BuRec releases plan
The Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec), along with Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails (SPHST), announced the availability of the final integrated resource management plan (RMP) and environmental assessment (EA) for Buffalo Bill Reservoir and State Park.
This includes a finding of no significant impact in establishing the RMP.
The purpose of the RMP and EA is to provide an updated comprehensive planning and management document to guide managing, allocating and using Buffalo Bill Reservoir land and water resources and making decisions regarding the management of recreation resources.
SPHST proposes to implement the Master Plan, embedded within the RMP and EA, as a comprehensive plan for the development of outdoor recreation resources and infrastructure at the state park.
The RMP and EA are available at wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/buffalo-bill-master-plan.
For more information on the Buffalo Bill State Park planning process, contact Carly-Ann Carruthers at carlyann.carruthers@wyo.gov or 307-777-6968. For information on state park operations, contact Dan Marty at 307-587-9227 or dan.marty@wyo.gov.
Gov. Mark Gordon expressed his disappointment in the decision, stating, “I am extremely disappointed – but not surprised – with what has become characteristic disregard for proper process or simple respect by the Biden-Harris administration’s BLM. Wyoming’s comments addressing the BLM’s extreme inconsistencies with federal law and local land use policies were summarily dismissed, as was vital input from our impacted counties and their industries.”
“The BLM has doubled down on their contempt for our local economies and the hard-working men and women who provide the clean, dispatchable and reliable energy many take for granted,” Gordon continued. “Wyoming will not stop fighting to defend our industries from the federal government’s heavy hand and their attempts to gut Wyoming’s ability to develop our resources from every angle.”
In addition to the state of Wyoming, the National Mining Association, Navajo Transitional Energy Company, Wyoming County Commissioners Association and the Board of County Commissioners for Campbell, Converse and Johnson counties submitted protests.
