HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.26.22 Board Correspondence - FW_ BLM Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan _ Public Scoping Meetings
From:Paulsen, Shaina
To:BOS
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: BLM Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan | Public Scoping
Meetings
Date:Thursday, May 26, 2022 9:21:03 AM
Attachments:BLM_NCIP_NewsRelease_PublicScoping.pdf
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Please see Board Correspondence below.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: BLM_CA_Redding_Arcata_NCIP <BLM_CA_Redding_Arcata_NCIP@blm.gov>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 9:08 AM
Subject: BLM Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan | Public Scoping Meetings
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to participate
in public outreach meetings to discuss the Northwest California
Integrated Resource Management Plan (NCIP) for the Arcata and
Redding Field Offices, California
Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested!
Public Outreach Meetings
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Redding and Arcata Field Offices are in
early stages of the resource management planning process that will revise and update
management direction set forth in their respective current resource management plans. The
BLM is hosting four virtual public outreach meetings, two in-person meetings, and a virtual
open house website that provides project information and opportunities to comment.
The web-based virtual open house is available to the public during the scoping
period from April 29, 2022, to June 28, 2022. Website visitors will be able to view
information about the planning process, learn about the planning area and key resource
topics, pose questions, and submit comments.
The virtual open house website is availableat:
https://www.virtualpublicmeeting.com/ncip-scoping
The live virtual public meetings will include an overview presentation, question and answer
session, and an opportunity to provide public comment. Each meeting will feature key
resource topics identified below. BLM specialists will be available to answer questions.
Please note that you must register for the meetings in advance at the BLM’s project website
at the end of this notice. Meetings (all times Pacific) are as follows:
Thursday, June 9, 2022: 9:00 AM 11:00 AM Pacific
Resource Focus: Forestry, Vegetation, and Fire
Tuesday, June 14, 2022: 9:00 AM 11:00 AM Pacific
Resource Focus: Fish and Wildlife
Wednesday, June 15, 2022: 4:00 PM 6:00 PM Pacific
Resource Focus: Socioeconomics, Env. Justice, Tribal Interests, Cultural Resources,
and Public Health and Safety
Thursday, June 16, 2022: 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Pacific
Resource Focus: Recreation, Special Designations, Minerals, and Lands and Realty
In addition, the BLM will host two in-person open house meetings on the following dates
and at the following locations:
Monday, June 6, 2022: 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Pacific
Red Lion Hotel Redding, 1830 Hilltop Drive, Redding, CA, 96002
Wednesday, June 8, 2022: 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Pacific
Redwood Park, Park Drive, Arcata, CA 95521
Comments will be accepted until June 28, 2022, through the virtual open house website, by
providing verbal comments during a virtual public outreach meeting, through the BLM
project website below, or by U.S. mail.
To submit comments via U.S. mail, please address them to:
NCIP, Bureau of Land Management
Arcata Field Office
1695 Heindon Road
Arcata, CA 95521-4573
To register for the meetings, submit comments, or for additional information please
visit the project website at:
https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012803/510
For further information please contact: BLM Project Manager Tory Callahan, Arcata
Field Office, at telephone: 707- 825-2315 or email: vslaughter@blm.gov.
News Release
BLM Northern California District
Media Contact: Jeff Fontana, 530-260-0189, jfontana@blm.gov
May 25, 2022
CA-N-22-21
BLM announces public meetings to discuss the development of the Northwest
California Integrated Resource Management Plan
REDDING, Calif . – The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings in early-to mid-June to seek
input for the development of the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan, which will guide
the agency’s broad direction and management for public lands overseen by the Arcata and Redding field offices
for the next 20 years.
The new resource management plan will guide management of natural and cultural resources on about 382,000
acres of BLM-managed public lands in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Shasta, Butte, Tehama and
Siskiyou counties. The plan will also address management of about 307,000 acres of subsurface mineral estate.
The plan will replace the current Arcata and Redding field office resource management plans that have been in
place for more than 20 years. Proper management of resources keeps public lands healthy and productive for
current and future generations.
BLM natural and cultural resource management specialists will be available during the meetings to answer
questions about development of plan, and participants can learn about opportunities to provide written
comments on the issues and topics that the plan should address.
The meetings will address various resource management topics. Participants must register in advance for the
virtual Zoom public meetings by visiting https://bit.ly/3PSBSh9. They will receive information about how to
join the meetings. Participants can join as many meetings as they wish. Details and topic discussions are as
follows:
In-person meetings:
Monday, June 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel, 1830 Hilltop Drive in Redding; and
Wednesday, June 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Redwood Lodge picnic area in Redwood Park in Arcata.
During the in-person workshops, BLM specialists will be on site to answer questions about the plan and
various management topics. Information on the comment process will be available.
Virtual meetings:
Thursday, June 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. Topics include forestry, vegetation management and fire
management;
Tuesday, June 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. Topics include fish and wildlife;
Wednesday, June 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Topics include socioeconomics, environmental justice, Tribal
interests, cultural resources and public health and safety; and
Thursday, June 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. Topics include recreation management, special designations,
minerals management and lands and realty.
The BLM will be monitoring the status of COVID-19cases and could cancel the in-person meetings if
conditions warrant. Detailed information on the BLM’s planning process, including relevant documents, is
available on the BLM’s ePlanning website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012803/510.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of
the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is
to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future
generations.
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