BLM updates management plan for Rock Springs Field Office
by Bureau of Land Management
December 20, 2024
ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today (Friday, December 20, 2024) issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office. The plan, which replaces the nearly three-decades-old Green River RMP, incorporates significant feedback and input from local stakeholders, including recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force.
The approved plan will guide BLM’s management approach for the region, balancing responsible resource development, grazing, and community use with outdoor recreation, wildlife needs, habitat conservation, and cultural resource protection. The approved plan incorporates input from the Governor and State representatives, local governments, the livestock, mining, oil and gas, and recreation industries, as well as conservationists, hunters and anglers, utility companies, and motorized recreation users. The plan reflects the vast majority of the more than 100 recommendations made by the Governor’s task force in its final report to the BLM.
The Rock Springs planning area includes approximately 3.6 million acres of BLM-administered surface land and 3.5 million acres of BLM-administered mineral estate in portions of Lincoln, Sweetwater, Uinta, Sublette, and Fremont counties in southwestern Wyoming. The approved plan, Record of Decision, and other relevant documents are available at the BLM National NEPA Register.
The BLM published the Notice of Availability releasing the Draft RMP/EIS on August 18, 2023, initiating a 90-day public comment period, which was later extended an additional 62 days through January 17, 2024. During the comment period, the BLM held three in-person public meetings and received more than 35,000 comments. The Governor of Wyoming also appointed a Task Force—composed of representatives from Wyoming local governments, industries, hunters and anglers, conservation groups, and more—to develop recommendations on the draft plan. The BLM issued the Final EIS and Proposed RMP on August 23, 2024. That proposed plan incorporated the majority of recommendations from the Governor’s Task Force, the public, and the Greater Little Mountain Coalition. The Record of Decision confirms the BLM’s proposed management approach and concludes the Rock Springs planning process.
For questions, please contact BLM_WY_912@blm.gov.
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