Description of Planning Area 

The 13.5 million acre planning area is comprised of federal state, and private lands, as well as Indian reservations within Lander, Eureka, Nye and Esmeralda Counties. The BLM does not manage lands for other federal entities, therefore; the RMP will cover a decision area of 10.5 million acres of BLM land (surface).

Recent Planning Documents

Battle Mountain RMP Newsletter #1 - 12/2010 (194 KB)

RMP Scoping Summary Report (8.54 MB)

Battle Mountain RMP Newsletter #2 - 08/2011 (215 KB)

Battle Mountain RMP Socioeconomic Baseline Assessment Report - 11/2011 (996 KB)

Final Mineral Assessment Report - 01/2012

Final ACEC Rreport - 11/2012

Visual Resource Inventory - 04/2012

• Appendix A:  Scenic Quality Rating Units - 04/2012
  • Pages 01 - 100 
  • Pages 101 - 200 
  • Pages 201 - 300 
  • Pages 301 - 400 
  • Pages 401 - 500 
  • Pages 501 - 562 

• Appendix B: Sensitivity Level Rating Units - 04/2012

• Appendix C: Visual Resource Inventory Methodology - 04/2012 

• Appendix D: Process Record - 04/2012 

BMD RFD Solar and Wind - 04/2013

The Battle Mountain RMP Newsletter #3 - 04/2013 (337 KB)

RMP Process

The BMD RMP planning process and EIS scoping period officially began on December 13, 2010 with the publication in the Federal Register of a NOTICE OF INTENT to Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Battle Mountain District Office and Associated Environmental Impact Statement. During this scoping period, the public was invited to submit their comments to the BMD. Public involvement is an integral and important part of land use planning. Opportunities for public involvement and comments are provided throughout the planning process. The BLM uses the information from public and other sources to determine current resource conditions, changes needed in managing these resources, and desired conditions for public lands the BMD manages.

PUBLIC SCOPING AND COMMENT PERIOD ENDED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2011.

Please visit our “Getting Involved” page to learn about how you can be involved in the RMP process. To be added to the project mailing list, send your information to BattleMountainRMP@blm.gov.

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