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Draft Fire Management Plan and Environmental Assessment Available for East Park Reservoir

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmccracken@mp.usbr.gov

For Release: April 10, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the Draft East Park Reservoir Fire Management Plan (FMP) and Draft Environmental Assessment (EA).  The Draft FMP and Draft EA are being developed for the Northern California Area Office (NCAO) to guide a range of fire management activities permitted by policy at East Park Reservoir, Colusa County, California, for a 10-year period. 

The Draft FMP and Draft EA emphasize a program that uses fire suppression and prescribed fire activities to reduce hazards on Reclamation’s East Park Reservoir lands and provide resource management benefits as described the East Park Reservoir Resource Management Plan/EA.  When the FMP is completed, East Park Reservoir’s fire management program will be able to employ a variety of activities, with the assistance of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to accomplish land and resource management objectives and reduce the risk of fire. 

The Draft EA, was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, is available for a
15-day public review and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=2673. 
If you encounter problems accessing the website, please contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or e-mail lwirth@mp.usbr.gov. 

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft FMP and Draft EA, please contact Ms. Basia Trout at 530-528-0512 or e-mail btrout@mp.usbr.gov.  The documents may also be reviewed at Reclamation’s Red Bluff Division Office, 22500 Altube Road, Red Bluff, California, 96080.  Written comments should be received by close of business Tuesday, April 24, 2007, and should be sent to Ms. Trout, Bureau of Reclamation, at P.O. Box 159, Red Bluff, California, 96080, faxed to 530-528-6012, or e-mailed to btrout@mp.usbr.gov.

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Draft Fire Management Plan and Environmental Assessment Available for East Park Reservoir