Public Input & Actions

The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office, in coordination with the Sublette Country County Weed and Pest Control District, Forest Service and the State of Wyoming, plans to implement cheatgrass treatments on multiple BLM-managed lands, partner and private lands throughout the county starting July 15. Treatments depend on weather conditions meeting application requirements.

The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District Rock Springs Field Office, in coordination with the Sweetwater County Weed and Pest Control District, plans to implement cheatgrass treatments on multiple BLM- managed lands and partner lands during late July, and possibly early August 2025. This is contingent upon weather meeting the required application conditions. The treatments will only be implemented if specified parameters are present.

The Bureau of Land Management will begin a wild horse gather and removal on or after July 15, 2025, gather from the Adobe Town Herd Management Area in south-central Wyoming. The gather is being conducted to prevent further deterioration of land health due to wild horse overpopulation in the area.

The Bureau of Land Management is reminding the public that tampering with fences or leaving gates open on public lands is dangerous and prohibited.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Director intends to prepare a resource management plan (RMP) amendment with an associated environmental assessment (EA) for the Buffalo Field Office.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Rawlins Field Office, in coordination with Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District (CCWP), plans to implement cheatgrass treatments on BLM-managed and associated partner lands in June, July, and potentially August 2025. Treatments will only proceed if weather and other required conditions meet application guidelines.

The Cottonwood Campground is now open to non-trailer vehicles and tent campers. No trailers are allowed access while the road remains closed in some sections.

The Bureau of Land Management has approved plans for how the agency will manage the gather and removal of wild horses from the Adobe Town Herd Management Area in south-central Wyoming.

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a decision record and finding of no significant impact based on the environmental assessment for the Westbound Compression Expansion Project located in Sweetwater, Uinta, and Lincoln counties.

BLM is seeking public comment on a preliminary environmental assessment for the proposed Quarter Circle 7 land exchange in northern Campbell County. The public comment period ends June 23.

BLM and partners work to control cheatgrass across the High Desert District. Cheatgrass spraying is planned to occur June 2 through August, depending on weather conditions.