Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
3, 2017. Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional
Commission Director and Brian Carver, BRAG , discussed the county resource
management plan for public lands. The draft
was presented to the county commission for review. It will be broken up into categories for use
in public lands issues and planning. There have been two public meetings at the
planning commission meetings discussing the plan. It
should be completed by the end of the month.
Poulsen said there
are twenty seven topics covered. He
would like the commission to prioritize the top 5 or 6 projects so that it
will be available for grants as the projects contemplated are
begun . Commissioner Bill Cox praised Poulsen for getting it ready on time and
doing a good job. “We will live and die
by this management plan in the future,” he said. They hope to have a formal
adoption of the draft on May 13, and the final adoption at the end of October.
It will be presented in a template which can be automatically updated online.
Brian Carver said that the plan is already working
well. They have been working with soil
conservation districts and collecting data on issues for the plan and it has
been a good process as they have worked with the BLM and Forest Service.
Commissioner Tom Weston said that there is more BLM land in
the county than Forest Service land and yet they have difficulty working with
the Forest Service. Weston asked why
Cache/Rich is the only district that doesn’t allow the cutting of Christmas trees
or wood. He was told that the counties terrain is too dangerous but it is not different than
the adjoining Idaho terrain.
Weston believes that the relationship is harder because the
Forest Service has such rapid turnover and just as their people get familiar
with the area they are moved. He was
told that the Ogden supervisor was looking into that.
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