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MISSOULA, Montana (Missoulian) Complex plans for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula and Lewistown districts may be up for revision with the change of presidential administrations.
“Both plans have been signed by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, but they have not yet been published in the Federal Register,” Missoula BLM Field Manager Erin Carey said on Monday. “I think there may be some changes, but we’re waiting to see what they might be. We expect a lot more communication coming down from leadership shortly.”
The Resource Management Plans, or RMPs, guide how the BLM manages its acres of surface land in Montana. The Lewistown District RMP has received the most notoriety, when its local advisory committee was essentially disbanded and 94% of the acreage listed as Areas of Critical Ecological Concern were opened for oil and gas leasing.
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BLM OKs $5 million road project along Blackfoot River
(MISSOULA, Mont.) – The road ahead for those traveling a popular byway along the Blackfoot River should be a little smoother in the future, thanks to the Bureau of Land Management Missoula Field Office’s approval of a proposed $5-million Federal Lands Transportation Project to improve 5.7 miles of Johnsrud-McNamara Road.
The road is a connecting link to several popular fishing and recreation sites along the Lower Blackfoot River corridor from Johnsrud Park to Whitaker Bridge.
“The project was approved to improve the long-term condition of the road, which has degraded to its native road base and would need to be improved and re-graveled in the near future if the proposed action were not approved,” said Western Montana BLM District Manager Katie Stevens, who signed the Decision Record for the project today. “This stretch of road gets steady enough use during the busy season that dust is frequently hanging in the river c