John Day Basin Resource Management Plan

The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District is developing a new Resource Management Plan and associated Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for lands managed by the BLM within the John Day Basin in central Oregon. This new plan will revise and consolidate three RMPs that provide current guidance within the John Day Basin: The Two Rivers RMP (1986), the John Day RMP (1985), and the Baker RMP (1989).

The BLM manages about 456,000 acres of public land within the John Day Basin. Of these 44,000 acres were acquired along the North Fork John Day River as authorized by the Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000. The newly acquired lands along the North Fork John Day not covered by a Resource Management Plan and additional information provided by the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project provide the impetus to complete a new, consolidated Resource Management Plan for this area.

Draft RMP EIS Available

The Draft RMP/EIS is now available for public review and comment. Copies are available at the Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon, and the Grant County Library in John Day, Oregon. Copies are also be available at the BLM offices in Prineville and Portland.

• View the Draft RMP/EIS

The BLM Prineville District is seeking public comments on the Draft RMP/EIS throughout the 90-day comment period that begins on October 31, 2008 and runs through January 29, 2009. Comments can be submitted by mail to: BLM Prineville District Office; email; on-line; or, in person at one of the public meetings/open houses.

This website will be continually updated as information is available.

For additional information about this project, please view the Documents page or contact the project office in Prineville, Oregon.