ROGERS, AR – The Army Corps of Engineers will host Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan scoping workshops in March to share information about the revision process and to collect public comments concerning land use management and shoreline use around the lake.
Public scoping workshops were previously held for the master plan revision in early 2015. Upon completion of those workshops and a review of public comments, the development of alternatives for the master plan began. This process identified the potential for significant changes to the shoreline management plan. As a result of these potential changes, the Corps decided to revise both the master plan and shoreline management plan concurrently in an effort to ensure consistency between the two plans so that the public has a clear understanding of the relationship between the two.
At the drop-in public workshops, a six-minute informational video will play continuously. Representatives from the Corps will be available to answer questions and maps will be shown to provide an overview of the master plan, shoreline management plan, or the process itself.
PUBLIC SCOPING WORKSHOP SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn
1325 North Palak Drive
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Conference Center
207 W. Van Buren
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Thursday, March 17, 2016
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Four Points by Sheraton, Bentonville
211 SE Walton Boulevard
Bentonville, Arkansas
All facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities
Attend one of the three public scoping workshops to learn the details of the master planning and shoreline management planning process and provide your input to the vision for future land/shoreline use and management at Beaver Lake.
Comments may be submitted via mail, email, or fax with attention to: Planning Branch, Planning and Environmental, USACE, Little Rock District, P.O. Box 867, Little Rock, AR 72203. Fax: (501) 324-5605, Email: CESWL-BeaverLakeMasterPlan@usace.army.mil
Written comments must be postmarked, e-mailed, faxed, or otherwise submitted by April 8, 2016.
The current permit request moratorium will remain in effect during the master plan/shoreline management plan update.
For more information about the master plan or shoreline management plan visit http://go.usa.gov/cUts9
Little Rock District news and recreation information can be found at www.about.me/usacelittlerock.
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