Notice of Availability of the Proposed Plan Amendment Environmental Assessment to the Book Cliffs Resource Area Resource Management Plan

Résumé

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah, Vernal Field Office has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Proposed Book Cliffs Resource Area Plan Amendment for Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction into the Coyote Basin Area, Utah. The proposed plan amendment would allow for the reintroduction of the ferret into the Primary Management Zone (PMZ) of Coyote Basin under the conditions delineated under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's rule establishing the area as covered by Section 10j of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The Coyote Basin PMZ, which is located in Uintah County, Utah, consists of 51,563 acres. Additionally, the guidelines developed by an interdisciplinary team and described in the Final Proposed Cooperative Plan for the Reintroduction and Management of Black-footed Ferrets in Coyote Basin, Uintah County, Utah would be followed.