The Bureau of Land Management is holding eleven in-person open-house meetings throughout the west to provide information on the BLM’s current greater sage-grouse planning effort.
These meetings will include a presentation on the planning effort and opportunities for questions about the planning effort and the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendments/Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
The BLM will also hold two virtual meetings online on Tuesday, April 9 at 1 p.m. MDT and Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. MDT. Register for one or both sessions on Zoom. For more information on additional meetings and the planning effort see the BLM website.
The draft environmental impact statement and draft plan amendments opened for public comment on March 15, 2024. The comment period will end on June 13, 2024. Visit the Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendment’s e-Planning website to learn more information about the draft Environmental Impact Statement and on how to submit a comment. A final environmental impact statement is expected this fall, followed by Records of Decision in each state.
The first of these meetings is scheduled for Thursday, April 11 at 6 p.m. MDT at the BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office main conference room at 5001 Southgate Drive in Billings.
The four Wyoming public meeting’s dates, times, and addresses are below:
- Thursday, April 18, 2024 – 5:00pm-7:00pm at Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001
- Monday, April 22, 2024 – 5:00pm-7:00pm at Rock Springs Library, 400 C St, Rock Springs, WY 82901
- Tuesday, April 23, 2024 – 5:00pm-7:00pm at Washakie County Library, 801 Big Horn Ave, Worland, WY 82401
- Wednesday, April 24, 2024 – 5:00pm-7:00pm at Midwest Edgerton Room at the Agricultural Resource Learning Center, 2011 Fairgrounds Road, Casper, WY 82604
For more information on the greater sage-grouse land use plan amendments, please see the national press release here: https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-proposes-stronger-greater-sage-grouse-conservation-plans.
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