Zasoby i środowisko · 21.10.1994

Notice of Emergency Closure

Notice is hereby given that effective October 15, 1994, public lands described below are closed to all Off-Road Vehicle use. Under the authority and requirement of 43 CFR 8364.1 and 43 CFR 8341.1 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. This closure affects 3760 acres of public lands in Rio Grande County located in the area south of Monte Vista, Colorado and west of the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge and east of BLM Road 5100 in T.38N., R.7E., Sections 34 & 35 and T.37N., R7E., Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14 and 15. This area closure will eliminate an extremely dangerous situation where a considerable number of hunters shoot elk as they leave the Wildlife Refuge in the early morning. The closure will also protect the fragile vegetation and highly erodible soils from the adverse effects of vehicle travel during the wet months of the year. This action does not effect hunting use in the area, but is intended to make the area safer for hunters and the general public, and protect the natural resource from damage especially during the fall/winter months when soils are often wet. These restrictions do not apply to emergency, law enforcement and Federal, State or other gove