Prineville, Oregon - Noxious and other weeds and invasive plants infest millions of acres in Oregon and are spreading at a rate of 10 to 15 percent per year. To address this issue, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently completed a Vegetation Treatment Using Herbicides on BLM Lands in Oregon Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) that addressed the use of up to17 herbicides in Oregon. These herbicides can be applied aerially in eastern Oregon, but may not be used for commercial timber enhancement or livestock forage production. Because the ROD is a programmatic decision, specific projects are required to undergo site-specific analysis and decision-making at the field level.
PRINEVILLE, Ore.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office is implementing a series of wildlife closures to protect several species of birds of prey during sensitive nesting periods. Harassment by humans - unintentional or deliberate - is a leading cause of nest failure or abandonment. All public uses will be prohibited in the closure areas including hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and OHV riding/driving.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office was recently notified that beginning on or before May 15, Teaters Road will be closed to public access (approximately 1.4 miles north of the junction of Teaters Road and State Highway 380 and at two spots five miles to the north where the road "Y's" and meets BLM land). Teaters Road extends several miles through private land, and the landowners are planning on installing gates on the road to prevent continued misuse of the road by the general public. Multiple landowners in the area have experienced years of trespassing, illegal hunting on private land, poaching, off-road vehicle and ATV damage, illegal antler hunting and littering.
Prineville, Ore. --Heidi Mottl, outdoor recreation planner for the Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Crook County resident, was presented today with a "National River Manager of the Year" award. Bestowed by the River Management Society (RMS), a national non-profit professional organization headquartered in Maryland. Mottl was nominated for this prestigious award by commercial river outfitters, agency partners, her past and current supervisors, and BLM employees.
Prineville, Ore. -- The Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting public comments in preparing a Rudio Highlands Vegetative Management and Fuels Treatment Environmental Assessment. The fuels treatment project is located approximately 10 miles north of Dayville, OR, and about 5 miles east of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The fuels project primarily includes isolated parcels of land east of Frank's Creek and north of the Rudio Mountain summit. These parcels have vegetation that is overgrown, causing the trees to become unhealthy and susceptible to mountain pine beetle infestations. A wildfire could severely damage the stands.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- The Prineville BLM is currently developing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze requests to renew grazing permits and leases on 39 allotments throughout Central Oregon. The purpose of the EA is to provide a process for the BLM to consider actions to existing allotments such as changing season of use, constructing new or maintaining existing infrastructure such as fences, cattle guards and water sources, as well as adjusting the number of livestock allowed in an allotment. These actions can be taken to meet the Standards and Guidelines for Healthy Rangelands, as required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Taylor Grazing Act.