Wyoming BLM Schedules Bighorn Basin RMP Revision Field Trips
BLUERIBBON COALITION LANDUSE UPDATE!
BLM Announces Bighorn Basin RMP Revision Field Trip Schedule
Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cody and Worland Field Offices are offering a series of field trips this summer in preparation for the public comment period on the Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). (See schedule below)
The purpose of these field trips is to help the public become familiar with some of the RMP key issues and to prepare them to make effective comments during the 90-day comment period, currently scheduled to begin in January 2011.
| Date | Destination and Objectives | Departure Time and Location |
| Friday, July 23 |
West slope of the Bighorn Mountains (in the vicinity of Ten Sleep and Big Cedar Ridge): RMP issues to be discussed include travel management, visual resource management (VRM), off-highway vehicle (OHV) use, paleontology, ACECs, multiple use lands with wilderness characteristics, land tenure adjustment, wildlife habitat and sage-grouse, oil and gas management,renewable energy, and social and economic considerations. | 8:00 a.m. at the Worland Field Office: 101 South 23rd Street in Worland |
| Thursday, July 29 |
Tatman Mountain/Fifteen Mile: RMP issues to be discussed include travel management, VRM, OHV use, wilderness study areas, multiple use lands with wilderness characteristics, wild horse management, wildlife habitat and sage-grouse, and social and economic considerations. | 8:00 a.m. at the Worland Field Office: 101 South 23rd Street in Worland |
| Saturday, July 31 |
Legend Rock/Grass Creek Oil Field/LU Ranch: RMP issues to be discussed include geothermal leasing, travel management, VRM, cultural resources, oil and gas management areas, multiple use lands with wilderness characteristics, social and economic considerations and vegetation management (fire/fuels). | 8:00 a.m. at the Thermopolis High School parking lot: 231 Park Street in Thermopolis |
| Thursday, August 5 |
Carter Mountain ACEC: issues pertinent to the ACEC to be discussed include fragile soils, wildlife habitats, threatened and endangered species, geology and minerals, and oil and gas leasing. | 8:00 a.m. at the Meeteetse Conservation District Office: 910 Park Ave. in Meeteetse |
| Tuesday, August 10 |
Little Mountain: RMP issues to be discussed include cultural resources, caves, travel management, wildlife habitats, land acquisitions and fuels management. | 8:00 am at the NPS Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center: 20 East, Highway 14A in Lovell |
| Saturday, August 14 |
McCullough Peaks: RMP issues to be discussed include the wild horse herd management area, oil and gas exploration/ development, recreation, VRM and paleontology. | 8:00 am at the Cody Field Office: 1002 Blackburn Avenue in Cody |
WHAT TO BRING: high-clearance vehicle (carpooling is encouraged), water, lunch, notebook and camera. Be prepared for a day in the outdoors.
Field trips may be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
For more information, call the field offices at 307-578-5900 (Cody) or 307-347-5100 (Worland) or visit the RMP website at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Planning/rmps/bighorn.html.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact BRC.
Thanks in advance for your support,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107
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