Nellis Air Force Range Proposed Resource Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement

摘要

The Nellis Air Force Range Proposed Resource Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRP/FEIS) is designed to provide overall management direction for 2,209,326 acres of withdrawn lands within Clark, Nye and Lincoln Counties in southern Nevada. The planning area is located in the Caliente Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas District, Las Vegas, Nevada. The need for the Resource Plan resulted from the passage of the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1986, as amended by Public Law (PL) 100-338, which withdrew the land for military purposes. The PRP/FEIS is prepared as a single planning document to address the intensity of BLM resource management on the Nellis Air Force Range. Two alternatives were considered in detail: Alternative A (No Action Alternative) represented a continuation of current management direction within the framework of present laws and regulations, including existing Memoranda of Understanding and Cooperative Agreements. The No Action Alternative provided a baseline for the comparison of the environmental effects of the other alternatives. Alternative B, the Proposed Resource Plan, would direct management attention toward improving rangeland vegetative conditions and wildlife habitat by achieving and maintaining a thriving ecological balance for the wild horse population on the planning area.