Sierra draft resource management plan and draft environmental impact statement

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared the Sierra Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to provide direction for managing public lands administered by the Folsom Field Office (FFO or field office) and to analyze the environmental effects resulting from implementing the alternatives presented. The Sierra RMP planning area includes approximately 231,386 acres of BLM-managed surface acres and approximately 300,000 additional subsurface acres (mineral estate) in central California. The geographic area includes FFO-managed public lands within the counties of Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Merced.