Hageman urges BLM director to scrap Rock Springs RMP

Hageman urges BLM director to scrap Rock Springs RMP

CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., submitted a letter to Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning outlining what she described as the disastrous consequences of moving forward with the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan proposal announced on Aug. 22.

This newly proposed RMP makes nearly 1 million acres of land categorized as “Areas of Critical Environmental Concern” off limits for energy production.

Hageman wrote, “The people of Wyoming deserve better. We deserve a plan that respects our economic needs, our traditions, and the careful stewardship of our lands that we have practiced for generations. America as a whole deserves to benefit from the economic and national security contributions Wyoming makes through its extractive and livestock industries.

“Wyoming is the backbone of American energy production — contributing to greater energy independence from foreign bad actors,” she continued. “The BLM is enabling those bad actors to a greater extent than anyone by crushing America’s best energy producers through regulation. ... I strongly urge the BLM to scrap the current proposal and begin anew, this time in true collaboration with the people of Wyoming.”

This story was published on August 28, 2024.