Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney oppose a BLM plan for public land in southwestern Wyoming, saying that restrictions on grazing and oil gas leasing will hurt Utahns, too.
The two Utah Republicans join Wyoming senators in opposing the BLM’s plan for the Rock Springs Field Office, which manages 3.6 million acres in southwestern Wyoming.
On Wednesday, Lee and Romney announced that they’d joined Wyoming Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis in condemning what they call an “outrageous” Bureau of Land Management proposal in Utah’s neighboring state. The four Republican senators sent aIn August, the BLM released its draft resource management plan for the Rock Springs Field Office, which covers 3.6 million acres in southwestern Wyoming.
Romney pointed out that nearly two-thirds of land in Utah is owned by the federal government. The only state with a higher percentage of federal land is Nevada.“The BLM’s unilateral decision to disregard local input and lock up 1.8 million acres threatens the livelihood of Utah ranchers who have depended on grazing allotments in this area for generations,” Billy Gribbin, Lee’s communications director, wrote in an email to The Tribune.
The letter argues that the BLM has used these designations to “restrict recreational demands, obliterate grazing rights, and hinder economic development in lower-income communities” without a standardized format.
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