Worland Field Office
| Contacts: | Sarah Beckwith | |||
| 307/347-5207 |
Washakie County and BLM Hold Cooperating Agency Meeting
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will present information about its inventory of public lands containing wilderness characteristics in the Bighorn Basin at a meeting hosted by the Washakie County Commission and the Washakie County Conservation District. This cooperating agency meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 9 am to 5 pm at the Worland Community Center and is open to the public.
The meeting will include presentations regarding why and how the BLM conducts continuous inventories of public lands, including those for wilderness characteristics, and how the manageability of public land containing wilderness characteristics is considered during the resource management plan process. Discussions about specific inventories will focus on lands within the Worland Field Office area and include lands in the Cody Field Office area as time permits.
The local government cooperating agencies have requested that the BLM provide training and information and allow for dialogue and enhanced understanding between the cooperating agencies and the BLM. Members of the public are invited to attend and will be given opportunities to comment and ask questions during the meeting.
The Wilderness.net website provides training presentations which may be viewed in advance and will be discussed during the meeting.
The Worland Community Center is located at 1200 Culbertson Avenue, two blocks south of Big Horn Avenue.
For more information, please contact the Worland Field Office at 307-347-5100.
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.
Worland Field Office 101 South 23rd Worland, WY 82401