Notice of Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula Resource Management Plan for the Squirrel River Special Recreation Management Area, Alaska, 26986-26987 [2010-11457]
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Target shooting is not allowed.
Hunting is not allowed without a
special recreation use permit issued by
the BLM.
Camping is not allowed.
Riding horses, mountain bikes, and
other non-motorized conveyances is
allowed only on designated trails.
The following rules apply to the Ione
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The Ione Manzanita ACEC is closed to
all public entry, unless written
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obtained, to prevent the spread of the
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Merced River Special Recreation
Management Area:
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side of the Merced River (within one
quarter mile of each side of the river),
unless written permission from the BLM
has been obtained.
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employees, and BLM volunteers are
exempt from these supplementary rules
in the course of their official duties.
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Any person who violates any of these
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12 months, or both. 43 U.S.C. 1733(a);
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civil action for unauthorized use of the
public lands, violations of special
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stipulations, or for uses beyond those
allowed by the permit. (43 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAKF03000.L12200000.DU0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Amendment to the Kobuk-Seward
Peninsula Resource Management Plan
for the Squirrel River Special
Recreation Management Area, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field
Office intends to amend the KobukSeward Peninsula Resource
Management Plan (KSP/RMP) to address
the Squirrel River Special Recreation
Management Area (SRMA), located 30
miles northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska.
The area was identified as an SRMA in
the KSP/RMP. Some recreation
decisions that will be addressed in the
SRMA are land use plan-level decisions
requiring a land use plan amendment.
The amendment will include an
associated environmental assessment
(EA). This notice announces the
beginning of the scoping period to
solicit public comments and identify
issues.
DATES: Scoping input may be submitted
in writing until 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice, or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. Public scoping meetings will be
held in Kiana, Noorvik, Kotzebue,
Fairbanks, and Anchorage. Meeting
dates, times and locations will be
announced through local news media
outlets and on the BLM-Alaska Web site
https://www.blm.gov/ak/ at least 15 days
prior to the meeting. The BLM will
provide additional opportunities for
public comment after preparation of the
proposed land use plan amendment and
EA.
Submit comments by any of
the following methods:
• E-mail:
AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov.
• Fax: (907) 474–2282.
• Mail: BLM Central Yukon Field
Office, Attention—KSP/RMP
Amendment, 1150 University Avenue,
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709–3844.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the BLM Fairbanks
District Office, 1150 University Avenue,
Fairbanks, Alaska, or on the Web site
https://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/
planning.html.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information and/or to have your name
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added to the mailing list, please use the
e-mail address:
AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLMadministered Squirrel River SRMA is
located in western Alaska,
approximately 30 miles northwest of
Kotzebue, Alaska. The Squirrel River
SRMA encompasses approximately
683,000 acres of public land managed
by the BLM. The Record of Decision for
the KSP/RMP signed in September 2008
specified that an activity plan for the
Squirrel River SRMA would be
completed by September 2011. To
complete the activity plan, the BLM will
establish recreation management zones
(RMZs) and identify the associated land
use plan-level decisions. Since the KSP/
RMP did not identify the RMZs and the
associated RMZ decisions, an
amendment to the RMP is necessary.
The EA will analyze the impacts of
land use plan-level and implementation
plan-level decisions proposed for the
Squirrel River SRMA. These decisions
will focus on determining proper use
levels, visitor numbers, recreation
administration, and travel management.
This amendment and associated EA will
meet the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), the
Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA),
and the BLM policies. The BLM will
work collaboratively with interested
parties to identify the issues to be
addressed by this planning effort.
The preliminary issues and
opportunities to be addressed include:
• What are the effects of the
recreation and travel management
decisions on subsistence hunting,
commercially-guided hunting, and
general hunting?
• What are the effects of the
recreation and travel management
decisions on moose and caribou
populations?
• What are the effects of the
recreation and travel management
decisions on access to inholdings?
• What are the effects of the
recreation and travel management
decisions on the local and regional
economy?
The following preliminary criteria will
help guide the amendment/EA process:
1. Opportunities for public
participation will be encouraged
throughout the RMP amendment
process;
2. Valid existing rights will be
recognized and protected;
3. Subsistence uses will be considered
and adverse impacts minimized in
accordance with Title VIII of ANILCA;
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4. BLM will work cooperatively with
State and Federal agencies, Native
corporations, Tribes, municipal
governments, interested groups, and
individuals;
5. Decisions reached in this
amendment will consider and adhere to
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
objectives to the extent that they are
consistent with Title VIII of ANILCA;
6. This plan amendment will conform
to the BLM Land Use Planning
Handbook H–1601–1, as well as
FLPMA, NEPA, ANILCA, and other
applicable laws and policies;
7. The amendment will be consistent
with the Alaska Statewide Land Health
Standards;
8. Route designations for off-highway
vehicles for public lands within the
Squirrel River SRMA will be completed
in accordance with the regulations at 43
CFR 8342;
9. Recreation and travel management
decisions related to the Squirrel River
SRMA will follow guidance in the
BLM’s Land Use Planning Handbook.
All other decisions made in the KSP/
RMP will remain in effect;
10. The plan will address only the
BLM managed lands within the Squirrel
River SRMA; and
11. The BLM will incorporate
Environmental Justice (EJ)
considerations into this amendment, to
adequately respond to the EJ identified
issues faced by minority populations,
low income communities, and Tribes
living near the planning area and using
public land resources.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to identify relevant issues and
planning criteria that will guide the
planning process and influence the
scope of the analysis and EA
alternatives. You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria in
writing to the BLM at public scoping
meetings or by the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Julia Dougan,
Acting BLM-Alaska State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
Division, Madison, WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Wisconsin
Historical Society, Museum Division
(aka State Historical Society of
Wisconsin), Madison, WI. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Fond du Lac
County, WI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
An assessment of the human remains
was made by the Wisconsin Historical
Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
In 1926, human remains were
removed from a grave near Luco Creek
(47–FD–0242), Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, WI, during sewer
construction. Workers encountered
three skeletons with associated funerary
objects. On September 23, 1926, one
cranium and some of the associated
funerary objects were brought to the
Wisconsin Historical Society. A small
glazed ceramic perfume bottle was sent
to the Milwaukee Public Museum at
about the same time. The workers
retained custody of a pipe, beads, and
two silver crosses, but discarded the
other skeletal material at the time of
discovery, (see Wisconsin Historical
Society accession file 1926.84 and the
Archaeological Sites Inventory). No
known individual was identified. The
two associated funerary objects are one
trade sheet silver headdress and a
fragment of woven cloth.
Trade silver first appeared in the
United States circa A.D. 1760. What is
referred to as German trade silver (an
alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel) was
not introduced until A.D. 1830. The
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sheet silver headdress has been
identified as German trade silver,
thereby dating the burial to post A.D.
1830. Based on cranial morphology, the
human remains are determined to
represent an adult male of mixed Native
American and Caucasian ethnicity. Oral
history and historical records, indicate
the Luco Creek site is located across the
creek from an historic Winnebago
village, which was located at
Taycheedah, (1857, Augustin Grignon,
Wisconsin Historical Collections 3: 264,
288). This places the site within the
historic territory of the Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin and Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska. Furthermore, the
dates of occupation of the site are
consistent with the time-period in
which the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska inhabited the area.
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
Society have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Wisconsin Historical Society also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(A), the two objects described
above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near the human
remains at the time of death or later
during the death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of the Wisconsin
Historical Society have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and/
or associated funerary objects should
contact Jennifer L. Kolb at the
Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 N.
Carroll St., Madison, WI 53703,
telephone (608) 261–2461, before June
14, 2010. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has
been published.
Dated: April 28, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAKF03000.L12200000.DU0000]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Amendment to the Kobuk-Seward
Peninsula Resource Management Plan for the Squirrel River Special
Recreation Management Area, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office
intends to amend the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula Resource Management Plan
(KSP/RMP) to address the Squirrel River Special Recreation Management
Area (SRMA), located 30 miles northwest of Kotzebue, Alaska. The area
was identified as an SRMA in the KSP/RMP. Some recreation decisions
that will be addressed in the SRMA are land use plan-level decisions
requiring a land use plan amendment. The amendment will include an
associated environmental assessment (EA). This notice announces the
beginning of the scoping period to solicit public comments and identify
issues.
DATES: Scoping input may be submitted in writing until 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice, or 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later. Public scoping meetings will be
held in Kiana, Noorvik, Kotzebue, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. Meeting
dates, times and locations will be announced through local news media
outlets and on the BLM-Alaska Web site https://www.blm.gov/ak/ at least
15 days prior to the meeting. The BLM will provide additional
opportunities for public comment after preparation of the proposed land
use plan amendment and EA.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov.
Fax: (907) 474-2282.
Mail: BLM Central Yukon Field Office, Attention--KSP/RMP
Amendment, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709-3844.
Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the BLM
Fairbanks District Office, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska,
or on the Web site https://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information and/or to have your
name added to the mailing list, please use the e-mail address: AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM-administered Squirrel River SRMA is
located in western Alaska, approximately 30 miles northwest of
Kotzebue, Alaska. The Squirrel River SRMA encompasses approximately
683,000 acres of public land managed by the BLM. The Record of Decision
for the KSP/RMP signed in September 2008 specified that an activity
plan for the Squirrel River SRMA would be completed by September 2011.
To complete the activity plan, the BLM will establish recreation
management zones (RMZs) and identify the associated land use plan-level
decisions. Since the KSP/RMP did not identify the RMZs and the
associated RMZ decisions, an amendment to the RMP is necessary.
The EA will analyze the impacts of land use plan-level and
implementation plan-level decisions proposed for the Squirrel River
SRMA. These decisions will focus on determining proper use levels,
visitor numbers, recreation administration, and travel management. This
amendment and associated EA will meet the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA), and the BLM policies. The BLM will
work collaboratively with interested parties to identify the issues to
be addressed by this planning effort.
The preliminary issues and opportunities to be addressed include:
What are the effects of the recreation and travel
management decisions on subsistence hunting, commercially-guided
hunting, and general hunting?
What are the effects of the recreation and travel
management decisions on moose and caribou populations?
What are the effects of the recreation and travel
management decisions on access to inholdings?
What are the effects of the recreation and travel
management decisions on the local and regional economy?
The following preliminary criteria will help guide the amendment/EA
process:
1. Opportunities for public participation will be encouraged
throughout the RMP amendment process;
2. Valid existing rights will be recognized and protected;
3. Subsistence uses will be considered and adverse impacts
minimized in accordance with Title VIII of ANILCA;
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4. BLM will work cooperatively with State and Federal agencies,
Native corporations, Tribes, municipal governments, interested groups,
and individuals;
5. Decisions reached in this amendment will consider and adhere to
Alaska Department of Fish and Game objectives to the extent that they
are consistent with Title VIII of ANILCA;
6. This plan amendment will conform to the BLM Land Use Planning
Handbook H-1601-1, as well as FLPMA, NEPA, ANILCA, and other applicable
laws and policies;
7. The amendment will be consistent with the Alaska Statewide Land
Health Standards;
8. Route designations for off-highway vehicles for public lands
within the Squirrel River SRMA will be completed in accordance with the
regulations at 43 CFR 8342;
9. Recreation and travel management decisions related to the
Squirrel River SRMA will follow guidance in the BLM's Land Use Planning
Handbook. All other decisions made in the KSP/RMP will remain in
effect;
10. The plan will address only the BLM managed lands within the
Squirrel River SRMA; and
11. The BLM will incorporate Environmental Justice (EJ)
considerations into this amendment, to adequately respond to the EJ
identified issues faced by minority populations, low income
communities, and Tribes living near the planning area and using public
land resources.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to identify relevant
issues and planning criteria that will guide the planning process and
influence the scope of the analysis and EA alternatives. You may submit
comments on issues and planning criteria in writing to the BLM at
public scoping meetings or by the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Julia Dougan,
Acting BLM-Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-11457 Filed 5-12-10; 8:45 am]
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