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BCP'ers,
The BLM has opened up public comment on a proposed road to be bulldozed through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area that many/most of us enjoy just north of St. George. This includes the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve which was fought over and finally compromised to be preserved in 1996 largely to protect desert tortoise habitat and allow adjacent development.
Details:
www.ksl.com
Public input:
www.federalregister.gov
Convenient email address to submit your opinion - BLM_UT_NorthernCorridor@blm.gov.
Please, please, please spend 5 minutes to compose and submit your input or opinion about this idea. I did.
There is also a public meeting in St. George on 12/17. IMPORTANT NOTE: The public input period ends January 6.
The BLM has opened up public comment on a proposed road to be bulldozed through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area that many/most of us enjoy just north of St. George. This includes the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve which was fought over and finally compromised to be preserved in 1996 largely to protect desert tortoise habitat and allow adjacent development.
Details:
Public comment period begins for proposed highway through protected Washington County lands
The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have begun accepting public comment about a proposed four-lane highway project that would impact protected public lands in Washington County.

Public input:

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Consider a Highway Right-of-Way With Associated Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit, and Resource Management Plan Amendments, Washington County, UT
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), as co-lead...
Convenient email address to submit your opinion - BLM_UT_NorthernCorridor@blm.gov.
Please, please, please spend 5 minutes to compose and submit your input or opinion about this idea. I did.
There is also a public meeting in St. George on 12/17. IMPORTANT NOTE: The public input period ends January 6.
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