Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

Central Oregon Fire Management Services

The Central Oregon Fire Management Service (COFMS) area includes the Deschutes National Forest, the Ochoco National Forest, and the Prineville District BLM. These three units are managed cooperatively under combined leadership, with an Interagency Fire Management Officer, two Deputy Fire Management Officers, and a Board of Directors including decision makers from both agencies, with Forest Service District Rangers and BLM Field Managers. These units work cooperatively to manage fire and fuels on the public lands in central Oregon.

Public lands in Central Oregon are widely scattered. The Prineville BLM district boundary encloses approximately 12.7 million acres between the Columbia River to the north, south of the town of Crescent in Klamath County to the south, the Cascade crest on the west, and near the town of John Day at the eastern boundary. Within that broad area, the two forests and BLM holdings total nearly 4 million acres. Several other federal land management partners have extensive holdings as well within that 12.7 million acres, including portions of the Umatilla and Malheur National Forests, and the Warm Springs Reservation, and the National Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation manage smaller areas.

USDA Forest Service - Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Last Modified: Thursday, 23 December 2004 at 16:27:38 EST