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Public Involvement

BLM has made every effort to assure meaningful public involvement throughout the planning process. The public participation opportunities for major stages of the planning process are listed below. Aside from these formal opportunities, public involvement has been encouraged and accepted throughout the planning process.

Public Scoping: BLM hosted three public scoping meetings to:

share information about the Monument;
gather public input on issues;
discuss management concerns to be resolved in the plan;
develop planning criteria; and
discuss the planning process.

Information on these meetings is provided below. Public comments received during these meetings were incorporated into a Scoping Report.

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Comments

Preliminary Planning Criteria: BLM completed gathering public comments on its preliminary planning criteria on May 14, 2004.

Draft Resource Management Plan (DRMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS):

Written comments on the Draft RMP/Draft EIS were accepted for 90 days after the Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register October 2007. At the beginning of this comment period, public meetings to share information about the Draft RMP/Draft EIS document held in Cortez, Durango, and Denver. Comments received during this time were fully evaluated and considered in the development of the Final RMP.

Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, are available for public review at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, 27501 Hwy 184, Dolores, CO 81323, and are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): The BLM issued the Proposed RMP and Final EIS on July 31, 2009 initiating a 30-day protest process. During the 30 days a person with standing may protest a proposed decision that may adversely affect them. Additional information on protesting the Proposed RMP and Final EIS is provided. Download instructions on how to file a protest.

Monument Advisory Committee Meetings: The Monument Advisory Committee has played an invaluable role in the planning process. The Committee's Charter expired in the fall of 2006. All Committee member appointments, except the Dolores County representative, expired in late May 2007. The Committee's Charter was renewed and nominations to reestablish the Advisory Committee were submitted in June 2007. However, establishing an Advisory Committee is a long process and it has been important to maintain the crucial role the Advisory Committee has played in ensuring public involvement and representation in the Monument planning process. Therefore, on July 20, 2007, the Southwest Resource Advisory Council (SWRAC) agreed to establish a Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup. The subgroup continued the review function of the MAC during the public comment period for the Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft RMP/Draft EIS).

Please visit the Monument Advisory Committee page to view the SWRAC CANM subgroup meeting minutes.