A proposed BLM Resource Management Plan Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs area is being met with resistance. The Bureau of Land Management announced last week the revisions to the management plan that opponents are calling a “land grab”. U.S. Senators for Wyoming, John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, issued a public statement in response emphasizing that the BLM’s Draft Resource Management Plan would label over 1.8 million acres of Wyoming land as ‘Areas of Critical Environmental Concern’ which they say creates red tape over already well-designed policies established by on the ground experts. Senator Barrasso states, “This blatant land grab completely dismisses practical solutions proposed by local land managers, local agencies and the people who live and work on this land. I encourage everyone to make your voice heard through the public comment period. There is still time for us to force the BLM to turn this outrageous proposal around and strike a balanced approach that puts Wyoming, not Washington, in the driver’s seat.” The BLM’s 90-day public comment period on the proposed Resource Management Plan is now open and will close on November 16th. Visit eplanning.blm.gov to provide input
