Programmatic EIS for Fuels PROJECTS in the Great Basin, ID/OR/NV/CA/UT/WA

• Prepared two programmatic EISs analyzing the impacts of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, and rangeland restoration in 225 million acres of the Great Basin

• Facilitates approval of projects that improve safety and landscape resiliency while reducing wildfire risk

National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska Integrated Activity Plan and EIS, AK

• Prepared an EIS for a revised Integrated Activity Plan on Alaska’s resource-abundant North Slope, along with modeling potential climate and other impacts

• Developed alternative management approaches that promote energy development while protecting important natural resources and subsistence uses

Miles City Field Office and Buffalo Field Office Supplemental RMPA And EIS, MT/WY

• Prepared two Supplemental EISs and RMPAs for BLM lands in under 10 months, including considering new coal screening and potential climate change impacts

• Led and managed BLM teams to timely completion of planning documents to meet a court-ordered deadline

BLM/BIA Farmington Mancos-Gallup RMPA and EIS, NM

• Analyzing impacts from expanded oil and gas development on Navajo communities and Chaco Culture National Historical Park in a 4.2-million-acre planning area

• Conducting extensive and proactive collaboration to engage stakeholders and work with Tribes

Carson City District RMP AND EIS, NV/CA 

• Evaluated resource management across 5.3 million acres of public lands near Reno, Nevada, including preparing reports on socioeconomics, mineral potential, ACECs, and biological resources

• Collaborated extensively with federal and state agencies, counties, industry, Tribes, and other stakeholders

Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program EIS, AK

• High-profile project analyzed the impacts of oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of ANWR

• Assessed over 1 million comments to develop final leasing stipulations and operating procedures

• Assisted the BLM AK State Office in meeting streamlining requirements for this priority project

Geothermal programmatic EIS, Western US

• Analyzed the impacts from geothermal leasing in 12 western states and led 60 public meetings including agencies, industry and more than 400 Tribes

• Joint effort updated BLM RMPs and USFS LUPs

• EPA considers this an excellent example of how to coordinate for successful outcomes

Lewistown RMP and EIS, MT

• Developed comprehensive planning for 1.2 million acres of BLM mineral estate while meeting DOI streamlining requirements of SO 3355

• Facilitated alternatives development workshops and prepared Wild and Scenic River inventory, Biological Assessment, public involvement and comment analysis, data management, and project record

OK/KS/TX JOINT EIS/BLM RMP AND BIA INTEGRATED RMP, OK/KS/TX

• Planned management for nearly 270 million acres in 437 counties, including preparing a coal screening analysis and identifying recreational access for surface parcels in compliance with SO 3373

• Leveraged GIS expertise to determine land ownership for thousands of parcels in three states

Restoration Design Energy Project EIS, AZ

• Developed an EIS to identify lands across Arizona that may be suitable for development of renewable energy and to establish baseline environmental protections for such projects

• Assessed transmission issues, including capacity and designated areas that were most appropriate for developing new transmission lines

Greater Sage-Grouse RMP AND EIS, CO/WY/MT/ND/UT/NV/CA

• Streamlined amendments of over 200 land use plans through 8 EISs across 8 western states to address the 12-Month Finding for Petitions to List the Greater Sage-Grouse as Threatened or Endangered

• Conducted unprecedented large analysis of impacts across 290 million acres of sage-grouse habitat

Grand Junction Field Office RMP/EIS, CO

• Prepared management guidance for approximately 1.2 million acres of BLM-administered lands

• Implemented travel management planning concurrent with RMP development

• Organized and facilitated over 20 meetings with agencies, advisory councils, and the interested public

Lower Sonoran Desert National Monument Target Shooting RMP AND EIS, AZ

• Developed an RMP amendment and associated EIS to address recreational target shooting within the Sonoran Desert National Monument

• Prepared a socioeconomic report and biological assessment while also maintaining a streamlined schedule to meet a court-ordered deadline

Programmatic Analysis for Solar Development, NV

• Prepared a Programmatic EA for one-third of BLM-managed lands in southern Nevada to guide solar applications

• Analyzed potential impacts on unique resources such as desert tortoise, mesquite communities, archeological sites, and wild horses and burros

Central Yukon RMP and EIS, AK

• Revising an RMP for the 13-million-acre Central Yukon planning area, including analyzing potential impacts on numerous noteworthy lands such as multiple ACECs, the Dalton Highway Utility Corridor, and the Central Arctic Management Wilderness Area

• Facilitated public outreach in more than 20 villages with 15 Tribes and 3 Native corporations

Uncompahgre Field Office RMP and EIS, CO

• Developed an RMP and EIS in collaboration with BLM interdisciplinary team and numerous stakeholders for a 3.1-million-acre planning area with nearly 1 million acres of federal mineral estate

• Facilitated 10 cooperating agency meetings and 10 Resource Advisory Council subgroup meetings

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area RMP and EIS, CO

• Prepared environmental analysis for an NCA RMP that became the model for land use plan-level analysis in Colorado

• Performed wild and scenic river eligibility and suitability studies for streams in the NCA