Summary

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a draft EIS in August 2016 on the potential environmental impacts of proposed Resource Management Plan amendments that would incorporate conservation measures for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse and its habitat on public land within the range of the species. Western Area Power Administration was a cooperating agency due to the presence of its high-voltage transmission lines throughout Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat. In July 2022, BLM cancelled the EIS and announced that it would prepare a new EIS for the Resource Management Plan amendments.