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Show Page HERALD. Provo. Utah, Thursday, November 22, 1979 18D-T- HE Bureau Seeks Public Input On Deep Creek Mountains Public opinion comments on management alternatives for Deep Creek Mountains in Western Utah is being requested by the Bureau of Land Management Written comments concerning several options for management of the unique ecosystem in the Deep Creeks should be sent to the BLM Richfield district office, 150 E. 900 N., Richfield, 84701. The y public comment period closes Jan. 15, 1980. The bureau will conduct a public meeting Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 of the Salt Palace, 100 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, to obtain public comment. In May, 1977 when mineral activities heightened concern for protection of some of the unusual values in the Deep Creek Mountains the BLM made an emergency withdrawal on 27,000 acres. Under provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, such emergency withdrawals must be evaluated and a recommendation made by the bureau as to whether the withdrawal should become permanent. One option bureau personnel are considering is to request permanent withdrawal of the 27,000 acres before the temporary withdrawal expires May 2, 1980, according to Donald L. Pendleton, BLM Richfield district manager. Under a permanent withdrawal, any valid rights existing at the time of the temporary withdrawal would be recognized. However, there could be no new settlement, sale, location or occupation under the country's general land laws, including the mining laws. Another option would be an application for permanent withdrawal on a boundary modified from the emergency withdrawal to include additional significant resource values identified during the three year emergency period. The Deep Creek area is also being proposed as a wilderness study area. This proposal will be discussed at the Dec. 5 meeting in conjunction with the withdrawal option. The review period on the wilderness study proposal will be the same as for the other management alternatives. BLM was mandated in 1976 through FLPMA (Section 603) to review public land areas of 5,000 acres or more having wilderness characteristics and report to Congress on the suitability or of those lands for wilderness designation. The initial wilderness inventory indicated that the Deep Creek area within the Richfield and Salt Lake BLM districts warranted further review under the bureau's "Intensive" wilderness inventory. An accelerated wilderness "intensive" inventory was conducted in November, 1979. As a result, an area of approximately 68,910 acres of public land (38.170 acres in Salt Lake district and 30,740 acres in Richfield district) is being proposed as a "wilderness study area." If the wilderness study area proposal is adopted. BLM would determine through the land use planning process whether the area should be recommended for wilderness to Congress. It is anticipated that the wilderness study and a recommendation will be completed long before the 1991 deadline set by Congress. If the Deep Creek unit is designated as a wilderness study area, BLM would have to prevent during the study period any action which would impair the area's suitability for preservation as wilderness. Mining, mineral leasing, grazing and other uses could continue in the same manner and degree as they were being conducted on Oct. 21. 1976 (when FLPMA was enacted by Congress) but would be regulated by the bureau to provide environmental protection and prevent undue degradation of the land and resources. The 68,910 acres which would be included in the wilderness study area proposal encompasses resource values found beyond the 27,000-acr- e boundary of the three-yea- r emergency withdrawal. Pendleton pointed out the area would remain under consideration for wilderness study regardless of whether the withdrawal options were chosen to protect the resource values. During the emergency withdrawal period, BLM has been assisted by other federal and state agencies and members of the public in identifying endangered, threatened or rare plant and animal d vehicle use, mineral and species; geological resources, archaeological and historical values, and water quality in the Deep Creek Mountains. Portions of the area have been identified as essential habitat for the Snake Valley Cutthroat Trout. off-roa- The presence in the Deep Creeks of the Giant Stonefly (outside its recognized area of distribution) possibly ties the Deep Creek Mountains with the prehistoric Lake Bonneville and the lake's relationship with the Pacific Ocean. The existence of bristlecone pine trees is another unique resource value of the Deep Creek Mountains. 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