This page provides links to Web sites associated with the Cottonwood RMP/EIS. These sites include BLM Web sites and sites that relate to the preparation of the EIS. Please note that the links on this page will open new windows outside the Cottonwood RMP/EIS Web site.

Related BLM Web Sites:

National BLM. This is the National BLM web site and has links to all BLM offices nationwide. See http://www.blm.gov.

Idaho BLM. This is the Idaho State BLM web site and has links to all BLM offices in Idaho along with other relevant information about statewide efforts. See http://www.id.blm.gov.

Idaho BLM - Coeur d'Alene District Office. This is the Web site for the Idaho BLM's Coeur d'Alene District Office, which encompasses the Coeur d'Alene Field Office and the Cottonwood Field Office. See http://www.id.blm.gov/offices/cda.

Idaho BLM - Cottonwood Field Office. This is the web site for the Idaho BLM's Cottonwood Field Office, which is conducting the planning process for the Cottonwood RMP. See http://www.id.blm.gov/offices/cottonwood.

BLM Idaho Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management. State-specific Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Managing Livestock Grazing were developed by BLM in the late 1990s. Idaho BLM's Standards and Guidelines were completed in 1997 and established eight ecological objectives that are to be achieved on all BLM-managed rangelands in Idaho. Idaho BLM is currently conducting assessments of all grazing allotment to determine if Idaho's Standards for Rangeland Health are being achieved. Each Idaho BLM field office has established a schedule for completing the assessments by 2009. If an assessment determines that an area is not meeting the standards for rangeland health, the Field Office prepares an analysis that identifies opportunities and methods to adjust grazing management and initiates the changes needed to make significant progress in improving rangeland health. These standards are being used to help guide the Coeur d'Alene RMP/EIS. See http://www.id.blm.gov/publications/data/SGFinal.pdf.

BLM's National OHV Strategy. This web site provides the "National Management Strategy for Motorized Off-Highway Vehicle Use on Public Lands". See http://www.blm.gov/ohv/OHV_FNL.pdf.

Other Related Web Sites:

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). The purposes of NEPA are to declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality. See http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/nepa/nepaeqia.htm. The Council on Environmental Quality's regulations for implementing NEPA are available at http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/toc_ceq.htm.

Public Law 94-579: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 United States Code 1701 et seq.). FLPMA was created to establish public land policy; to establish guidelines for its administration; to provide for the management, protection, development, and enhancement of the public lands; and for other purposes. To access various sections of the Act, see http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title43/chapter35_.html.

The Wilderness Act (16 United States Code 1131 et seq.). This Act established the National Wilderness Preservation System. To access various sections of the Act, see http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title16/chapter23_.html.