The Governor’s Task Force, representing multiple Wyoming interests, will cooperatively develop recommendations for responsible and durable management of the Rock Springs Management Area of Southwest Wyoming.
It will accomplish this through mutual education; transparency in process; fostering communication between interests; and identifying, evaluating, and recommending options that will balance the needs of the many stakeholders involved.
Recommendations will be submitted to the Governor and the Bureau of Land Management, and made available to the public.
As they become available, summaries from each task force meeting will be posted here.
Although it is recognized that task force members have multiple interests and may participate in discussions from various perspectives, task force members broadly represent the following organizations and interest groups:
Each member of the task force is supported by up to three advisors who will attend the meetings and provide counsel to the voting members. The legislative advisors are listed below.
November 17, 2023 — Rock Springs, Wyoming
Western Wyoming Community College, Room 3650
2500 College Dr, Rock Springs, WY 82901 (map, diagram, photo)
Park in the south lot, enter the Wellness Center through door #5, go past the pool
and up the stairs
November 18, 2023 — Green River, Wyoming
Western Wyoming Community College Green River Center, JWP (John Wesley Powell) Room
206
1 College Way, Green River, WY 82935 (map)
November 18, 2023 — Farson, Wyoming
Eden Valley Community Center
4039 US-191, Farson, WY 82932 (map)
These initial public workshops will inform a governor-appointed stakeholder task force, which will develop recommendations to be delivered to the Governor and BLM in January.
Task force members will attend these public workshops to hear directly from the public.
A report on the public workshop, including major themes, the complete raw data, and results from the workshop evaluation, will be available December 11, 2023.
View southwest from the Prospect Mountains at sunset.
In addition to sharing your input via the public workshops, you may submit input to the governor's task force using this form. Input submitted here will go to the governor's task force and not to the BLM. If you would like to submit a comment directly to the BLM, find more information about how to do so in the section below.
On behalf of Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon's office, the following entities are facilitating these public workshops in the capacity of neutral convenors:
