Saving sage grouse

On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced the final approval of a comprehensive management plan for public lands in central Wyoming. The Lander Resource Management Plan (RMP) will provide direction for managing 2.4 million acres of BLM-administered surface land and 2.8 million acres of BLM-administered sub-surface mineral estate.

County Commissioners in Fremont, Natrona, Hot Springs, Carbon, and Sweetwater Counties have been involved in the development of the plan as cooperating agencies

The RMP is the first of its kind to address management of i...