RIDGECREST, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ridgecrest Field Office, approves range improvements within the Piper Mountains and Fish Lake Valley in eastern Inyo County. The projects will increase hydration options for grazing cattle and reduce the impacts to existing watering sites, protect resources, and allow for a more even distribution of cattle throughout the Deep Springs Valley and South Oasis grazing allotments.
The project proponent and grazing permittee, Deep Springs College (Board of Trustees) would construct, use, and maintain range improvements in two grazing allotments, including five water trough sites, two water pipelines, one corral, and one water tank with additional minimization measures.
The construction of proposed range improvements would result in less than one acre of surface disturbance in desert alkali scrub. Proposed range improvement features would be primarily located in previously disturbed areas, or in natural clearings and weed-free zones.
The environmental assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact, and the Decision Record are available for review online at https://go.usa.gov/xs9VC. For additional information, contact Carl Symons at csymons@blm.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
