BLM to Prepare Amendment to East Alaska RMP for the Delta River Recreation Area

April 10, 2008 – BLM has published a notice of intent to prepare an amendment to the East Alaska Resource Management Plan (EARMP) for the Delta River Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA).  The planning area encompasses 45,000 acres of unencumbered land in the Delta Wild and Scenic River corridor including several designated OHV routes.  Though BLM completed management planning for the SMRA with the approval of the EARMP in September of last year, BLM has subsequently adopted new recreation planning requirements.  The new requirements call for recreation-related land use allocations and development of recreation management zones.  Even though these zones were designated within the SRMA, BLM proposes that some boundaries require changes, which could potentially affect designated OHV routes.

BLM will announce when the 30-day public comment period begins.  The announcement can be viewed on BLM’s website by clicking here when it becomes available, so check back regularly.  Comments may be submitted by fax to 907–822–3120 or by mail to:

Delta River Special
Recreation Management Area Planning,
Bureau of Land Management,
Glennallen Field Office, P.O. Box 147,
Glennallen, AK 99588

For further information, please contact Heath Emmons in the Glennallen Field Office at 907-822-3217 or hemmons@blm.gov.  To view the original notice in the Federal Register, please click here.