Agenda Items

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I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

II. COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC:

III. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT:

1) Currie Allotment Exclosure Decision For Possible Action Discussion on the decision of record for the Cottonwood Canyon and Meadow Exclosures Categorical Exclusion which authorizes the construction of two new exclosures in the Cottonwood Canyon Pasture of the Currie Allotment. The exclosures will be designed to improve the riparian habitat and shift the use by livestock and wild horses to alternate water sources in the upland communities where there is less use. (Wells Field Office)

Currie Allotment Exclosure Decision

2) HD Allotment Livestock Grazing Management Decision For Possible Action Discussion on the Livestock Grazing Management Decision for a temporary fence installation and closure to livestock grazing on the HD Allotment and the rehabilitation objectives associated with the Eccles Ranch fire that burned in 2007. (Wells Field Office)

HD Allotment Closure

3) BLM Planning Initiative 2.0 For Possible Action Discussion on the BLM changing its Regulations for land management planning, called Planning 2.0. The BLM is reviewing the way they develop Resource Management Plans to a more landscape-scale resource issue approach to improve the land use planning procedures required by FLPMA. In order to follow Executive and Secretarial direction that encourages science-based decision-making; landscape scale management approaches; adaptive management techniques to manage uncertainty; and active coordination and collaboration with partners and stakeholders.

BLM Planning Initiative 2.0 Planning 2.0

IV. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE:

A. Presentation of items by USFS Representative:

1. Bear Creek Watershed Update For Possible Action Discussion on the proposed Bear Creek No. 1 Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project near the town of Jarbidge, Nevada an improvement/creation of a defensible barrier around the municipal watershed.

Bear Creek Watershed Update

2. Harrison Pass WRAP Expansion Update For Possible Action Discussion on the Harrison Pass Watershed Restoration Action Plan expansion.

Harrison Pass WRAP Expansion

3. Overland Pass Habitat Improvement Project Update For Possible Action Update and discussion of the Overland Pass Habitat Improvement Project by the BLM and Forest Service

Overland Project Area

B. USFS - Other Correspondence and Items of Discussion

V. SAGE GROUSE PLANNING STRATEGY

VI. ELKO COUNTY WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN

VII. CORRESPONDENCE REPORT AND OTHER ITEMS OF DISCUSSION: