Dillon BLM opens Medicine Lodge Watershed Environmental Assessment comment period

DILLON, Mont.— The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office released the Medicine Lodge Watershed Environmental Assessment today, opening a public comment period that closes April 15.

The assessment addresses revised or renewed livestock management, vegetation treatments, and range improvement projects on about 40,000 acres of public land, including 18 grazing allotments within the Medicine Lodge Watershed south of Dillon.

The EA is available online at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2020075/510.

To request a paper copy of the Environmental Assessment, write to 1005 Selway Drive, Dillon, MT 59725, call the Dillon Field Office at 406-683-8000, or email us at MT_Dillon_FO@blm.gov.

Up to four management alternatives have been described and fully analyzed. The BLM welcomes public comments on the alternatives and the Environmental Assessment. After reviewing and considering public comments, the field manager will select one, or a combination of the alternatives, for implementation.