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Interior Secretary to tour Black Rock Desert

Tuesday, June 29, 1999 | 4:05 a.m.

The tour arranged by Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., comes as the Bureau of Land Management considers amending its management plan for the 452,000-acre desert that sprawls across portions of Washoe, Humboldt and Pershing counties.

The proposal preferred by the agency would limit the number of visitors, curtail the use of off-road and all-terrain vehicles, close some areas and roads and create designated camping areas.

Babbitt is expected to tour the desert with Bryan and other officials on July 9.

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