BLM Director's Protest Resolution Reports
The Director’s Protest Resolution Reports analyze each unique or summarized protest issue statement received on each individual BLM Proposed Resource Management Plan to determine whether the State Director followed established procedures, considered relevant information in reaching proposed decisions, and whether the proposed decisions are consistent with the applicable statutes, regulations, and BLM policy.
See the BLM’s Protest Resolution Procedures for more information on the Land Use Plan Protest Process.
The following Director’s Protest Resolution Reports are available for online viewing or download.
Center Content:
National
- Programmatic Land Use Plan Amendments for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (October 11, 2012) 03/22/2013
- Director's Protest Resolution Report - Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale & Tar Sands Resources (March 19, 2013) 03/22/2013
Alaska
- Delta River Special Recreation Management Area Plan and East Alaska Resource Management Plan Amendment (December 9, 2011) 04/03/2012
- Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan Protest Report (December 30, 2016) 12/30/2016
Arizona
- Agua Fria NM and Bradshaw-Harquahala RMP (February 2, 2009) 01/16/2014
- Lower Sonoran and Sonoran Desert National Monument RMP (September 14, 2012) 01/16/2014
- Ironwood Forest National Monument RMP (February 25, 2013) 01/16/2014
- Quartzite Solar Energy Project and Yuma Field Office RMP (June 3, 2013) 01/16/2014
- APS Sun Valley to Morgan 500/230kV Transmission Line Project Final EIS and Resource Management Plan Amendment (January 16, 2014) 01/16/2014
California
- Sunrise-Eastern San Diego RMP (January 8, 2009) 09/14/2016
- Carrizo Plain National Monument RMP 09/14/2016
- Imperial Valley Solar Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 5, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Chevron-Lucerne Valley Solar Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 5, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 7, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Calico Solar Project Plan CDCA Amendment (Oct. 20, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Blythe Solar Power Project CDCA Plan Amendment (Oct. 22, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Genesis Solar Energy Project, California (Nov. 4, 2010) 09/14/2016
- Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Project CDCA Amendment (August 2, 2011) 09/14/2016
- Rice Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment (November 15, 2011) 09/14/2016
- Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility CDCA Plan Amendment (May 11, 2012) 09/14/2016
- McCoy Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment (March 13, 2013) 09/14/2016
- Desert Harvest Solar Project CDCA Amendment (March 13, 2013) 09/14/2016
- Alta East Wind Project CDCA Amendment (May 20, 2013) 09/14/2016
- McCoy Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment - Supplemental Protest Report (May 29, 2013) 09/14/2016
- Imperial Sand Dunes RAMP (June 5, 2013) 09/14/2016
- Clear Creek Management Area Resource Management Plan and Final EIS (February 4, 2014) 09/14/2016
- Stateline Solar Farm Project CDCA Amendment (February 19, 2014) 09/14/2016
- Dog Creek-Green Creek Allotments - Bishop RMP Amendment (October 17, 2014) 09/14/2016
- Bakersfield RMP Protest Report (December 22, 2014) 09/14/2016
- Soda Mountain Solar RMPA (California) (March 28, 2016) 09/14/2016
- DRECP LUPA Protest Report (September 14, 2016) 09/14/2016
Colorado
- Dry Creek Travel Plan Management Plan RMP 09/25/2015
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument RMP 09/25/2015
- Geothermal Lease Amendment--Gunnison RMP (August 10, 2011) 09/25/2015
- Little Snake Resource Management Plan (October 14, 2011) 09/25/2015
- Tres Rios RMP Protest Report (February 6, 2015) 09/25/2015
- Kremmling RMP Protest Report (June 19, 2015) 09/25/2015
- Colorado River Valley RMP Protest Report (June 12, 2015) 09/25/2015
- Grand Junction RMP Protest Report (August 10, 2015) 09/25/2015
- White River RMPA Oil and Gas Protest Report (August 17, 2015) 09/25/2015
- Northwest Colorado GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/25/2015
- Dominguez-Escalante NCA RMP Protest Report (January 9, 2017) 09/25/2015
Eastern States
- Alabama-Mississippi RMP (December 5, 2008) 03/19/2009
Idaho
- Cottonwood RMP (August 18, 2009) 09/22/2015
- Pocatello RMP (July 10, 2012) 09/22/2015
- Cassia RMPA Protest Resolution Report (November 19, 2013) 09/22/2015
- Jarbidge RMP Final Director's Protest Report (September 2, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Idaho-Southwestern Montana GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Gateway West FSEIS and LUPAs Protest Report (January 19, 2017) 09/22/2015
Montana
- Butte RMP (February 11, 2009) 09/22/2015
- North Dakota GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Miles City (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Lewistown (Montana) GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- HiLine (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Billings-Pompeys Pillar National Monument (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- South Dakota GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
New Mexico
- Socorro RMP (May 20, 2010) 12/21/2015
- Taos RMP (July 11, 2012) 12/21/2015
- Farmington Field Office Visual Resource Management RMP Amendment (June 18, 2014) 12/21/2015
- SunZia Transmission Line Plan Amendment Protest Report (January 23, 2015) 12/21/2015
- Farmington RMP Amendment (New Mexico) for the Glade Run Recreation and Transportation Management Plan (May 22, 2015) 12/21/2015
- Prehistoric Trackways National Monument RMP Protest Report (December 21, 2015) 12/21/2015
Nevada
- Silver State Solar South Project Las Vegas Resource Management Plan Amendment (February 19, 2014) 05/31/2016
- Winnemucca RMP Protest Report (May 21, 2015) 05/31/2016
- Nevada-Northeastern California GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 05/31/2016
- Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement (May 27, 2016) 05/31/2016
Oregon
- Western Oregon RMP (December 29, 2008) 08/05/2016
- John Day Basin RMP Protest Report (April 2015) 08/05/2016
- Oregon GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 08/05/2016
- Western Oregon RMP Protest Resolution Report (August 5, 2016) 08/05/2016
Utah
- Kanab RMP (October 31, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Moab RMP (October 31, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Price RMP (October 31, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Richfield RMP (October 31, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Vernal RMP (October 31, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Monticello RMP (November 14, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor--Pony Express RMP Amendment (Feb. 4, 2011) 09/22/2015
- Utah GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Moab Master Leasing Plan and Resource Management Plan Amendments Protest Report (December 15, 2016) 12/15/2016
- Resource Management Plans for Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash NCAs and Amendment for the 12/16/2016
- St. George Field Office Protest Report (December 21, 2016) 12/21/2016
Wyoming
- Pinedale RMP (November 25, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Rawlins RMP (December 24, 2008) 09/22/2015
- Kemmerer RMP (May 25, 2010) 09/22/2015
- Fortification Creek Plan Amendment-Buffalo RMP (July 21, 2011) 09/22/2015
- Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Visual Resource RMP and FEIS (October 5, 2012) 09/22/2015
- Gateway West Transmission Line and Land Use Plan Amendments (November 12, 2013) 09/22/2015
- Lander RMP (June 26, 2014) 09/22/2015
- Wyoming 9-Plan GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Buffalo (Wyoming) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015) 09/22/2015
- Bighorn (Wyoming) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)
- 09/22/2015
- TransWest Express Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Protest Report (December 16, 2016) 12/16/2016