On September 11, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency will publish a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register to begin the 30-day protest period for the Proposed RMP and Final EIS. The protest period will end October 13, 2026. 

When the protest period begins on September 11, 2026, the ePlanning page will be updated to activate the tool for submitting protests; look for the “File a Protest” button.  

The 30-day protest period is for any person who has previously participated in the planning effort and has an interest that is or may be adversely affected by the proposed plan. All protests must be in writing and filed with the BLM Director, either electronically via BLM’s ePlanning website or as a hard copy by the close of the protest period. The only electronic protests the BLM will accept are those filed through ePlanning. All protest letters sent to the BLM via fax or e-mail will be considered invalid unless a properly filed protest is also submitted.  

If you do not have the ability to file your protest electronically, hard-copy protests must be mailed to the following address, postmarked by the close of the protest period: 

     USPS Mail: 
     BLM Director 
     Attention: Protest Coordinator (HQ210) 
     PO Box 151029 
     Lakewood, CO 80215 

     Overnight Mail: 
     BLM Director 
     Attention: Protest Coordinator (HQ210) 
     Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 40 
     Lakewood, CO 80215 

For more information on how to file a protest, please visit Filing a Plan Protest | Bureau of Land Management.