Management of heritage resources, including cultural and paleontological resources, includes consultation and cooperation with Native American tribes to limit exposure of heritage resources to incompatible uses. Management actions provide for consideration of the effects of incompatible uses on historic properties through the processes defined in the National Programmatic Agreement (BLM, ACHP, and National Conference of SHPO 1997) and the Wyoming State Protocol (BLM and Wyoming SHPO 2006). Specific actions include: investigations of Archaeological Resources Protection Act violations; limiting motorized vehicle use in areas that contain significant cultural and paleontological resources; pursuing withdrawals from appropriation under the mining laws for important cultural sites on a case by‐case basis; performing inventories of sensitive cultural places identified during tribal consultations; ensuring that areas of importance to Native American Tribes are not transferred from federal ownership, physically modified, or affected by management actions in ways that restrict or deny access and/or use; protecting sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) appropriately; protecting and managing sites that are eligible for or listed on the NRHP; managing sites allocated for conservation, traditional use, or public use to avoid adverse effects; managing sites allocated for scientific or experimental use for their research potential; protecting and managing National Historic Landmarks through management of non‐compatible uses and coordinating with affected landowners, local communities, and agencies on any decisions that could affect their use or operations; and devising management actions that complement the objectives of private landowners or local communities consistent with cultural resource protection goals and objectives.

Visual resources are managed in accordance with Visual Resource Management (VRM) class objectives. The BLM considers VRM objectives before authorizing land uses that may affect the visual character of the landscape.