1. RMP Workshop Objectives Visual, Travel & Special Designations Bureau of Land Management Carlsbad Field Office February 1 st and 2 nd, 2012 Presentation By: Owen Lofton RMP Team Lead New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office

2. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office What is a Resource Management Plan? RMPs are used by managers and the public to accomplish the following: 1.Allocate resources and determine appropriate multiple uses for the public lands; 2.Develop a strategy to manage and protect resources; and 3.Establish systems to monitor and evaluate status of resources and effectiveness of management practices over time

3. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office RMP Process Overview Preparation Plan and Notice of Intent Conduct Scoping Prepare Scoping Report Analyze Current Management Situation Document results RMP/EIS Team Field Office Core and Support Team Contractor SWCA Hosting Workshops Socio/Economic Strategies Visual, Travel and Special Designations We are here

4. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office RMP Process Overview Formulate Alternatives Alternatives Development Workshops Analyze Effects of Alternatives Select Preferred Alternative Prepare Draft RMP/Draft EIS Publish NOA & Provide a 90+ Public Comment Period Prepare a Proposed RMP/Final EIS Comment Period Prepare Record of Decision/Approved RMP

5. Project Schedule TASKSCHEDULED DATE PUBLIC SCOPING Publish NOIJune 10, 2010 Public Scoping MeetingsJuly 2010 Public Scoping Period EndsAugust 30, 2010 Publish Scoping ReportMay 13, 2011 DRAFT RMPR/EIS Alternatives Development and Prepare Draft RMP/EIS 2012-2013 Complete Draft EISMay 2013 Publish NOA, Begin Public Review (90-day Public Comment Period) June 2013 Public MeetingsJune/July 2013 End Public Review PeriodAugust 2013

6. Project Schedule TASKSCHEDULED DATE FINAL RMPR/EIS Complete Proposed RMP/Final EISFebruary 2014 Begin Governors 60-day Review PeriodFebruary 2014 Send NOA to Federal Register, Begin 30- day Public Review Period February 2014 End Public Review PeriodMarch 2014 End Governors Review PeriodApril 2014 Resolve ProtestsJune 2014 Final RMP and ROD to PublicSeptember 2014

7. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office Workshop Objectives Visual Resource Management What is it? A process to reduce visual contrast on public lands What do we need? Information on visual sensitivity in the CFO Tell us: 1)Types of users 2)Amount of use on the routes in the planning area 3)Level of public interest 4)Adjacent Land Uses 5)What areas are considered special

8. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office Workshop Objectives Travel Management What is it? Planning that addresses all resource use aspects (such as recreational, traditional, casual, agricultural, commercial and educational) and accompanying modes and conditions of travel on the public lands What do we need ? Information on the routes the public uses

9. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office Workshop Objectives Special Designations What are they? Areas that require special management attention What do we need? Data on the proposed ACECs Information on other values in the proposed ACECs

10. BLM New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Kansas Carlsbad Field Office Thanks for coming !