WINNEMUCCA - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, released the Final Drought Environmental Assessment (EA) which provides the BLM and its livestock permittees and stakeholders a variety of management tools to help mitigate the ongoing impacts of drought on natural resources.
The EA establishes a District Drought Detection and Monitoring Plan (DDMP) and contains drought response actions (DRA) that will be used to inform land managers about how uses on public lands are impacting natural resources during drought.
The DRAs provide guidance and instructions on how to properly identify what actions must be taken to mitigate impacts from authorized or unauthorized uses on public land.
"The Drought EA will not be a standalone document that can be used to authorize projects and activities to mitigate drought," said BLM Humboldt River Field Manager Vern Graham. "It will provide documentation and a range of potential management actions that can be used to more quickly and efficiently make decisions in a rapidly changing environment."
For additional information, please contact Wes Barry, assistant field manager - range, at (775) 623-1500.[[In-content Ad]]
