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.

The BLM's Owyhee Field Office is kicking off an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for DeLamar Mining Company's proposed mine project in Owyhee County, Idaho. It's opening a public scoping period to gather comments and identify key environmental concerns before the review moves forward. Conservation professionals, local communities, and anyone with interests in Idaho's public lands should pay attention and submit comments during this early stage.

In the agency’s own words

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Owyhee Field Office, Marsing, Idaho intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the effects of DeLamar Mining Company's proposed DeLamar Mine Project in Owyhee County, Idaho. This notice announces the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

Federal Register 2026-10798 ↗

The groups on this fight

4 groups predicted likely to care in Idaho

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

• Advocates for the West

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Stibnite Mine / Boise National Forest, Idaho: Lead counsel for the six-group coalition suing over the Stibnite Gold Project, filing the February 2025 complaint, a May 2026 preliminary injunction motion, and a June 2026 emergency appeal to halt construction.

• Center for Biological Diversity

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Stibnite Mine / Boise National Forest, Idaho: Plaintiff and co-counsel in the February 2025 lawsuit arguing federal wildlife agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to protect salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and wolverine from the mine.

• Idaho Conservation League

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho: Mobilized Idahoans to file Interior Department comments defending Craters of the Moon during the 2017 national monument review, arguing shrinkage would damage the economies of Blaine, Butte, Minidoka, and Power counties.

• Western Watersheds Project

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers, Idaho: Challenging BLM's grazing management across 1.4 million acres of the Jarbidge and Bruneau river canyonlands, where it won an injunction blocking ranchers from grazing beyond their permit limits.

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

The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.

The photograph on this page: Cutthroat trout, caught and released on a western river. It’s the country this decision sits in, not the site itself. More Than Just Parks.

In court on this ground

No court case we track is over Owyhee Field Office.

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.