Newcastle Resource Area, WY

Resumen

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Newcastle Resource Management Plan (RMP). Comments will be accepted until June 10, 1994. The draft EIS for the Newcastle RMP describes and analysis four alternative RMPs, including the BLM's preferred alternative, for managing the Wyoming portion of the Newcastle Resource Area. The planning area is located in Crook, Weston, and Niobrara Counties, in northeastern Wyoming. When completed, the Newcastle RMP will provide the management direction for future land and resource management actions on approximately 291,000 acres of public land surface and approximately 1,700,000 acres of Federal mineral estate administered by the BLM within this portion of the Newcastle Resource Area. The draft EIS focuses on resolving three key issues that were identified with public involvement early in the planning process. These issues are: (1) Retention or disposal of public lands; (2) surface disturbance; and (3) special management areas designations. There is one designated area of environmental concern (ACEC) within the Newcastle RMP planning area, the Whoopup Canyon A