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Lakeview, Oregon 97630, or can be 

provided upon request by contacting the 

Lakeview office at (541) 947–2177. 

A copy of the Protest Resolution 

Report is available at: https://

www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/protestresolution-reports. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Forbes, District Manager, 

Lakeview District Office; telephone: 

(541) 947–6100; email: tforbes@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Mr. Forbes. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Approved RMP Amendment amends the 

existing 2003 Lakeview RMP. The 

Lakeview planning area covers 

approximately 3.2 million acres of 

public lands in Lake and Harney 

counties. The Approved RMP 

Amendment provides management 

direction for lands with wilderness 

characteristics; makes planning-areawide travel and transportation/offhighway vehicle (OHV) allocations of 

open, limited, and closed; and provides 

management direction for livestock 

grazing in areas that fail to meet the 

BLM’s Standards for Rangeland Health 

and for processing voluntary livestock 

grazing permit relinquishments. 

The Approved RMP Amendment 

prioritizes the protection of wilderness 

characteristics in 24 whole units and 

portions of two units (42,547 acres) as 

new Section 202 Wilderness Study 

Areas (WSA). New Section 202 WSAs 

will be managed as: Visual Resource 

Management Class I, which allows for 

very low levels of change to the 

landscapes’ visual character that does 

not attract attention; Land Tenure Zone 

1, where the BLM retains the lands in 

public ownership for the life of the 

RMP; exclusion areas for all rights-ofway; and closed for the development 

and extraction of leasable and saleable 

minerals, including new mineral 

material sites. 

In addition, the Approved RMP 

Amendment prioritizes the protection of 

wilderness characteristics in eight 

whole units and portions of seven units 

(373,132 acres) over other multiple uses 

(Category C). These Category C units 

will be managed as: Visual Resource 

Management Class II public lands, 

which only allows for low levels of 

change to the landscapes visual 

character; Land Tenure Zone 1, where 

the BLM retains the lands in public 

ownership for the life of the RMP; 

exclusion areas for major rights-of-way 

and commercial renewable energy 

projects; and avoidance areas for all 

minor rights-of-ways. In addition, 

within these Category C units, leasable 

mineral extraction will be allowed, but 

subject to a no surface occupancy 

stipulation. All Category C units will be 

closed to saleable minerals, including 

new mineral material sites. Where roads 

form the boundary of a protected 

Category C wilderness characteristic 

unit, a 300-foot management setback 

from the centerline of paved and gravel 

roads and a 100-foot setback from the 

centerline of natural surface boundary 

roads is established. 

Under the Approved RMP 

Amendment, 12 areas totaling 

approximately 70,573 acres scattered 

across the planning area will be 

managed as open to OHV use; 397,671 

acres currently classified as open will be 

designated as limited to existing routes, 

resulting in a total of 3,121,499 acres of 

limited OHV classification in the 

planning area; and an additional 476 

acres of areas open to OHV use will be 

designated as closed resulting in a total 

of 11,285 acres closed to OHV. 

The Approved RMP Amendment: (1) 

requires the BLM to consider taking 

action in areas that are not meeting 

Standards for Rangeland Health even if 

existing livestock grazing is not a causal 

factor for non-attainment of the 

standard; (2) clarifies that the BLM will 

not permit increases to animal unit 

months if analysis finds that doing so 

could cause negative impacts to other 

resources in an area where there is 

either no rangeland health assessment 

and evaluation or if the evaluation no 

longer represents the existing resource 

conditions; and (3) requires the BLM to 

review the suitability and compatibility 

of livestock grazing use with other 

existing resources in the permitted area 

when a voluntary permit 

relinquishment is received. If livestock 

grazing is found to be unsuitable and/ 

or incompatible, the area will become 

unavailable to grazing and the forage 

allocation will be made to another 

resource. If grazing is found to be 

suitable and/or compatible, then the 

allocation of forage to livestock grazing 

use will remain in place. The BLM 

could authorize grazing use for the area 

under a grazing permit or designate the 

area as a reserve common allotment. 

The BLM provided the Proposed RMP 

Amendment/Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for a 30-day 

public protest period starting on 

November 7, 2024, and received 

15protests. The BLM Assistant Director 

for Resources and Planning resolved all 

valid protests. Responses to protest 

issues were compiled and documented 

in a Protest Resolution Report (see 

ADDRESSES). No changes to the 

Lakeview Proposed RMP Amendment/ 

Final EIS were necessary as a result of 

protests. 

The BLM provided the Proposed RMP 

Amendment/Final EIS to the Governor 

of Oregon for a 30-day Governor’s 

consistency review. No inconsistencies 

with State or local plans, policies or 

programs were identified during the 

Governor’s consistency review of the 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS. No changes to 

the Lakeview Proposed RMP 

Amendment/Final EIS were necessary 

as a result of the Governor’s consistency 

review. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9, 43 CFR 

1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5) 

Nada Wolff Culver, 

Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO #4820000251] 

Records of Decision and Approved 

Resource Management Plan 

Amendments for Greater Sage-Grouse 

Rangewide Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Records of Decision 

(RODs) for the Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) Amendments 

for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide 

Planning in Colorado and Oregon. The 

BLM’s Principal Deputy Director signed 

the RODs, which constitute the 

decisions of the BLM to approve the 

RMP Amendments. 

ADDRESSES: The RODs/Approved RMP 

Amendments are available online at 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2016719/510. Printed copies of 

the RODs/Approved RMP Amendments 

can be provided upon request by 

contacting BLM_HQ_GRSG_Planning@

blm.gov. 

A copy of the Protest Resolution 

Report is available at: https://

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat 

Deibert, BLM National Sage-Grouse 

Conservation Coordinator; telephone: 

(720)-447-8107; address: 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY, 

82009; email: BLM_HQ_GRSG_

Planning@blm.gov. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Dr. Deibert. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

RODs/Approved RMP Amendments 

update how the BLM manages public 

lands in Colorado and Oregon that 

support Western communities and 

enhance conservation for Greater SageGrouse and more than 350 other wildlife 

species. The plan amendments in these 

two States are part of a rangewide 

approach, developed with 10 States, 

Tribes, local communities, and the 

public to enhance conservation for 

Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitat. 

While the Governors of Colorado and 

Oregon did not identify any 

inconsistencies with the plans, policies, 

or programs of their States or potential 

inconsistencies were resolved, the BLM 

made minor changes from the Proposed 

RMP to these RODs/Approved RMP 

Amendments to resolve potential 

inconsistencies raised by other States. 

The BLM made these minor changes to 

maintain a consistent rangewide 

approach to Greater Sage-Grouse 

management and promote coordination 

between the BLM and the States. The 

minor changes include clarifying that 

areas identified as Priority Habitat 

Management Areas with limited 

exceptions under the Proposed RMP 

will be identified only as Priority 

Habitat Management Areas. A further 

explanation of this and other changes 

can be found in the Oregon and 

Colorado RODs/Approved RMP 

Amendments. 

The States of North Dakota, South 

Dakota, and California did not submit 

any administrative protests or identify 

any inconsistencies with State plans, 

policies, or programs, so the BLM has 

completed the administrative process 

for finalizing those plans, and is 

prepared to issue RODs for those three 

States. The BLM continues to work 

closely with wildlife managers in five 

other States to finalize decisions to 

conserve and improve habitat across the 

Greater Sage-Grouse’s range. Until new 

RODs are signed, the BLM will continue 

to manage Greater Sage-Grouse habitat 

on public lands in those eight States 

under the 2015 Greater Sage-Grouse 

RMP decisions. 

This Greater Sage-Grouse planning 

process builds on existing direction 

related to Greater Sage-Grouse 

conservation, established in earlier 

planning efforts, responds to updated 

scientific information and changing 

land uses, and provides for consistent 

and effective rangewide conservation 

based on biological information that is 

responsive to locally relevant habitat 

variability. Upon finalization, these 

RMP Amendments update or will 

update goals, objectives, allocations, 

and management direction in 77 

resource management plans in 

California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 

Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South 

Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. 

The BLM provided the Proposed RMP 

Amendments for public protest on 

November 15, 2024, for a 30-day protest 

period and received 60 unique protest 

letters. The BLM resolved all protests, 

compiling and documenting responses 

to protest issues in a Protest Resolution 

Report (see ADDRESSES). Through its 

review, the BLM determined that no 

changes from the Proposed RMP 

Amendments/Final EISs were 

necessary, although the BLM made 

minor changes for clarification and to 

improve implementation as described in 

the Oregon and Colorado RODs/ 

Approved RMP Amendments. 

The BLM provided the Proposed RMP 

Amendments to the Governors of 

California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 

Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South 

Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming for 60-day 

Governor’s consistency reviews. As 

discussed above, the Governors of 

California, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

and Colorado did not identify any 

inconsistencies with State plans, 

policies, or programs. The BLM resolved 

all potential inconsistencies identified 

by the Governor of Oregon to the 

Governor’s satisfaction. The BLM is 

continuing to work with Idaho, 

Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming 

to resolve any remaining asserted 

inconsistencies. 

The BLM’s Principal Deputy Director 

signed the RODs/Approved RMP 

Amendments, which are in effect upon 

signature. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR 1610.5– 

1) 

Nada Wolff Culver, 

Principal Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[PO4820000251] 

Notice To Establish a New Recreation 

Fee Area on Public Lands Managed by 

the Salmon Field Office, Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Salmon Field Office will establish a fee 

program for a reservable rental cabin 

known as Tarpons Roost, constructed on 

the Continental Divide near Lemhi Pass, 

in Lemhi County, Idaho. 

DATES: Starting July 17, 2025, the BLM 

will have the option to initiate the 

proposed fees unless the BLM publishes 

a Federal Register notice to the 

contrary. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of relevant 

supporting documents for this action 

may be reviewed at the BLM Salmon 

Field Office, 1206 South Challis St., 

Salmon, ID 83467; or the BLM Idaho 

Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark 

Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401 and online 

at: https://on.doi.gov/3qfe3I0. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Travis Seaberg, outdoor recreation 

planner, BLM Salmon Field Office, 

email: BLM_ID_SalmonOffice@blm.gov; 

telephone: (208) 756–5400. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is committed to provide and receive fair 

value for the use of developed 

recreation facilities and services in a 

manner that meets public use demands, 

provides quality experiences, and 

protects important resources. The BLM’s 

policy is to collect fees at specialized 

recreation sites, or where the BLM 

provides facilities, equipment, or 

services, at Federal expense, in 

connection with outdoor use. To meet 

anticipated demands for services and 

maintenance at Tarpons Roost, the BLM 

will establish a fee program for cabin 

facility use. This fee will be used for the 

maintenance and yearly operations cost 

of Tarpons Roost. Starting July 17, 2025, 


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