HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240245.tiffUnited States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Ronal Gorse Field Office
3028 East Main Street
Canon Litt. CO 81212
In Reply Refer To:
1610 (LLCOF02000, JS)
Dear Interested Party:
RECEIVED
JAN 2 2 2024
WELD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce that the Approved Eastern
Colorado Resource Management Plan and Record of Decision (ARMP RMP/ROD) is available.
The planning effort included extensive input from the public, stakeholders and 24 cooperating
agencies and counties. The Approved RMP/ROD and supporting information are available on
the project web site: https://eplannino.blm.00v/eplannin2-ui/project/39877.
The planning area for the Eastern Colorado RMP consists of about 35 million acres of land,
which includes 658,200 acres of BLM-administered surface lands and 3,31 1,900 acres of BLM-
administered mineral estate managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office. The planning area is the
entire field office regardless of ownership or agency. It includes 37 counties in eastern
Colorado, from just west of the Front Range to the eastern border of the state and from the
Wyoming/Nebraska border in the north to the New Mexico/Oklahoma border in the south. The
decision area for this RMP includes all of the public land administered by the BLM within the
field office boundaries except for that within the Browns Canyon National Monument, which is
managed under a separate RMP. This RMP will replace the 1986 Northeast RMP and the 1996
Royal Gorge Resource Area RMP and will guide the management of public lands administered
by the Royal Gorge Field Office into the future. It does not include National Forest System land
and other Federal land where BLM does not make planning decisions about oil and gas
management and other uses. The BLM typically adopts the requirements determined by those
Federal surface -managing agencies when leasing the associated mineral estate; while such lands
are within the planning area, they are outside the decision area for this RMP.
Thank you for your interest in the Eastern Colorado RMP. For additional information or
clarification regarding this document or the planning process, please contact John Smeins,
project manager, at 719-252-8212 or email jsmeins g blm.gov.
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KEITH
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Keith Berger
Field Manager
Royal Gorge Field Office
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