What the proposal said, and what the decision did

No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.

Wyoming's coal mining regulatory program is proposing a rule change that'd create a new category of reclamation bond estimate adjustments that wouldn't trigger the formal bond release process. It was submitted to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement after approval by Wyoming's Environmental Quality Council and Governor in fall 2025. This affects coal mine operators and regulators in Wyoming by potentially streamlining how financial assurance for land reclamation is calculated and adjusted.

In the agency’s own words

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing receipt of a proposed regulatory amendment to the Wyoming coal program (Wyoming program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Wyoming submitted this proposed amendment to us, on its own initiative, following the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council's (EQC) and Wyoming Governor's approval of the proposed changes to its Land Quality Division (LQD)--Coal Rules on September 17, 2025, and October 29, 2025, respectively. Through this amendment, Wyoming is proposing to recognize a specific type of re…

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The groups on this fight

4 groups predicted likely to care in Wyoming

Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Wyoming, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Western Watersheds Project

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Adobe Town WSA, Wyoming: Co-plaintiff in the federal appeal challenging BLM's plan to cut the Adobe Town herd management area roughly in half as part of the largest wild horse removal ever attempted in the Wyoming checkerboard.

• Wyoming Outdoor Council

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Red Desert (Wyoming BLM), Wyoming: Leading opposition to BLM's 2025 reopening of the just-finalized Rock Springs RMP, with program director Alec Underwood arguing the Golden Triangle and Big Sandy Foothills are too special to lease and develop.

• Wyoming Wilderness Association

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Red Desert (Wyoming BLM), Wyoming: Engaged in the Rock Springs RMP revision since 2011, submitting formal comments and coalition advocacy for roughly 1.6 million acres of ACEC protections across the Red Desert.

• Yellowstone Forever

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Wyoming: A nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

Who signs it

The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.

The ground

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The photograph on this page: Bull elk in autumn aspens. It’s the country this decision sits in, not the site itself. More Than Just Parks.

In court on this ground

This fight isn’t bound to a land unit in PLAN’s record yet, so there are no court cases to show for its ground.

Who holds the vote

PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.