Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.11.2000

Imperial Sand Dunes Vehicular Use Closure

On March 16, 2000 a lawsuit was filed against the Bureau of Land Management by Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The basis of the lawsuit is that BLM has not yet consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as required by the Endangered Species Act, on the effects of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan on species listed by the Service as threatened or endangered. In compliance with stipulations agreed to by the plaintiffs and the BLM and approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern Jurisdiction regarding Case No. C00-0927 WHA-ADR, the public land areas described below within the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Management Area are closed to off-highway vehicle and other vehicular use effective Nov 3, 2000. This is a temporary closure until the Bureau of Land Management consults with and receives a Biological Opinion from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the impacts of vehicular use in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area on the Peirson's milk-vetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii), designated by Service in 1998 as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.