This letter is in regards to the proposed RMP for the
Southern Nevada.
I appreciate that you have
extended the amount of time that you gave the public to comment on the RMP
proposals however the real problem is not the length of the
comment period but the content. The proposed RMP does not include a proposal
that is acceptable to a better part of Nevada residents and those who enjoy
public lands. The proposed RMP sets a path that will drastically alter how the
citizens of this beautiful country interact with public lands in Southern
Nevada.
What is needed is for the BLM to suspend the comment
period while a new practical proposal for Nevadans is created. The public and
specifically those communities surrounded by public lands need a better
alternative that encompass our uses and perpetuates the multiple-use landscape
within Nevada.
In the book Physics
and Philosophy by Werner Heisenberg he states, “What we
observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.”
What
you, as the BLM have created are proposals in response to your method of
questioning, leaving the residents and communities of Nevada obscured. The
agency has employed tools that present only a myopic view of public lands while
turning a blind eye to many of its current and historic uses. This is done to implicitly limit our ability
to comment. You cannot disagree with what has not been included and you can
only comment on what’s been included. You as the BLM have refused to expand your
method of questioning to include the everyday citizens and how they interact
with public lands and its resources. You as the BLM have taken years to gather
information using a process designed to give you exactly the results you needed
and then given but a fraction of time to comment on slanted and narrow proposals.
I request a deferment to the comment period while the
BLM develops an alternative proposal that better reflects a multiple-use
landscape which is representative of Nevada residents and its historic uses.
Dustin W. Nelson
Logandale, NV
Please send in your comments Email: SNDO_RMP_Revision@blm.gov
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