House committee passes Hageman bill to block Rock Springs RMP

CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman’s bill, H.R. 6085, to prohibit the implementation of the proposed Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs RMP Revision, was passed by the House Natural Resources Committee.

Hageman said in a news release, “The BLM’s proposed Rock Springs Resource Management Plan and proposed Final Environmental Impact Statement will substantially reduce economically productive and environmentally safe land uses and activities. It is a de-facto land lockout, converting thousands of acres of multiple-use designated federal land in Wyoming to be set aside for non-use and non-access. This is exactly what the radical environmentalists have been demanding and what the Biden-Harris administration has been hell-bent on implementing across the West.

“It is impossible to overestimate the devastation this RMP will cause to our local communities, our State and our country, due to the impact on our mining, grazing, recreation, and energy industries — all because bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. are buying into the ‘climate change’ hysterics of the Biden-Harris administration, rather than following scientific analysis and facts. It is critical Congress stops this attack on Wyoming and the West, and today’s vote to nullify the Rock Springs RMP is a major step in the right direction.”

This story was published on September 20, 2024.