News Release
For Release: June 30, 2006
Contact: Sky Zaffarano (530) 224-2126
CA-N-06-77
Redding BLM Invites Public Comments on OHV Grant Application
The Bureau of Land Management's Redding Field Office invites public comments on its draft grant application to the state of California's Off Highway Motorized Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division.
The field office is requesting approximately $207,000 to be used for trail maintenance, law enforcement, restoration projects and operations and maintenance of off-highway vehicle areas. Funds would be used in fiscal year 2007, which begins in October 2006.
Comments should be sent to Bureau of Land Management, 355 Hemsted Dr., Redding CA, 96002, Attention: OHV grants. Comments must be received by Friday, July 21, to be included with the grant request to the OHMVR Division. Late comments will be forwarded to the division separately.
Anyone interested can review the grant application, along with those from other BLM field offices, online at www.ca.blm.gov/ca/pa/ohv/grants/2007. Information on the application is also available by contacting BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Sky Zaffarano at (530) 224-2126, or by email at Sky_Zaffarano@ca.blm.gov.
The BLM's California field offices annually request OHVMR funds to help operate OHV areas and provide riding opportunities on BLM-managed public lands throughout the state. Information on the grant program is available at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?p0age_id=1164.
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Redding Field Office,355 Hemsted Dr., Redding, CA 96002
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