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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Oregon / Washington

San Juan Island National Monument RMP

Planning Update: The BLM has just released a report summarizing input it received during the winter and spring of 2016 on the management of human uses in the San Juan Islands.

The BLM is using this input to develop the range of potential approaches to human use management that will be considered in the draft plan, which the BLM expects to release for public review in the spring of 2017. The BLM will also consider input from this process when developing the proposed plan.

Join the Email List! Please email blm_or_sanjuanislandsnm@blm.gov if you are interested in joining the email list to receive updates on the planning process.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is developing a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the San Juan Islands National Monument. Established by Presidential Proclamation in 2013, the San Juan Islands National Monument encompasses approximately 1,000 acres of public land spread across a uniquely beautiful archipelago of over 450 islands, rocks, and pinnacles.

The San Juan Islands National Monument RMP will guide the BLM's management of these spectacular lands in a manner that ensures the protection of their remarkable cultural, historic, and ecological values for the benefit of generations of Americans to come.

The San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) was chartered to provide information and advice on the development of the RMP. Click here to learn more about the MAC.

***Preliminary Schedule***

Tasks and Milestones ESTIMATE

KICK OFF THE PLANNING EFFORT:

  • Organize planning team
  • Gather and update data
  • Ask the public for ideas about what issues should be addressed in the planning effort ("scoping")
  • Formalize planning partnerships with other government agencies
  • Meet with the Monument Advisory Committee

Winter/Spring 2015

DEVELOP THE DRAFT RMP/ EIS

  • Work internally and with partners to identify a range of possible management approaches
  • Document the current state of resources and uses that would be affected by the plan
  • Analyze the potential impacts of the possible management approaches on the planning area
  • Meet with the Monument Advisory Committee and Cooperating Agencies

Summer 2015-Fall 2016

Publish the Draft RMP/EIS

  • Provide a 90 day public review and comment period


Spring 2017

Develop the Proposed RMP/Final EIS

  • Use public and partner comments to build on the Draft RMP/EIS and correct any errors
  • Develop the BLM's proposed plan—generally a refinement of one of the management approaches described in the Draft—while considering public comments, input from agency partners and the Monument Advisory Committee, and BLM priorities.

Summer-Winter 2017

Publish the Proposed RMP/Final EIS

  • Provide 30 days during which members of the public who have participated in the planning process can "protest" aspects of the proposed management decisions with which they disagree.
  • Provide 60 days for the WA Governor's office to review the plan for consistency with state and local plans, policies, and programs. The Governor's Office may provide recommendations for making the proposed plan more consistent.

Spring 2018

DEVELOP THE RECORD OF DECISION/APPROVED RMP

Summer 2018

Publish Approved ROD/RMP

Fall 2018