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Resource Management Plans
Determining the Fate of 11 Million Acres of Public Land in Utah
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The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has revised six separate Resource Management Plans (RMPs) affecting nearly 11 million acres of public land throughout the state. Much like city zoning plans that identify which areas are appropriate for industrial use and which should be set aside for city parks, these RMPs will determine how the BLM manages our public lands—including 5 million acres of proposed wilderness—for decades to come. Prudent land use planning is essential to ensuring that areas worthy of protection are not sacrificed for industrial use or left vulnerable to careless degradation. At stake are some of the state’s most stunning landscapes—places like Desolation Canyon, the Book Cliffs, Fisher Towers, the San Rafael Swell, Parunuweap Canyon, Indian Creek, and many more. To learn more about each individual RMP, click on any of the field offices above.
What happens now that all the Final RMPs are released?
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Editorials Blast BLM Plans:
New York Times Editorial: Last Minute Mischief, 10/18/08
Washington Post Op-Ed: Saving the Desert Southwest, 10/18/08
Salt Lake Tribune Editorials:
Moab RMP: BLM plan for Moab: Agency's notion of balance shorts protection, 08/04/2008
Kanab RMP: Too much fun: OHV overuse could harm Kane, Garfield counties, 07/22/2008
Monticello RMP: Open invitation: BLM Monticello plan invites destruction of relics, 09/08/2008
Vernal RMP: Inviting plunder: Vernal BLM plan caters too much to OHVs, 08/29/2008
Richfield RMP: No management plan: BLM makes gift of land to offroaders, drillers, 08/11/2008
Price RMP: Drill, drill, drill: BLM plan for Carbon, Emery counties goes for the gas, 09/08/2008
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