Pinedale Field Office
| Contacts: | Shelley Gregory, 307-315-0612 |
Improvements Made to Historic New Fork River Crossing
A Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) crew recently helped the Sublette County Historical Society construct a fence, boardwalks, and a bridge across an irrigation ditch at the historic New Fork River crossing of the Lander Road. The fence correctly delineates the property boundary and the bridge will enable visitors to more easily access the historic site, which will open to the public for day-use activities in the summer of 2012 after all planned improvements have been completed.
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The BLM PFO and the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, the Sublette County Historical Society, the Alliance for Historic Wyoming, the Oregon California Trails Association and the Lander Trail Foundation, along with SWEPI L.P., and Ultra Resources Inc., completed a programmatic agreement to mitigate adverse effects to the setting of the Lander Road and allow continued development of the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field. The BLM and PacifiCorp, along with those same historic preservation partners, also completed an agreement to resolve impacts from a large transmission line project that spans the same area.
Both agreements funded the purchase of the 82-acre riverfront property for the Sublette County Historical Society which will operate the site in consultation with the BLM and other stakeholders. A permanent conservation easement on the property will be held by The Wyoming Land Trust.
For more information, please contact Dave Crowley at 307-367-5323 or dcrowley@blm.gov, or visit the BLM Pinedale Field Office at 1625 W. Pine St., Pinedale, Wyo., or contact Clint Gilchrist, Sublette County Historical Society, at clint@sublette.com.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
Pinedale Field Office 1625 West Pine Street Pinedale, WY 82941