Getting involved with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning processes provides the public at large, and member organization like CEC, the unique opportunity to join the conversation about how our public lands will be managed for the next 15 to 20 years. From recreation and wildlife habitat to energy development, wild & scenic suitability, and wilderness, these plans address a variety of issues. Needless to say, the resulting managment directives impact hunters, anglers, hikers, bikers, OHVers, rafters, and recreationists of all stripes. They also outline those guidelines by which BLM determines whether a commercial use is suitable for public land. For example oil and gas projects as well as coal mining, both of which require close monitoring to mitigate their impacts to air and water quality as well as growth and traffic issues.

BLM staff engage citizens at RMP open house meetings. photo © CEC

There are a number of BLM Field Offices throughout the state which are currently undergoing their Resource Management Plan (RMP) revision process. A full list of these field offices and current planning timelines can be found on BLM's Land Use Planning webpage.

CEC's Grand Junction office is currently working on two of these BLM revision processes, the Grand Junction Field Office RMP (GJ RMP) and the Uncompahgre Field Office RMP (UFO RMP). Our Craig office is working on the Little Snake Field Office RMP (LS RMP).