Western Oregon Plan Revisions

The Bureau of Land Management has revised the six western Oregon Resource Management Plans tiered to the Northwest Forest Plan. The revised plans address public lands and resources managed by the Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Medford, and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District. The planning area includes approximately 2,550,000 acres of public lands. About 2,100,000 of those acres are land revested from the Oregon and California Railroad and are managed under the O&C Lands Act of 1937.

Current Status of the Plan Revison Effort

Final EIS Completed

The BLM has completed its revision of the land use plans that will guide the management of 2.6 million acres in western Oregon. The plans were prepared to provide timber for harvest and habitat for the conservation of Federally-listed species.

The planning area for this project covers approximately 2.6 million acres of public land contained in the BLM’s Salem, Eugene, Coos Bay, Roseburg and Medford Districts and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District. Throughout this planning process the BLM has engaged and involved citizens to develop real and meaningful solutions to better meet both our natural resource conservation objectives and our socio-economic commitments to communities.

The planning area generally covers that portion of the State of Oregon that lies west of the Cascade Mountains crest and public lands within the Klamath Falls Resource Area east of the crest. It includes lands in 18 Counties: Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill.

• Final BLM Western Oregon EIS News Release (PDF)
• Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Summary Document (PDF)
• Final EIS

Western Oregon Plan Revision Protest Period

Bureau of Land Management made a decision to move forward with a 30-day public protest period related to the release of the Final EIS for the Western Oregon Plan Revisions. The 30-day protest period will commence once a notice has been published in the Federal Register.

Additional information regarding the protest period and related regulations is available on the protest period page.

Relative Sizes Of The Land Use Allocations In The Western Oregon Plan Revisions

Final Environmental Impact Statement - Land Use Allocations