How to Submit Your Scoping Comment – Due Monday January 6, 2020 You may submit written comments by any of the following methods: Best Method- Email: BLM_UT_NorthernCorridor@blm.gov Please don’t forget to also email a copy of your comment to sarah@conserveswu.org. She will keep track of comment numbers so that nobody’s voice is left out. 2nd… Read more »

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) are working together to analyze the proposed Northern Corridor Highway and Zone 6 Mitigation. What is Zone 6 They need our help to do this during the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. Scoping is the first step in the (NEPA) process. It… Read more »

In 1990, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Mojave desert tortoise as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This would have impeded development on private and state lands in Washington County due to the county being tortoise habitat. In 1996, local elected representatives signed an agreement to establish a Habitat Conservation Plan… Read more »

Connected federal actions (HCP Take Permit, Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and BLM  Resource Management Plan Amendments) Reasonably foreseeable future actions including, but not limited to- Widening of the proposed Northern Corridor Highway  Development on private, SITLA, or Washington County inholdings adjacent to the proposed Northern Corridor Highway  Construction of additional highway projects in the… Read more »

Northern Corridor Highway impacts to wildlife. READ MORE Shivwits Milkvetch, endangered Virgin River chub, endangered Woundfin, endangered  California condor, endangered  Mexican spotted owl, threatened  Southwestern willow flycatcher, endangered Western yellow-billed cuckoo, threatened  Bonneville cutthroat trout, BLM sensitive Desert sucker, BLM sensitive Flannel-mouth sucker, BLM sensitive  Virgin spinedace, BLM sensitive  American white pelican, BLM sensitive  Bald… Read more »

Alternative road improvements outside the NCA. READ MORE  Red Hills Parkway to I-15 Fly-Overs or Viaducts  Red Hills Parkway and Buena Vista Blvd. Improvements between I-15 exits 8 and 13 Widen to 4-6 lanes (and straighten where possible) throughout entire length (Bluff St/SR 18 to Exit 13), starting with the eastern portion For busy Red… Read more »

1. My name is (First Name, Last Name), and I reside in (City).   2. I am now working as (job title) or retired as (job title). On (date), I joined Conserve Southwest Utah and have supported its mission to protect public lands ever since.   3. I moved to Washington County over (number) years… Read more »

Comments are due January 6, 2020 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT COMMENTS ARE PUBLIC PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE HIGHWAY AND WHAT POINTS YOU THINK SHOULD BE ANALYSED IN THE EIS. BLM and US Fish Wildlife Service Should Study these Issues in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Alternative road improvements for the Northern… Read more »

Introduce Yourself! The BLM wants to learn how you, your family, and your community will be affected by the proposed Northern Corridor Highway (whether you live here or not!). Take 10 minutes to write a paragraph or two that answers some of the following questions: *Short on time? Just answer the first 3 questions in… Read more »

During Northern Corridor NEPA, Scoping comments are invited on 3 separate, but closely connected plans: Proposed Amendment to BLM’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area Resource Management Plan (RMP) UDOT is applying to BLM for a right-of-way to build the Northern Corridor Highway. This plan governs how the Red Cliffs NCA is to be managed for… Read more »