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LRMP Executive Summary & Lander RMP Notice

The Lander Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (3mb PDF) are ready for your review and comment. See also the Executive Summary (1mb PDF) of the Plan.

Resolution on Wind Energy Development

Adopted by the OCTA Board of Directors August 18, 2009

Renewable Energy & the Oregon Trail

OCTA Trail Mapping and Marking Chair, Dave Welch, discusses the impact of wind farms and solar fields on cultural resources, including viewsheds. 04-10.

The Importance of Setting

OCTA Trail Mapping and Marking Chair, Dave Welch, articulates the importance of the setting to the location of an historical event. 04-10.

Wyoming Prospects

OCTA Trail Mapping and Marking Chair, Dave Welch, contemplates less than optimistic future prospects for the historic trails in Wyoming. 04-10.

South Pass Preservation (2008)

The Lander Office of the Bureau of Land Management has undertaken a revision of their Resource Management Plan (RMP). As part of that effort they will examine various options for improving the protection of South Pass.

Lander Road Pinedale Anticline (16 MB - PDF) (05-2010)

This case study seeks to demonstrate the application of Section 106 to define mitigation for an adverse effect to an historic trail.

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