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Planning

The Lander Resource Management Plan (RMP) was completed in June 1987. The Lander RMP has had five maintenance actions completed to modify the Whiskey Mountain bighorn sheep area, to remove sites from the acquisition list, to adopt updated Wyoming BLM Standard Mitigation Guidelines for Surface Disturbing Activities, and to incorporate healthy rangeland standards and guidelines.

On February 13, 2007, the Lander Field Office published a Notice of Intent to revise the Lander RMP in the Federal Register.

Location

  • Covers BLM-administered lands and minerals in portions of Fremont, Natrona, Sweetwater and Carbon Counties in the central part of Wyoming.
  • Covers approximately 2.5 million acres of public surface and 2.7 million acres of federal mineral estate.
  • All but about 12,000 acres of the RMP area mineral estate will be available for oil and gas development under standard stipulation. A portion of this acreage will be available with a no surface occupancy stipulation, and a small portion will be no leasing.
  • For livestock grazing administration, 290 allotments cover 285,221 AUMs.

Plan Decisions

Decisions made in the 1987 Lander RMP focused on the following categories:

  • Rangeland Management
  • Mineral Leasing, Oil and Gas
  • Recreational Uses
  • Wilderness Designation Recommendation
  • ACEC Designation
  • Habitat Management
  • Forest Management
  • Mineral Location
  • Cultural Values
  • Fire Management
  • Salable Minerals
  • Soil, Water and Air Management
  • Scenic Trails Management

   
Last updated: 12-08-2008