ppv;.'." own. rship in thai couuy." Ti.ey cvjirt .-'.sed their views b: f( re hc Advisory Council on Local Affa.rs Friday. i.a i' a H.ii !ton, Montieel-lo, Montieel-lo, said less than s.-ven per e nt i f San Juan County land is in privt'.e ownership. Calvin L'iaek, Blanding. said the BLM litis ignored r.pa.'cat.cns end suggestions fer making the land available avail-able for private ownership. Kob'irl D. Nielson, state P.LM director, said the lands in question could not be released re-leased under the Homestead Law because insufficient acreage e ;u!d be deeded to a single family to sustain it. He said saies of up to 5.000 acres cuiki be authorized ta ihe highest bidders. Pi i posed r tentic.n of the lands in question for multiple multi-ple use managenunt may be protected in wT,?:en statements state-ments to the BLM until Aug. 5. After that date the BLM can again publish its proposed pro-posed classifications of the land. The public may then submit written exceptions for 30 days, aOter which the Secretary Sec-retary of Interior may make a ruling, Nielson said |