Planning

Resource management planning provides the basis for evaluating and communicating public land uses. Using the principles of multiple use and sustained yield, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeks to maximize resource values for present and future generations. The BLM's land use plans, called RMPs take about three years to complete. Opportunities for public involvement are continuous during development and implementation of the RMP. Decisions in a RMP are designed to guide and control future land or resource management actions over a ten to twenty year period.

RMPs are kept current by continuous maintenance to correct errors and update supporting data, by amending decisions when needed, and through periodic updates that incorporate maintenance changes and amendments. When needed, implementation plans are prepared. From time to time, RMPs may be revised (replaced with a new RMP).

Ongoing Resource Management Plan Revisions (RMP)

• Lewistown RMP

Resource Management Plans (RMPs) In Effect

• Billings RMP
• Pompeys Pillar RMP
• HiLine RMP
• Miles City RMP
• South Dakota RMP
• North Dakota RMP
• Dillon RMP
• Headwaters Resource Area RMP
• Garnet Resource Area RMP
• Judith Valley Phillips RMP
• Butte RMP
• Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument RMP
  
  
  

Amendments applying to multiple RMPs

• Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy
  • Great Basin Record of Decision (ROD)
  • Rocky Mountain Region Record of Decision (ROD)
• Montana Dakotas Fire/Fuels Management Environmental Assessment/Plan Amendment
• Off-Highway Vehicle Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Plan Amendment for Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota
• Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management for Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management for Montana and the Dakotas