Many western communities are surrounded by public lands that support land-based and local economies. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision-making affects the vulnerability of those land-based livelihoods, especially in the context of climate change. We analyzed Colorado BLM planning documents to evaluate how they are considering climate change, sensitive resources, impacts, and land-based livelihoods in their planning processes using both quantitative word counts and qualitative coding. Documents published in recent years (2011–2015) include more mentions of climate change than older documents (1985–1997). However, the review showed that while climate change is discussed within the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning documents, the final Resource Management Plans contain few mentions of climate change. Further, there is minimal consideration of how climate change may impact land-based livelihoods. These results prompt questions about the planning process, how climate change considerations are integrated into the final documents, and how that impacts on-the-ground management. The review suggests a need for increased consideration of climate change throughout the BLM’s planning process so that landscapes can be managed with more attention and awareness to climate change and the associated impacts to resources and dependent communities.

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计划改变？在科罗拉多州BLM规划文件中评估气候变化与陆地生计的整合

许多西方社区被支持土地和当地经济的公共土地所包围。土地管理局（BLM）的决策会影响这些陆地生计的脆弱性，尤其是在气候变化的情况下。我们分析了科罗拉多州BLM规划文件，以评估他们在规划过程中使用定量字数和定性编码来考虑气候变化，敏感资源，影响和陆上生计的方式。与较早的文件（1985-1997年）相比，近年来（2011-2015年）发布的文件对气候变化的提及更多。但是，审查表明，尽管在《国家环境政策法》（NEPA）计划文件中讨论了气候变化，但最终的资源管理计划却很少提及气候变化。进一步，几乎没有考虑气候变化如何影响陆上生计。这些结果提示了有关规划过程，如何将气候变化考虑因素纳入最终文件以及对实地管理有何影响的问题。审查表明，需要在BLM的整个规划过程中更多地考虑气候变化，以便可以更加关注和认识气候变化及其对资源和依赖社区的影响，来管理景观。