on Bureau of Land Management Lands 

in 17 Western States 

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Vegetation Treatments 

Using Herbicides

June 2007

Volume 3: Response to Comments

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

FES 07-21

Final
BLM-managed lands

BLM-administered minerals underlying federal surface (excluding National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service units)

BLM National Monument

BLM National Conservation, Recreation, and Protection Areas (National Conservation Areas, National Recreation Areas, Outstanding Natural Areas, and Cooperative Management and Protection Areas)

Tribal lands where the BLM has trust responsibility for mineral operations

BLM State OfficeState boundariesBLM Headquarters

In the Eastern United States,

the BLM manages 40 million acres

of subsurface mineral estate and 

30,000 acres of surface, mostly small isolated 

parcels scattered throughout 31 states.

Eastern States are administered

by the Eastern States Office

in Springfield, VA.

Today, the BLM administers 261.8 million

acres of public lands located primarily in 

12 western states, including Alaska.

The agency administers 700 million acres of subsurface

mineral estate located throughout the country.

Georgia

South

Carolina

Florida

North

Carolina

Alabama

Mississippi

Louisiana

Arkansas

Tennesse

Missouri

Kentucky

Virginia

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio

Pennsylvania Michigan

New

York

Ver

mont

New

Hampshire Maine

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Jersey

Delaware

Maryland

Wisconsin

M

innesota

Iowa

Nebraska

South

Dakota

North

Dakota Montana

Wyoming

Colorado

Kansas

(subsurface

acreage only)

Oklahoma

Texas

New

Mexico

Arizona

Utah

Nevada

Idaho

Washington

Alaska

Oregon

California

West

Virginia

Anchorage

Portland

Reno

Sacra

m

ento

Phoenix

Salt

Lake

City

Boise

Billings

Cheyenne

Denver

Santa

Fe

Washington, DC

Springfield

White Mountains NRA

Steese

NCA

Yaquina

Head

ONA

Cascade- Siskiyou NM

Steens Mountain

CM

PA

Headwaters Forest

Reserve

King

Range

NCA

California

Coasta

l NM

California

Desert

NCA

Santa Rosa and

San Jacinto Mountains NM

Ironwood Forest NM

Sonoran

Desert NM

Red Rock

Canyon

NCA Sloan

Canyon

NCA

Agua Fria NM

Grand Canyon- Parashant NM

Grand Staircase Escalante NM

McInnis Canyons NCA

Gunnison Gorge NCA

Canyons of the Ancients NM

Vermilion

Cliffs NM

Kasha-Katuwe

Tent Rocks NM

El Malpais

NCA

San

Pedro

Riparian

NCA

Gila Box Riparian

NCA

Black Rock DesertHigh Rock Canyon

Em

igran

t Trails

NCA

Snake River Birds of Prey NCA

Craters of the Moon NM

Upper Missouri River Breaks NM

Pompeys Pillar NM

Las

Cienegas NCA

Carrizo

Plain NM

Public Lands Managed by theBureau of Land Management

BLM/WO/GI-07/009+6711

Cover Photos and Photo Credits

1. Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) in bloom near Elko, Nevada 

(courtesy of Stan White, Bureau of Land Management Volunteer)

2. Helicopter spraying (courtesy of Keith Duncan, New Mexico State University 

Cooperative Extension Service)

3. All-terrain vehicle spraying (courtesy of L. D. Walker, Bureau of Land 

Management)

4. Herbicide spraying using a llama (courtesy of Cindy Lair, Colorado State 

Department of Agriculture)

Covers, spines, and CD labels layout and design provided by the BLM National Science 

and Technology Center.

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Bureau of Land Management

Vegetation EIS

P.O. Box 12000 

Reno, NV 89520-0006

Tel: 775-861-6645

Website address: www.blm.gov

 Bureau of Land Management

Rangeland, Soils, Water, and Air Group

DOI/BLM WO-220, 201LS

1849 C Street, NW

Washington, DC 20240
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States 

FES 07-21

Volume 3: 

Response to 

Comments

DOI

BLMVegetation Treatments Using Herbicides 

June

2007

Final