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Status of the RMPs The comment periods for both Draft RMPs closed in early 2012. Both Field Offices are working on their Final EIS/Proposed RMPs. The Kremmling Proposed RMP should be available in the spring or summer of 2013. The Colorado River Valley Field Office anticipates its Proposed RMP to be available in the fall of 2013. A 30-day protest period and 60-day Governor's Consistency Review follow the release of a Proposed RMP. A Record of Decision would come once any protests received are resolved. Originally the two field offices were revising their RMPs jointly in one planning effort, so some of the earlier supporting documents covered both offices in a single document.
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Add your name to the Mailing List!Why are the Kremmling Field Office and Colorado River Valley Field Office revising their Resource Management Plans?
· RMP revisions are necessary if monitoring and evaluation findings, new data, new or revised policy, or changes in circumstances indicate that decisions for an entire plan or a major portion of the plan no longer serve as a useful guide for management. There is a need to revise the RMPs based upon a number of new issues such as increased recreation demand and use and rapidly expanding urban interface areas; and new policy issues such as new guidance on recreation and comprehensive travel management and transportation.
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What decisions will the BLM be making as part of the revision process?
· Decisions in RMPs guide future land management actions and subsequent site-specific implementation decisions. Decisions contained in RMPs are called land use plan decisions. These broad-scale decisions guide future land management actions and subsequent site-specific implementation decisions. Land use plan decisions fall into two categories:
(1) Desired outcomes (goals and objectives)
(2) Management actions and allowable uses to achieve outcomes
· The BLM Land Use Planning Handbook (H-1601-1), Appendix C (see “BLM Planning & NEPA Guidance Documents” menu), provides program-specific guidance for land use plan and implementation decisions. During the RMP preparation, each program is required to address the land use plan decision guidance contained in Appendix C. In most programs, implementation decisions are not made during the RMP revision. However, the guidance for Comprehensive Trails and Travel Management requires the BLM to make implementation decisions to the extent practical (i.e. completing a defined travel management network).
· Implementation decisions generally constitute the BLM’s final approval allowing on-the-ground actions to proceed. These types of decisions require site-specific planning and NEPA analysis. Thus, for recreation and travel management, the field offices are making both land use plan decisions and implementation decisions as part of this revision effort. [Note: to learn more about the recreation and travel management planning process, see “Travel Management Planning Process” menu.]
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