Aaron and Kate are joined by Julia Stuble, Wyoming State Senior Manager with the Wilderness Society. Julia is a Wyomingite who’s lived and worked in the state for decades. She’s here to talk about a proposed Bureau of Land Management resource management plan, or RMP, for southwest Wyoming that’s making waves in the state. The draft Rock Springs RMP prioritizes conservation in some areas by closing them to new oil and gas leasing, but those areas aren’t of much interest to oil and gas companies anyway. So why is the state making such a ruckus about it? Julia has the answers.

• Why are Arizona Republicans helping Utah fight against Bears Ears? – Salt Lake Tribune
  
• New US climate report says land theft and colonization amplify the climate crisis for Indigenous peoples – Grist
  
• BLM releases long-awaited management plan for Red Desert region – WyoFile
  
• Misinformation steers the public’s outrage at the BLM’s plan for the Rock Springs area – Wyoming Public Radio
  
• Rock Springs Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan Revision and Draft Environmental Impact Statement – Bureau of Land Management
  
• Public Comment form for Rock Springs RMP Draft EIS – Bureau of Land Management
  
• Two-page executive summary of recreation roundtable report – Foundation for America’s Public Lands
  

Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

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Music: Purple Planet

Featured image: Boar’s Tusk, Red Desert, Sweetwater County, Wyoming; weesam2010, Flickr

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