As Aaron points out, this is a *draft* management plan for the entire NCA. It is the product of the scoping process that occurred last year where concerns and comments were solicited for working up what is now coming out for further comment.
So, before everyone lights their afterburners, it is important to understand how this differs from the CMA executed with the FSCSP. Despite the lofty title of the CMA, it is really nothing more than a volunteer agreement. As such, it conveys no management control to the FSCSP (no form of agreement ever does; the agency retains management control...always). The CMA does allow the FSCSP to additionally function in an advisory/consultation role. In other words, the CMA does not let the FSCSP call any shots...beyond BLM accepting and possibly implementing their suggestions. The NCA management plan lays out how the agency will deal with all issues relative to the NCA, of which the cave is but one part. There are numerous examples of resource management plans (RMPs) and drafts available throughout the NM BLM website. Go take a look to see what these look like and then recall whatever you submitted during the scoping process for Fort Stanton. The release of the draft is where the agency has decided, partly based on public scoping comments, plus further refinement of their internal opinions, where they need to go and what they need to do. They're only halfway there. After the draft comment period has run, they will take some additional time to distill the comments and then release a final planning document and EA. The draft process is going to be your last opportunity to affect what the agency does, because once the final product is signed the only way to change it is to appeal the decision ($, lawyers & time) or wait until the next planning revision occurs some indeterminate number of years in the future. Therefore, if you want to have a say, you better do it now. And, do it in an articulate, convincing way. If you want to get riled up about something, turn your anger and frustration toward how BLM is handling the WNS issue. Despite the public meetings last year, it is apparent that was mostly for show and the agency then went and jumped on the bandwagon of pseudo-science and perpetuation of the human-vector innuendo about how WNS is spread, thus locking you out of the caves without any factual basis for doing so in either proximate cause of spread or demonstrated geographic necessity. They could have shown some leadership here, calling for scientific evidence of need, but it was more convenient to join the fear and group-think contingent, because it's always easier to follow than lead.. On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 07:27, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken, admittedly I have just quickly scanned the documents on the BLM site. > Did I miss something that discussed not working with the FSCSP? > > The title of this post is somewhat misleading as I feel it should have > read "BLM proposes plan for managing FSC - SRP NCA". The actual management > of the cave itself is just one part of the plan. It looks like it addresses > all activities related to the NCA. The stuff I read about the management of > the cave itself seems to me to be the same stuff that is already in place > and has been for years. This process takes it out of its "temporary" form > (EA for exploration) and gets it into a more permanent form (RMPA). But none > the less I would greatly encourage members to submit comments!! It is > vitally important. With this sort of decision (RMPA) complaining about it > after the fact won't get you too far. Also, make sure you pay close > attention to things listed that don't fall under the cave management > sections. There very well could be items in those sections that could be > important to comment on (campground issues, etc). Once again, I have just > briefly scanned what is on the blm site in my half away daze..... > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Harrington <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:07:45 > To: <[email protected]>; Lee Skinner<[email protected]>; SWR Cavers< > [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SWR] BLM issues proposal for managing Fort Stanton cave > system > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > [email protected] > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > [email protected] > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net > -- ____________________________________________ Stephen Fleming ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ *Fear is the Thief of Dreams -- Unknown*
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