Rio Puerco resource management draft plan & environmental impact statement

This DRMP and EIS describes and analyzes alternatives for the planning and management of public lands and resources administered by the BML, Rio Puerco field Office (RPFO). The RPFO planning area is located in central New Mexico and includes approximately 757,100 acres of surface area and 3.6 million acres of subsurface mineral state. The BLM is revising the RMP to address the availability of new data and policies, emerging issues, and changing circumstances that have occurred during the 25 years since the Record of Decision for the existing plan was signed. As part of the RMP revision process, the BLM conducted a scoping period to solicit input from the public and interested agencies on the nature and extent of issues and impacts to be addressed in the DEIS. Planning issues identified for this RMP revision focus on energy and mineral development; vegetation and habitat management; land ownership adjustments; motorized access to public lands; grazing; and special designations.