Oregon Greater Sage Grouse Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment And Final Environmental Impact Statement

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Download or read book Oregon Greater Sage-grouse written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This draft resource management plan (RMP) amendment and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) has been prepared by the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with input from cooperating agencies. The purpose of this RMP amendment (RMPA) is to enhance cooperation with the States by modifying the approach to Greater Sage-Grouse management in existing RMPs to better align with individual state plans and/or conservation measures. The Oregon Governor’s Office responded to the BLM’s 2017 Notice of Intent that there are important consistencies between the Oregon state plan and the BLM’s 2015 Oregon Greater SageGrouse plan amendments and that a major plan amendment is not needed. However, the Oregon BLM State Director determined through discussions with the Governor’s Office that an evaluation of the 2015 decision to make all or portions of 13 key Research Natural Areas unavailable to livestock grazing was needed. This document is considering amendments to eight BLM RMPs in Oregon. The EIS describes and analyzes two alternatives for managing livestock grazing in Greater Sage-Grouse habitat on approximately 22,000 acres of BLM-administered surface estate in 13 key Research Natural Areas. The No-Action Alternative is a continuation of current management; use of public lands and resources would continue to be managed under the current BLM RMPs, as amended in 2015. The Management Alignment Alternative was derived through discussion and coordination with the Governor’s Office and cooperating agencies to align with the State conservation plan and to support conservation outcomes for Greater Sage-Grouse. This is the agency’s preferred alternative, though this does not constitute a final decision and there is no requirement that the preferred alternative identified in the draft EIS be selected as the agency’s decision in the Record of Decision. Livestock grazing is the primary planning issue addressed in this plan amendment.