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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 8, 2024

CONTACT: Michael Pearlman, Communications Director

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*Governor Gordon Criticizes BLM Greater Sage-grouse Amendment for Devaluing State Expertise*

 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Gordon expressed dissatisfaction today with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Final Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Greater Sage-grouse Land Use Plan Amendments and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Final EIS applies to all BLM administered land in Wyoming.  

The Governor has issued the following statement:

"As expected, the sage-grouse amendments’ final form did not take into account the state’s most substantial comments that were informed by decades of expertise in Greater sage-grouse management in Wyoming. Three Wyoming governors have demonstrated their commitment to sage-grouse over the past 16 years. Wyoming is the stronghold of sage-grouse in the West, with ""millions of acres of valuable sage-grouse habitat""; we have shown how to successfully manage this bird and do so in a way that allows for protection of core habitat alongside responsible development. "

"It is unfortunate ""the BLM’s approach and plan altogether ignores Wyoming’s leadership, experience, and knowledge with regard to management of both sage-grouse populations and habitat. BLM’s planning efforts reflect extreme indifference to the primacy vested in Wyoming’s exclusive authority to manage sage-grouse populations. "

"The document offered to Wyoming today is a product of a process that devalued state-generated science and collaboration. As we digest the document fully and develop our response, our priority will be to defend the state’s management authority of sage-grouse under the Executive Order. Additional layers of federal regulation on top of state management will hinder our ability to develop practical, workable solutions, without perceivably benefitting neither sage-grouse nor its habitat. I am hopeful that as we move into a new Trump Administration that we can shape a functional Record of Decision in the New Year. Wyoming has been and remains committed to the long-term well-being and management of Greater Sage-grouse."

The Governor will lead state agencies through a Protest response in addition to his Consistency Review, due Dec. 16, 2024 and Jan. 7, 2025 respectively.

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