Wyoming State Office
| Contacts: | Cindy Wertz (307) 775-6014 | |||
| Larry Sandoval (307) 745-2520 |
BLM and Forest Service Schedule Public Meetings on
Sage-Grouse Conservation
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming and Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland have scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss greater sage-grouse conservation measures in Wyoming.
Meetings will include information on how BLM Wyoming and Thunder Basin National Grassland will incorporate the new National Sage Grouse Strategy into their current management.
BLM will also give an update on the status of its current sage-grouse amendments and BLM Wyoming’s resource management plan revisions.
These meetings will also be a forum for collecting scoping comments related to the Thunder Basin National Grassland and Resource Management Plan LRMP amendment process.
BLM informational meetings will be held at the following locations, dates and times:
Location
Address
Date
Time
BLM Casper Field Office
Conference Room2987 Prospector Drive
Casper, WY 82604Monday, Jan. 30 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. BLM Buffalo Field Office
Conference Room1425 Fort Street
Buffalo, WY 82834Tuesday, Jan. 31 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. BLM Worland Field Office
Conference Room101 South 23rd
Worland, WY 82401Wednesday, Feb. 1 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. BLM Rock Springs Field Office
Conference Room280 Highway 191 North
Rock Springs, WY 82901Thursday, Feb. 2 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Forest Service scoping meetings will be held at the following locations, dates and times:
Location
Address
Date
Time
National Guard Armory
Meeting Room315 North Pearson
Douglas, WY 82633Tuesday, Feb. 7 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service Meeting Room1225 Washington Blvd., Suite 2
Newcastle, WY 82701Thursday, Feb. 9 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Campbell County Public
Library2101 South 4j Road
Gillette, WY 82718Wednesday, Feb. 15 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information on the Forest Service meetings contact the Douglas Ranger District at 307-358-4690. For information on the BLM meetings, contact Chuck Otto at (307) 775-6105.
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.