Bay Record of Decision

The Bureau of Land Management announces the availability of the Record of Decision for the Bay Resource Management Plan (RMP). The Bay planning area includes 1.9 million acres of BLM-administered public land in southwest Alaska.

News Release (November 14, 2008)

Federal Register Notice (November 14, 2008)

Table of Contents for Bay Record of Decision and Approved RMP

Record of Decision (PDF 434 KB) 

Approved RMP (PDF 166 KB)

• Appendix A: Resource Protection Measures (193 KB)
• Appendix B: Master Memorandum of Understanding between ADF&G and BLM (2.2 MB)
• Appendix C: Generally Allowed Uses on State Land (38 KB)
• Appendix D: Wild and Scenic River (WSR) and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Justification (72 KB)
• Appendix E:  List of Maps (individual maps at right)

Bay Proposed RMP and Final RMP (December 2007)

Bay planning documents are available at the BLM Anchorage Field Office located at 4700 BLM Road (68th Ave & Elmore Rd), Anchorage, AK, or phone 907-267-1246 or 800-478-1263 (within Alaska).

Return to Bay RMP homepage.

Appendix E: Maps

• Map E-1 Overview of Bay Planning Area (1.6 MB)
• Map E-2 BLM-managed Lands in Bay Planning Area (3.7 MB)
• Map E-3 Proposed Carter Spit ACEC Alternative D (2.4 MB)
• Map E-4 Proposed Land Disposition (3.7 MB)
• Map E-5a Withdrawals other than ANCSA 17(d)(1) INSET "A" (2.7 MB)
• Map E-5b Withdrawals other than ANCSA 17(d)(1) INSET "B" (2.6 MB)
• Map E-5c Withdrawals other than ANCSA 17(d)(1) INSET "C" (2.7 MB)
• Map E-5d Withdrawals other than ANCSA 17(d)(1) INSET "D" (3.6 MB)
• Map E-6a Leasable Minerals (Alt D) Goodnews Planning Block (1.7 MB)
• Map E-6b Leasable Minerals (Alt D) Bristol Bay Planning Area (5 MB)
• Map E-7a Locatable Minerals (Alt D) Goodnews Planning Block (1.7 MB)
• Map E-7b Locatable Minerals (Alt D) Bristol Bay Planning Area (5 MB)
• Map E-8a Salable Minerals (Alt D) Goodnews Planning Block (1.7 MB)
• Map E-8b Salable Minerals (Alt D) Bristol Bay Planning Area (5 MB)
• Map E-9a Visual Resource Management (Alt D) Goodnews Planning Block (770 KB)
• Map E-9b Visual Resource Management (Alt D) Bristol Bay/Iliamna Region (4.5 MB)

 Bay Record of Decision References (18 KB)