BLM opens comment period on 34.87-acre cemetery conveyance in Sublette County, Wyoming
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This notice says the Bureau of Land Management is considering transferring about 34.87 acres of federal land near Pinedale, Wyoming, for a cemetery project by the Upper Green River Cemetery District. The land would be conveyed under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, which lets public land be used for local public needs if it is no longer needed for federal use. For businesses and local stakeholders, the main point is the comment window. Anyone who thinks the site, plan, zoning fit, or process should be reviewed can submit comments by June 15, 2026. If the transfer moves forward, the land will be closed to most new claims and uses, with minerals kept by the United States and the parcel subject to existing rights and other listed restrictions.
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Key Changes
- BLM is considering classifying 34.87 acres of federal land for transfer to a local cemetery district.
- The public can comment on the site, plan, zoning fit, and whether the agency followed the right process until June 15, 2026.
- If approved, the land will be segregated from most other public-land claims and uses, while mineral rights stay with the United States.
Obligations
What this law requires
Interested parties may submit written comments on the proposed classification and conveyance, including the site’s suitability, the plan of development, site plans, administrative procedure, local planning and zoning consistency, and consistency with State and Federal programs.
Commenters who submit information by email must use the subject line "Windriver Cemetery Comments."
If the conveyance is issued, the patentee must accept a deed subject to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, applicable Interior regulations, and the listed conveyance conditions, including valid existing rights.
If the conveyance is issued, the land remains subject to a United States right-of-way for ditches or canals constructed under the Act of August 30, 1890.
All minerals in the conveyed land are reserved to the United States, which retains the right to prospect for, mine, and remove those deposits under applicable law and regulations.