Notification of Approved Off Road Vehicle and Area of Critical Environmental Concern Designations, Southern Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment, Nevada

Résumé

The Southern Washoe County Urban Interface Plan Amendment amends a portion of the Lahontan Resource Management Plan (RMP). The purpose is to provide for improved management of public lands in the Reno and Sparks metropolitan area. The amendment identifies areas where public lands will be retained in ownership by the people of the United States; areas where public lands are available for acquisition by State or local agencies or the private sector; areas appropriate for acquisition by the BLM; and how public lands will be managed. The Land Use Master Plans of Reno, Sparks, and Washoe County, and the Washoe County Regional Open Space Plan define and delineate open space in southern Washoe County. Open Space in Washoe County is defined as: Undeveloped land that encompasses natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational resources important to the local quality-of-life. A large portion of the land described in the above plans as being consistent with open space values are public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City Field Office. All other uses of public land, not addressed in the plan amendment, will continue to be managed as provided for in the existing Lahont