Proposed resource management plan and final environmental impact statement for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office, Rawlins, Wyoming
By: prepared by United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins Field Office.
Contributors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Publisher: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins Field Office
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Rawlins, Wyo.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Wilderness areas -- Wyoming.; Wildlife management -- Wyoming.; Range management -- Wyoming.; Public lands -- Wyoming -- Management.; Land use -- Wyoming -- Planning.; Natural resources -- Wyoming -- Management.; Energy development -- Wyoming.
Other titles: Proposed resource management plan and final environmental impact statement for the Rawlins Field Office; Rawlins resource management plan : proposed; Rawlins proposed resource management plan; Rawlins final environmental impact statement
Description: This RMP and FEIS documents the comprehensive analysis of alternatives for the planning and management of public lands and resources administered by the BLM Rawlins Field Office in Wyoming. The administrative area is located in south-central and southeastern Wyoming and includes land in Albany, Carbon, Laramie, and Sweetwater Counties.
Notes: CD-ROM contains the Biological assessment and Map 3-3.

In cooperation with: State of Wyoming, Carbon County, Albany County, Sweetwater County, Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District, Medicine Bow Conservation District, Little Snake River Conservation District, Sweetwater County Conservation District, Environmental Protection Agency.

"January 2008."

"BLM/WY/PL-08/007+1610"--P. [2] of cover.

The purpose of the Rawlins RMP Revision and EIS is to replace the existing Great Divide RMP, and to address the deficiencies described in the Great Divide RMP Evaluation  The Great Divide RMP includes 5 Wilderness Study Areas (WSA): Encampment River Canyon, Prospect Mountain, Bennett Mountains, Adobe Town, and Ferris Mountains; 4 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC): Jep Canyon, Como Bluff, Shamrock Hills, and Sand Hills; 3 Wild Horse Herd Management Areas (HMA): Adobe Town, Stewart Creek, and Lost Creek; and 3 Special Recreation Management Areas (SRMA): Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, North Platte River, and Shirley Mountain. Major land uses include mineral development, wildlife habitat, wild horse use, livestock grazing, and recreation.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available on the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: v. 1-1 and 1-2. [Main report]; title: v. 2-1. Figures, maps, App. 1-14; title: v. 2-2. App. 15-39.