The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office is pleased to announce the release of the Eastern Interior Draft Resource Mangement Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS). This RMP will provide future direction for 6.7 million acres of public land including the White Mountains National Recreation Area, the Steese National Conservation Area, and the Fortymile area. In addition, it will cover BLM lands not currently included in an existing land use plan: the upper Black River area and scattered parcels along the highway system. The Draft RMP/EIS is available on the Documents & Reports Page. The Wilderness Characteristics Inventory and Executive Summaries of the RMP/EIS for each subunit are also available on the Documents & Reports page.
When completed and approved, the Eastern Interior RMP will replace three existing BLM land use plans: the White Mountains National Recreation Area RMP (1986), the Steese National Conservation Area RMP (1986), and the Fortymile Management Framework Plan (1980). These and other documents relevant to the Eastern Interior RMP may be found on the Documents & Reports Page.
You are encouraged to review the document online or request a copy from the Eastern Interior Field Office. The document is available on CD. A limited number of paper copies are also available. To request a copy, contact the Eastern Interior Field Office at EasternInterior@blm.gov. The Eastern Interior Field Office will be hosting several public meetings within the region during the extended public comment period. Dates, times, and locations of meetings will be published on the Meetings Page as they are scheduled.
Errata: Maps 29 and 30 in the Draft RMP/EIS contain errors. Corrected maps are available on the Maps Page under Corrected Maps.
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