Record of decision
Subtitle: Monument resource management plan environmental impact statement
By: [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Shoshone District]
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Shoshone District
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Shoshone, Idaho
Language: eng
Subjects: Land use; Planning; Public lands; Environmental impact statements
Other titles: Record of decision for the Monument resource management plan environmental impact statement; Monument resource management plan
Description: The Monument Planning Area encompasses 2,059,441 acres north of the Snake River in southcentral Idaho. It includes all of Jerome and Minidoka counties and portions of Gooding, Lincoln, Blaine, Butte, and Power counties. The area is generally bounded by Bliss on the west, American Falls on the east, the Snake River on the south, and Craters of the Moon National Monument on the north. Of the 2,059,441 acres, 57 percent (1,178,989 acres) is public land administered by BLM, 2 percent (39,576 acres) is public land administered by other Federal agencies, 3 percent (65,932 acres) is land belonging to the State of Idaho, and 38 percent (774,944 acres) is privately owned land. The planning area is divided between two resource areas. The Bennett Hills Resource Area contains 179,926 acres of public land administered by BLM west of the Gooding-Milner Canal and the Monument Resource Area has 999,063 acres.
Notes: "April, 1985"--Cover.

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