Land Use Director Eric Bingham shared this map, which comes from the BLM's FEIS for the RMP, to show the difference between how much land is currently closed off to fluid mineral leases, and how much more will be closed off under the new RMP, shown in red.
With the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) having released the Record of Decision regarding the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office, Sweetwater County is considering what a future under the new RMP could look like, as well as hoping that future doesn't come.
While the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners recently met with Governor Mark Gordon to discuss the RMP on the same day that the Record of Decision was released, the commissioners still took time to discuss the RMP further during their January 7 meeting.
Land Use Director Eric Bingham joked that he wa...
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