ROBERT F. BENNETT eee 0 Wnited States Senate ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES WASHINGTON, DC 20510-4403 ULES AND ADMANISTRATION (202) 224-5044 April 5, 2010 —— Dear Sma (as essie ‘Thank you for your interest in the management of public lands within San Juan County. I appreciate the information you submitted to my office outlining your priorities for the region. This information, combined with your participation in the process outlined below, will help me gain a better understanding of the diverse interests, land uses, and values in this very important region of our state, ‘The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information about next steps and a schedule for crafting a comprehensive lands bill in San Juan County. The information you, and many others, have provided, has identified ecological, cultural, social and economic values to be considered for preservation under various land use designations. In order to achieve the right balance in a public lands bill, I must also understand any potential conflicts that may arise in making land use designations. To deepen my understanding of these issues, and to ensure that we have a full understanding of the issues you have raised, [ have asked my staff to hold a series of discussions with those who submitted priorities to my office, These dialogues will take place in San Juan County, and I invite your participation, The purpose of these meetings is to: (1) ensure a more complete understanding of the priorities you and other organizations submitted; (2) hear from fand management professionals about the activities occurring on lands within their jurisdictions as well as the management priorities currently in place; and (3) allow various stakeholders to learn about and better understand priorities and potential conflicts. These dialogues are not intended to be negotiations; rather they are intended to provide important opportunities for information sharing that will benefit all parties. Enclosed is a map showing San Juan County divided into regions. Each region will have its own dialogue session in the order noted on the attached schedule. In order to facilitate the most efficient use of time, I ask that you come to these meetings with prepared information outlining the following questions in reasonable detail about that day’s specific region: 1. The ecological, cultural, social and economic values to be addressed in the given region. 2, Proposals for addressing these values, including a map delineating the proposed designations.‘April 5, 2010 Page 2 3. Ifa proposal includes a specific land use designation, please include the follow details: a. Current and proposed land use activities occurring within the boundaries of the proposed designation, including, specifically, those activities that are incompatible with the proposed designation? b. Ifpossible, how best to mitigate the conflict with non-conforming activities arising from the proposed designation? . Any other conflicts that may arise from the recommended designation. Ateach meeting, those in attendance will be given an opportunity to make a presentation of the information noted above. (A projector will be provided if you wish to use electronic format.) Discussion time will be allotted based on the number of attendees who wish to present, so please’plan to be flexible. Also, please provide a copy of your presentation (in hard copy or electronic format) for my office so that I can further consider this valuable information, Again, thank you for your interest in San Juan County public lands. T appreciate your participation. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Brad Shafer at 801-524- 5933. Sincerely, MF 6m. Robert F. Bennett United States Senator REB: cs REO aS APR - 9 2010 15) eaeSchedule for San Juan County Public Lands Discussions Meetings will be held at the San Juan County Courthouse. All meetings will start at 9:00 am and will conclude at 4:30 pm, except for those noted as half day meetings. (Includes lunch break) April 21. Region 3 April 22. Region 2 April 23. Region 2 (half day) May 5 Region 4 May 6 Region 1A&B May 18 Region 5 May 19 Region 5 May 26 Region 6 A schedule for field trips to occur after this series is concluded will be developed in the future.San Juan County ‘Land Ownership Proposed vderess Be 2 ee Sty Anas SE 0 wera Raman SD rian Areas inn rontpeany nor GB coneycomesness