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The BLM prepares comprehensive land use plans called Resource Management Plans (RMPs) to provide management decisions and actions and allowable uses on BLM public lands. This includes, for example, lands and realty, transportation and off-highway vehicle use, fire management, visual, cultural, recreational and wildlife resources and management, mineral leasing, and rangeland resource management. RMPs also provide direction for managing areas on public lands that require special protection through designated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern. The BLM may also amend an RMP because of new information or changing land use conditions. Additionally, programmatic planning documents, such as fire management plans, help to provide broad scale direction on managing BLM public lands.
The White Sands RMP was approved in 1986. In 2006, the Las Cruces District Office approved an amendment to this plan, the McGregor Range RMP Amendment. The Record of Decision approves the RMP Amendment which addresses the management of withdrawn public land within McGregor Range. It sets forth the management objectives and land-use decisions for managing resources and resource uses on the withdrawn public lands. The Las Cruces District Office plans to use the RMP Amendment as the framework for collaborative management of public land and its resources on McGregor Range in Otero County, New Mexico. Subsequent implementation decisions will require site-specific planning and additional analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969.
Both planning documents are available for download under "Documents and Reports."
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Montoya
Las Cruces District Planning and Environmental Coordinator [email protected]
575-525-4316
