Final Rock Springs plan seeks development, wildlife balance - Wyoming leaders still unhappy

Federal document released Thursday blends all four ‘alternatives’ in effort to heed public and cooperators’ requests after draft plans blew up.

By Mike Koshmrl, Katie Klingsporn and Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com

A year after a conservation-heavy draft management plan for 3.6 million acres of public land in southwest Wyoming ignited intense opposition, the Bureau of Land Management has issued a finalized plan seeking more of a balance between landscape protection and development.

The final environmental impact statement outlining BLM’s proposed Resource Management Plan for the Rock Springs Field Office was released Thursday. The plan blends all four previous “alternatives” in an apparent effort to placate the public and cooperating ag...

 

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