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The Proposed RMP and Final EIS is now available!

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming is currently revising the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Kemmerer Field Office. This RMP will provide future direction for managing 1.4 million acres of BLM-administered surface land and 1.6 million acres of BLM–administered mineral estate in Lincoln, Sweetwater, and Uinta counties in southwestern Wyoming.

The purpose of the RMP will be to establish goals and objectives for resource management; identify lands that are open or available for certain uses, including any restrictions, and lands that are closed to certain uses; provide comprehensive management direction for all resources and uses; and contain broad scale decisions guiding future site-specific implementation decisions.

As part of the plan preparation, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will also be prepared. Both the RMP and EIS will be community-based with a full range of public participation. Find out more information about BLM's planning process at: www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning.html.

You can also visit BLM's Kemmerer Field Office home page at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Kemmerer.html.

Important News

The Comment Analysis Report is now available. This document analyzes the public comments received during the 90-day comment period on the Draft RMP and EIS. To download a copy of this document, click on the Documents and Bulletins button at the top of this page and follow the link.

The RMP will address a variety of resources including (mouseover Includes overall air quality and emissions; can include smoke and dust. to see a description):
Includes overall air quality and emissions; can include smoke and dust. Air Quality
Includes historic and prehistoric artifacts, buildings, structures, mines, trails, railroads, ditches, trash dumps, historic landscapes, and archaeological sites. Cultural resources may also include Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP), which are properties that are critical to a living community’s beliefs, customs, and practices. Cultural Resources
Includes naturally occurring fires and prescribed burns, as well as fire suppression techniques. Fire Management
Includes species of fish and fisheries habitat conditions in streams, lakes, and ponds. Fisheries
Includes physiography, earthquakes, landslides, topography, floods, snow slides, and slumps. Geology & Geologic Hazards
Includes rights-of-way for pipelines, utilities and roads, land acquisition and disposal, easements, withdrawals, land use authorizations and trespass identification and abatement. Lands and Realty
Includes coal, coalbed methane, oil and gas, locatable minerals (such as uranium and bentonite), and salable minerals (such as sand, gravel, and decorative stone). Mineral Resources
Includes OHV access, user conflicts, and trails for OHV use and/or restrictions. Off-Highway Vehicles
Includes trails associated with overland migration, frontier military activities and early transportation, including the Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer, and Pony Express Trails. National Historic Trails
Includes fossils, dinosaur remains, paleontological digs, and research permits. Paleontology
Includes grazing allotment issues, grazing leases, range improvement projects, livestock fences, livestock reservoirs, springs, water wells, and vegetative treatments. Livestock Grazing
Includes sight-seeing, touring, hiking, mountain biking, backpacking, photography, wildlife viewing, camping, fishing and hunting. Recreation
Includes wind energy, geothermal resources, solar power energy, and other sources. Renewable Energy
Includes health and safety issues, economic development, and environmental justice. Social and Economic Conditions
May include designations such as Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), National Historic Trails, Recreation Management Areas, and Wilderness Study Areas. Special Designations
Includes plant and animals species that are listed and proposed for listing as threatened or endangered in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. Also includes BLM-designated sensitive species. Special Status Species
Includes soil disturbance from mineral extraction, erosion, and surface runoff. Soil
Includes mass transit, access to public lands, infrastructure management. Transportation and Access
Includes power and phone lines, fiber optic lines, rights-of-way, canals, ditches, and cell phone towers. Utility and Communication Corridors
Includes woodland and forest communities, riparian and wetland communities, grassland and shrubland communities, and invasive, non-native plants. Does not include special status plants. Vegetation
Includes scenic views, visual quality, visual resource management (VRM), and overlooks. Visual Resources
Includes water quality and quantity. Water Resources
Includes vertebrate wildlife species that occur in the planning area including, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Does not include threatened, endangered, sensitive, or other special status species. Wildlife

Important note: Due to unforeseen delays, the Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register today, August 22, 2008. The 30-day protest period will end on September 22, 2008.

Click here to download a copy of the
Proposed RMP/Final EIS.


Kemmerer RMP, BLM Project Manager, Michele Easley, 312 Hwy 189 N., Kemmerer, WY 83101-9711, (307) 828-4524

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This page last updated: August 22, 2008