![Pilot Rock near the east fork of Hutton Creek, Lone Pilot Trail, Soda Mountain Wilderness Area, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Pilot Rock near the east fork of Hutton Creek, Lone Pilot Trail, Soda Mountain Wilderness Area, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170118225700im_/https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/styles/content_detail_photo/public/news_Oregon_vantage.jpg?itok=yPFD1qcF)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vantage to Pomona Heights Transmission Line Project with alternative routes located in Benton, Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima counties.
![An Oregon fire crew An Oregon fire crew](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170118225700im_/https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/styles/content_detail_photo/public/news_oregon_fire_2016.jpg?itok=THWQHusd)
New standards for training, equipment and communication established this week will enhance the safety and efficiency of the partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and Oregon’s Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPA). The intent is to ensure a cohesive, safe and efficient response when firefighters from RFPAs are working alongside state and Federal employees.
![An Oregon logger An Oregon logger](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170118225700im_/https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/styles/content_detail_photo/public/news_Oregon_logger.jpg?itok=9UT5FkgS)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today approved an historic path forward for local communities in Western Oregon with Resource anagement Plans (RMPs) that will increase job growth, tourism and recreation while also creating predictability for timber harvest, and offering strong protections for the northern spotted owl, listed fish species, and water resources.
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District is releasing the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Boardman to Hemingway Project.