Kemmerer Field Office
| Contacts: | Shelley Gregory | |||
| 307-315-0612 |
BLM Kemmerer Releases Carter Lease Allotment Proposed Decision
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kemmerer Field Office has released a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and proposed decision record (DR) for the environmental assessment (EA) of the Carter Lease Allotment grazing permit renewal.
The 257,313 acre Carter Lease Allotment is located in the checkerboard land ownership pattern, 43 percent of which is public land administered by the BLM. The allotment’s north boundary begins approximately three miles southeast of Kemmerer, Wyo., extends south and east to boundaries defined by branches of the Union Pacific Railroad between Granger, Wyo., and Evanston, Wyo., and extends west to the Albert Creek and Cumberland Flats allotments.
An EA was prepared to analyze grazing management practices within the allotment in order to promote healthy, sustainable rangeland ecosystems and continue to meet rangeland health standards.
The EA, FONSI, proposed DR are available at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/kfo/grazing2012.html. Instructions for protesting this proposed decision are outlined in the DR. Protests must be received at the BLM Kemmerer Field Office, 312 Highway 189 N., Kemmerer WY 83101, by Sept. 17.
For more information, please contact Scott Whitesides at 307-828-4518.
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.
Kemmerer Field Office 312 Highway 189 North Kemmerer WY 83101