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~.' >,., ~ Resource Management Planning-Purpose and Use 9828 The Plan Resource Management Planning is used by BlM managers to allocate resources and select appropriate uses for the public lands. It is the manager's road map to wise resource use. Developed plans establish practices to manage and protect resources. They set up systems to monitor and evaluate status of resources and the ef~ fectiveness of management practices over time. The plans are also important to public land users, whose contribu- tions are crucial if plans are to be responsive to public needs. Plans provide ranchers, miners, utility companies, loggers, community planners, recreationists, and the general public information on suitable land uses for a particular area. This helps them to develop their own activities, projects, and proposals for the future. The primary responsibiity to develop and implement these plans is at the local field level of BlM. A plan is prepared for an individual resource area. District and Area Managers initiate planning activities when significant resource issues or conflicts require resolution. For example, when livestock and wild horses compete for limited forage, a Resource Management Plan may allocate forage in a particular area to accommodate both. BlM plans must governments. be consistent with those of State and local 4 " _..;..,::,~::':~ .';, :'~. '-::.,-,,,::.:~~ , 0',' - - --- Each year, the BlM publishes its planning schedule to ad- vise the public and other government agencies where it in- tends to start new plans or modify existing plans for the next three years. The public is invited to comment on the pro- posals, suggest priorities of areas and resource issues to be considered. -- The Planning Process The Bureau focuses its planning efforts on significant multiple-use problems and issues. As far as possible, it uses existing informa- tion about local resources. It avoids new, costly, and time- consuming inventories or data-gathering unless necessary for sound resource decisions. The planning is fully integrated with the environmental analysis used to comply with the National En- vironmental Policy Act. The BlM planning process is versatile enough to meet manage- ment or resource needs of a particular situation. This means that, in some areas, a completely new plan may be needed, while in others, an earlier plan may be amended. In some cases BlM may even adopt another agency's plan. Whatever the case, all BlM plans use the Resource Management Planning process described in this guide. Using all these methods, BlM can hold down plan- ning costs and speed up the planning process while it still plans ~...:.:: ,'. ~ --;.~~. "-'" 'of ':"'> . "~:-': .... ~ ..~.; ;<:1'.'