BLM Director's Protest Resolution Reports

Director’s Protest Resolution Reports analyze each unique or summarized protest issue statement received on each individual BLM Proposed Resource Management Plan or Plan Amendment to determine whether the State Director followed established procedures, considered relevant information in reaching proposed decisions, and whether the proposed decisions are consistent with the applicable statutes, regulations and BLM policy.

See Filing a Plan Protest for more information on the BLM land use plan protest process. 

The following Director’s Protest Resolution Reports may be viewed online or downloaded.

National Office

Director's Protest Resolution Report - Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale & Tar Sands Resources (March 19, 2013)

Programmatic Land Use Plan Amendments for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (October 11, 2012)

Alaska

Central Yukon Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (November 2024)

Campbell Tract Off Highway Vehicle Designation Amendment EA and Proposed Ring of Fire RMP Amendment Protest Resolution Report (December 2023)

East Alaska PRMPA/EA/FONSI Protest Resolution Report (December 15, 2021)

Bering Sea-Western Interior PRMP/FEIS Protest Resolution Report (January 15, 2021)

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Haines Amendment to the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan (Feb 7, 2020)

Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan Protest Report (December 30, 2016)

Delta River Special Recreation Management Area Plan and East Alaska Resource Management Plan Amendment (December 9, 2011)

Arizona

Director’s Summary Protest Resolution Report Sonoran Desert National Monument Recreational Target Shooting Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Assessment (May 2024)

Sonoran Desert National Monument Grazing EA/RMP Amendment (September 11, 2020)

Ten West Link Transmission Line Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments (Nov 21, 2019)

Ray Land Exchange Final Supplemental EIS and Proposed RMP Amendment Protest Report (October 18, 2019)

San Pedro Riparian NCA Proposed RMP and FEIS Protest Report (September 16, 2019)

Sonoran Desert National Monument PRMPA-FEIS Protest Resolution Report (March 5, 2018) Revision

APS Sun Valley to Morgan 500/230kV Transmission Line Project Final EIS and Resource Management Plan Amendment (January 16, 2014)

Quartzite Solar Energy Project and Yuma Field Office RMP (June 3, 2013)

Ironwood Forest National Monument RMP (February 25, 2013)

Lower Sonoran and Sonoran Desert National Monument RMP (September 14, 2012)

Agua Fria NM and Bradshaw-Harquahala RMP (February 2, 2009)

California

Northwest California Integrated Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (November 2024)

Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument PRMPA and EA Protest Resolution Report (June 17, 2021)

Crimson Solar Project FEIS and PRMPA Protest Resolution Report (April 30, 2021)

Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area FEIS and Proposed Amendment to the CDCA Plan in California (April 3, 2020)

Desert Quartzite Solar Project Final Plan Amendment EIS/EIR (January 9, 2019)

Central Coast Oil and Gas RMPA Protest Report (October 4, 2019)

West Mojave Route Network Project RMPA Protest Report (October 3, 2019)

Nevada-Northeastern California GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Palen Solar SEIS/EIR and CDCA PA Protest Report (October 29, 2018)

Eagle Crest Gen-Tie Pipeline EA and CDCA PA Protest Report (August 1, 2018)

DRECP LUPA Protest Report (September 14, 2016)

Soda Mountain Solar RMPA (California) (March 28, 2016)

Bakersfield RMP Protest Report (December 22, 2014)

Dog Creek-Green Creek Allotments - Bishop RMP Amendment (October 17, 2014)

Stateline Solar Farm Project CDCA Amendment (February 19, 2014)

Clear Creek Management Area Resource Management Plan and Final EIS (February 4, 2014)

Imperial Sand Dunes RAMP (June 5, 2013)

McCoy Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment - Supplemental Protest Report (May 29, 2013)

Desert Harvest Solar Project CDCA Amendment (March 13, 2013)

McCoy Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment (March 13, 2013)

Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility CDCA Plan Amendment (May 11, 2012)

Rice Solar Energy Project CDCA Amendment (November 15, 2011)

Desert Sunlight Solar Farm Project CDCA Amendment (August 2, 2011)

Genesis Solar Energy Project, California (Nov. 4, 2010)

Blythe Solar Power Project CDCA Plan Amendment (Oct. 22, 2010)

Calico Solar Project Plan CDCA Amendment (Oct. 20, 2010)

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 7, 2010)

Chevron-Lucerne Valley Solar Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 5, 2010)

Imperial Valley Solar Project CDCA Amendment (Oct. 5, 2010)

Carrizo Plain National Monument RMP

Sunrise-Eastern San Diego RMP (January 8, 2009)

Colorado

Gunnison Sage-Grouse Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (September 2024)

Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Big Game Habitat Conservation for Oil and Gas Management in Colorado Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (August 2024)

Proposed Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (November 2023)

Colorado Northwestern Community College Shooting Range Direct Sale Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment Protest Report (June 15, 2022)

Alternate Route for the Gateway South Transmission Line Protest Report (May 25, 2022)

Browns Canyon National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (June 19, 2020)

White River Field Office Travel and Transportation Management RMP Amendment (Feb 7, 2020)

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Proposed RMP Amendment for Tres Rios Field Office (Jan 29, 2020)

Sutey Ranch Haines Parcel LUPA/EA Protest Report (April 29, 2019)

Northwest Colorado GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Dominguez-Escalante NCA RMP Protest Report (January 9, 2017)

White River RMPA Oil and Gas Protest Report (August 17, 2015)

Grand Junction RMP Protest Report (August 10, 2015)

Colorado River Valley RMP Protest Report (June 12, 2015)

Kremmling RMP Protest Report (June 19, 2015)

Tres Rios RMP Protest Report (February 6, 2015)

Little Snake Resource Management Plan (October 14, 2011)

Geothermal Lease Amendment--Gunnison RMP (August 10, 2011)

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument RMP

Dry Creek Travel Plan Management Plan RMP

Uncompahgre Field Office Resource Management Plan (Feb 7, 2020)

Eastern States

Proposed Florida Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Assessment for the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Protest Resolution Report (June 6, 2023)

Alabama-Mississippi RMP (December 5, 2008)

Idaho

Cedar Fields Proposed Plan Amendment / Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Monument Resource Management Plan Protest Resolution Report (May 4, 2023)

Four Rivers Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (May 1, 2020)

Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed Dairy Syncline Mine and Reclamation Plan (Feb 20, 2020)

Idaho GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Gateway West PRMPAs and EA Protest Resolution Report (March 30, 2018)

Craters of the Moon National Monument PMMPA Protest Report (July 31, 2017)

Gateway West FSEIS and LUPAs Protest Report (January 19, 2017)

Idaho-Southwestern Montana GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Jarbidge RMP Final Director's Protest Report (September 2, 2015)

Cassia RMPA Protest Resolution Report (November 19, 2013)

Pocatello RMP (July 10, 2012)

Cottonwood RMP (August 18, 2009)

Montana-Dakotas

Miles City Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment Protest Resolution Report (November 2024)

Missoula Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final EIS (December 29, 2020)

Lewistown Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final EIS (December 28, 2020)

Miles City Field Office Final Supplemental EIS and Proposed RMP Amendment (December 28, 2020)

South Dakota GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Billings-Pompeys Pillar National Monument (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

HiLine (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Lewistown (Montana) GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Miles City (Montana) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

North Dakota GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Butte RMP (February 11, 2009)

Nevada

Greenlink West Transmission Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments Protest Resolution Report (August 2024)

Proposed Logandale Trails Resource Management Plan Amendment, Recreation Area Management Plan/Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment Protest Resolution Report (June 23, 2023)

Schena Direct Land Sale Protest Report (September 26, 2022)

Gemini Solar Project Supplement Protest Report (August 14, 2020)

Gemini Solar Project Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement (March 6, 2020)

Nevada and California Greater Sage-Grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment Land Use Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement (May 27, 2016)

Nevada-Northeastern California GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Nevada-Northeastern California GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Winnemucca RMP Protest Report (May 21, 2015)

Silver State Solar South Project Las Vegas Resource Management Plan Amendment (February 19, 2014)

New Mexico

SunZia Southwest Transmission Project right-of-Way Amendment Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment Protest Resolution Report (April 21, 2023)

Borderlands Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment (July 20, 2020)

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument RMP Protest Report (December 21, 2015)

Farmington RMP Amendment (New Mexico) for the Glade Run Recreation and Transportation Management Plan (May 22, 2015)

SunZia Transmission Line Plan Amendment Protest Report (January 23, 2015)

Farmington Field Office Visual Resource Management RMP Amendment (June 18, 2014)

Taos RMP (July 11, 2012)

Socorro RMP (May 20, 2010)

Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas Final Joint EIS/Proposed BLM RMP and Proposed BIA Integrated RMP (Feb 7, 2020)

Oregon-Washington

Protest Resolution Report for Proposed Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement (September 12, 2023)

San Juan Islands National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Report (September 3, 2020)

Oregon GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Boardman to Hemingway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Protest Report (November 17, 2017)

Western Oregon RMP Protest Resolution Report (August 5, 2016)

Oregon GRSG RMPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

John Day Basin RMP Protest Report (April 2015)

Western Oregon RMP (December 29, 2008)

Utah

Northern Corridor Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (January 13, 2021)

Bears Ears National Monument Protest Report (December 13, 2019)

Utah GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Resource Management Plans for Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash NCAs and Amendment for the St. George Field Office Protest Report (December 21, 2016)

Moab Master Leasing Plan and Resource Management Plan Amendments Protest Report (December 15, 2016)

Utah GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor--Pony Express RMP Amendment (Feb. 4, 2011)

Monticello RMP (November 14, 2008)

Vernal RMP (October 31, 2008)

Richfield RMP (October 31, 2008)

Price RMP (October 31, 2008)

Moab RMP (October 31, 2008)

Kanab RMP (October 31, 2008)

Grand Staircase-Escalante and Kanab-Escalante Planning Area Protest Report (January 24, 2020)

Wyoming

Buffalo Field Office Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment Protest Resolution Report (November 2024)

Wild Horse Management for the BLM Rock Springs and Rawlins Field Offices PRMP Amendment and FEIS Protest Resolution Report (September 7, 2022)

Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement (January 15, 2021)

Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Converse County Oil and Gas Project (Dec 17, 2020)

Moneta Divide Natural Gas and Oil Development Project Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments and Final Environmental Impact Statement (May 1, 2020)

Buffalo Field Office Final Supplemental EIS and Proposed RMP Amendment (November 22, 2019)

Wyoming GRSG Protest Report (March 15, 2019)

Rawlins VRM and Blowout Penstemon ACEC PRMPA-EA Protest Resolution Report (October 3, 2018)

TransWest Express Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Protest Report (December 16, 2016)

Buffalo (Wyoming) GRSG RMP Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Wyoming 9-Plan GRSG LUPA Protest Report (Sept. 15, 2015)

Lander RMP (June 26, 2014)

Gateway West Transmission Line and Land Use Plan Amendments (November 12, 2013)

Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Visual Resource RMP and FEIS (October 5, 2012)

Fortification Creek Plan Amendment-Buffalo RMP (July 21, 2011)

Kemmerer RMP (May 25, 2010)

Rawlins RMP (December 24, 2008)

Pinedale RMP (November 25, 2008)