After extensive public involvement over several years, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tucson Field Office today released the Record of Decision (ROD) and the Management Plan (RMP) for the Ironwood Forest National Monument.
The bills by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) also would dedicate revenues to help agencies streamline the permitting of renewable energy on federal lands.
The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado office on Thursday announced it will hold off selling natural-gas and oil leases on more than 12,000 acres in Southwest Colorado.