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.
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The
RMP will address a variety of resources including (mouseover to
see a description):
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Air Quality |
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Cultural Resources |
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Fire Management |
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Fisheries |
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Geology & Geologic
Hazards |
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Lands and Realty |
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Mineral Resources |
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Off-Highway Vehicles |
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National Historic Trails |
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Paleontology |
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Livestock Grazing |
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Recreation |
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Renewable Energy |
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Social and Economic Conditions |
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Special Designations |
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Special Status Species |
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Soil |
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Transportation and Access |
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Utility and Communication
Corridors |
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Vegetation |
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Visual Resources |
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Water Resources |
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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.
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