BLM Proposes to Update NEPA Manual

To allow for increased efficiency in implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published a set of draft revisions to Chapter 11 of the Department of the Interior’s Departmental Manual, which guides the agency’s implementation of NEPA...click for rest of article

Click here for the Federal Register Notice on the proposed update.

Click the links below for Categorical Exclusion Analysis Reports:

• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Emergency Stabilization (1/24/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Forest Service CXs (1/3/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Forest Service CX's  (2/27/2007) 
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Geophysical Exploration (1/4/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Geothermal Utilization (1/4/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Geothermal Operations (1/4/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Grazing (12/12/2005)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Grazing  (3/22/2007)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Recreation (12/18/2005)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Recreation  (3/7/2007)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Sample Tree Falling (1/3/2006)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Sample Tree Felling (2/20/2007)
• Categorical Exclusion Analysis Report: Vegetation Mangagement (12/12/2005)

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E-Gov for Planning and NEPA: Pilot Project Completed

As the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) embarks on a new era of land use planning, it needs to leverage information technology (IT), especially the World Wide Web, to create more efficient business practices and encourage an open and collaborative process. To address this need while addressing the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), BLM has launched the E-Gov for Planning and NEPA project....click for rest of article

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How would YOU manage it?
Government hopes new system will let public shape monument management

By Faith Bremner
Gannett News Service

The proposed Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument features jagged plateaus and colorful canyons.

WASHINGTON -- It soon will be easier for Americans to have a say in how some of the country's most spectacular scenery is managed and protected....click for rest of article