Fortification Creek Area RMP Amendment

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Documents of Interest Coordination Letter 2008 Summer Newsletter Location Map 2007 Environmental Report 2006 Scoping 2003 PRB FEIS 2001 RMP 1990s WGFD Elk Report 1982 Oil & Gas Plan News Releases August 7, 2008 March 19, 2008 October 5, 2007

The draft Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Fortification Creek Planning Area (FCPA) was published on August 7, 2008.

The Fortification Creek Planning Area is located in Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan counties, Wyo. and encompasses approximately 100,655 acres. Special resource values in the area include: an isolated elk herd and its habitat, high visual quality, a 12,000 acre wilderness study area (WSA), steep slopes with erosive soils, and significant cultural, historic, and paleontological values.

The Draft RMPA/EA documents the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of three alternatives for management of BLM-administered lands within the Fortification Creek Planning Area of the Buffalo Field Office. These alternatives include:

1. No Action, in which coal bed natural gas (CBNG) development and other resources would be managed under existing land use planning decisions;
2. CBNG development would be allowed under additional management decisions to protect certain wildlife species and their habitat, to protect erodible soils, and would designate an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) that would encompass approximately 52,000 acres, and
3. CBNG development would be allowed under additional management decisions to protect certain wildlife species, to protect erodible soils, and would designate a citizen’s proposed ACEC that would encompass approximately 33,750 acres.

BLM encourages the public to review the draft RMPA/EA and submit comments. Comments will be accepted through October 7, 2008.

Written comments and resource information submitted by mail should be sent to the BLM Buffalo Field Office, Attention Thomas Bills, Project Manager, 1425 Fort St., Buffalo, WY, 82834. Comments or questions may also be sent by facsimile to the attention: Thomas Bills at 307-684-1122; or sent electronically to: Fort_Crk_WYMail@blm.gov.

For more information, contact Thomas Bills at (307) 684-1133.

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August 2008 Draft RMP Amendment/Environmental Assessment

Complete Document - 399pgs, 26.91mb

• Cover - 2pgs, 802kb
• Dear Reader Letter - 1pg, 178kb
• Draft Finding of No Significant Impact - 4pgs, 73kb
• Table of Contents - 11pgs, 219kb
• Executive Summary - 5pgs, 177kb 
• Chapter 1: Purpose and Need - 12pgs, 936kb
• Chapter 2: Alternatives - 31pgs, 345kb
• Chapter 3: Affected Environment - 63pgs, 9.8mb
• Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences - 148pgs, 5.8mb
• Chapter 5: Consultation & Coordination - 4pgs, 200kb
• Chapter 6: References - 10pgs, 196kb
  • Appendix A - Elk Monitoring Plan - 8pgs, 196kb
  • Appendix B - Fortification Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment Scoping Report - 26pgs, 2.8mb
  • Appendix C - Class I Cultural Survey of the Fortification Creek Planning Area, Campbell, Johnson, and Sheridan Counties, Wyoming - 54pgs, 8.7mb
  • Appendix D - Methodologies and Calculations - 6pgs, 215kb
  • Appendix E - Preliminary Multi-resource Staff Analysis of ACEC Proposed Designations from the Sierra Club of Wyoming for Several Areas in the Buffalo Field Office (BFO), September 2002 - 15pgs, 9.2mb

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June 2007 Environmental Report

• Environmental Report: CBNG Effects on the Fortification Creek Area Elk Herd - 35pgs, 377kb
  • Figure 1: Location Map - 271kb
  • Figure 2a: Elk Locations in Relation to Existing Wells - 86kb
  • Figure 2b: Random Point Locations in Relation to Existing Wells - 112kb
  • Figure 2c: Single GPS Collared Elk Locations in Relation to Existing Wells - 205kb
  • Figure 3a: Elk Locations in Relation to Existing Roads - 143kb
  • Figure 3b: Random Point Locations in Relation to Existing Roads - 145kb
  • Figure 3c: Single GPS Collared Elk Locations in Relation to Existing Roads - 236kb
  • Figure 4: Elk Locations in Relation to Existing Wells (1990s) - 80kb
  • Figure 5: Preferred Vegetation & Elk in Relation to Existing Wells - 169kb
  • Figure 6: Preferred Vegetation & Elk in Relation to Existing Roads - 190kb
  • Figure 7: Topographic Roughness & Elk in Relation to Existing Wells - 326kb
  • Figure 8: Topographic Roughness & Elk in Relation to Existing Roads - 366kb
  • Figure 9: Flowing Water Wells - 159kb
  • Figure 10: Effective & Security Habitat-Existing Conditions - 393kb
  • Figure 11: Effective & Security Habitat-Theoretical roads for 8 wells/section - 204kb
  • Figure 12: Effective & Security Habitat-Realistic roads for 8 wells/section - 324kb

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2006 Scoping

• Fortification Creek map - 110kb
• 2007 Environmental Report 
• 2006 Scoping period 
• 2003 PRB FEIS
• 2001 RMP
• 1990s WGFD Elk Report - 77pgs, 20.38mb
• 1982 Oil & Gas Plan - 88pgs, 3.07mb
• Scoping Summary - 5pgs, 58kb
• Scoping Statement - 2pgs, 24kb
• Scoping Map - 1pg, 414kb
• Table of PODs - 2pgs, 81kb
• Cumulative Effects Analysis Assumptions - 2pgs, 33kb
• Possible Conditions of Approval - 16pgs, 222kb
• POD Proposals Map - 1pg, 1.05mb
• Land Ownership Map - 1pg, 2.20mb
• Major Roads & ROWs with Current CBM & O&G Wells Map - 1pg, 2.68mb
• Mineral Ownership Map - 1pg, 1.99mb

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