Public scoping begins with changes to the resource management plan for the Moab, Price, and Vernal field offices
BLM press release
The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to participate in changes to three resource management plans to create new wilderness, national monuments, national reserves, recreational areas, and wild and landscape rivers in accordance with Public Law 116-9, the John D. Dingell , Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act). The Green River District has posted a letter of intent on the federal registry to initiate a public review of up to six changes and related environmental reviews affecting Moab, Price and Vernal’s resource management plans and 10 critical environmental areas.
Any change to the resource management plan and the associated environmental review will focus on specific issues and include a number of alternatives. Comments provided during scoping help the BLM identify planning issues that should be considered in the land management plan. The BLM analyzes these questions and uses them to develop a number of alternative management strategies.
“This is a great opportunity for the public to help the BLM identify which issues should be analyzed during the planning process and to play an active role in the future management of the remarkable areas identified by Congress in the Dingell Act “Said Lance Porter, Green River District Manager.
The BLM will hold public meetings to learn more about the planning process to change resource management plans to match the new land names set out in the Dingell Act. The sessions will take place on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST and on November 18, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. MST, online via Zoom.
Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by November 27, 2021 by post, email or via the BLM’s ePlanning website.
Mail: BLM Green River District, 170 South 500 East Vernal, Utah 84078
Email: [email protected]
ePlanning: http://go.usa.gov/xV7yu
Further project updates can be found on the BLM planning website at:
https://www.blm.gov/programs/planning-and-nepa/plans-in-development/utah/green-river-dingell-act
Before including an address, telephone number, email address or other personally identifiable information in comments, please note that the entire comment – including personal data – can be made publicly available at any time. Requests to withhold personal information from public scrutiny can be made, but the BLM cannot guarantee that this will be possible.
For more information and / or to include your name on the mailing list, please contact Amber Koski, BLM Planning and Environmental Coordinator at (435) 781-4465 or by mail or email at the addresses listed above. Individuals using a telecommunications device for the deaf can call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above person. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Answers will be provided during normal business hours.
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