Price Resource Management Plan

"The folks in the Price office considered six alternative management plans. They chose the one that would have the second-largest overall impact in terms of environmental degradation. Even maintaining the status quo would have less. Viewed in that light, it is clear that this plan would move these lands toward exploitation rather than preservation."
--Salt Lake Tribune, September 8, 2008   Read Editorial

Located within the east-central portion of Utah, the Price BLM district includes Desolation Canyon, the Book Cliffs, the western half of Labyrinth Canyon, and nearly the entire San Rafael Swell.  Issues of concern include off-road vehicle (ORV) use and unbridled oil and gas development. 

Status: Final Price RMP released, Protest Period ended September 29, 2008

• Read SUWA's fact sheet on the final Price RMP
• Read SUWA's official protest of the Final Price RMP
• Read about the citizen's conservation alternative: the Castle Country Heritage Plan
• View a list of specific threatened places
• Visit the BLM's Price RMP web page

Wilderness in the Price BLM District

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