The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office (UFO) is preparing an updated Resource Management Plan (RMP) and associated Environmental Imapct Statement (EIS). The UFO includes the BLM lands surrounding the San Miguel River in San Miguel County and the majority of BLM lands in Western Montrose County. An RMP, similar to a county master plan, is a land use plan that describes borad multiple-use guidance for managing public lands administered by the BLM.

In addition they published the Draft Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Report for the Uncompahgre Planning Area. The BLM is planning public information sessions on the Wild & Scenic designations this fall. We will post the details as soon as they are available.

SMA along with our regional conservation partners submitted comprehensive scoping comments for the RMP, comments on the Wild & Scenic Eligibility and comments on two Area of Critical Environmental Concern for the Paradox Valley and the San Miguel River corridor. The BLM is now compiling all the comments and data and expects to have the draft RMP and EIS in the winter of 2010/2011.

For more information and maps from the BLM CLICK HERE