Notice of Intent To Amend the Medicine Lodge Resource Management Plan

Resumen

The BLM has received a request from the Fremont and Jefferson County Commissioners to amend their Rights-of-Way (IDI-22460, IDI- 22461) on the Elgin-Hamer Road. The amendments would amend the seasonal closure from December 1 through March 31, and allow the road to remain open with other mitigation measures to protect wintering elk. Amendment to the Rights-of-Way require an amendment to the Medicine Lodge Resource Management Plan (RMP) to amend the seasonal limitations. An environmental assessment will be prepared to analyze these amendments.