ROCK SPRINGS — A controversial plan to manage 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwestern Wyoming finalized in the waning days of the Biden administration is back under review.

Now the Trump administration’s promise to amend the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan to open more opportunities for resource development drew residents and local officials Tuesday to the Sweetwater Events Complex.

The Bureau of Land Management is considering targeted amendments to the plan, which governs huge areas of public land in Sweetwater, Sublette and Fremont counties.

The original 2024 plan drew intense backlash across Wyoming, where residents, lawmakers and industry groups argued the new land designations, trail buffers and use restrictions went far beyond what had been discussed during years o

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