Oregon Vegetation Treatments EIS

Along Snake River at Kniesel, a rancher viewing vast expanse of medusahead.
(photographer: Jerry Asher)

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is developing a Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on BLM Lands in Oregon Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Noxious weeds, invasive plants, and other weeds infest millions of acres in Oregon. To address this issue, the EIS will analyze the effects of herbicide use on Oregon BLM lands as one of the many tools to control noxious weeds, invasive plants, and other weeds and achieve landscape health objectives. The EIS will only address the effects of updating the list of available herbicides for use in Oregon. Currently, Oregon BLM uses only four of the 18 herbicides approved for use on BLM lands nationally as identified in the Vegetation Treatment Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States EIS. The EIS will not evaluate the use of herbicides for commercial timber enhancement or livestock forage production.

The BLM scoping period ended July 28, 2008; work has begun on the Draft EIS, which will be available in May 2009. Please view the Schedule page for more details. If you would like to be included on the mailing list for information about this project, please fill out the interest form.

This website will be continually updated as information is available. If you have questions, please contact the BLM.

For additional information about this project, please view the Background page or Vegetation Treatment Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management Lands in 17 Western States EIS Final Programmatic EIS & Record of Decision.