PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office will hold a public scoping meeting in Bend on March 1 to provide an overview of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness Management Plan process and timeline, and to accept public comments and answer questions related to the development of this plan.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office will celebrate National Get Outdoors day by waiving the overnight camping fees on the Crooked River for the night of June 9, 2012. The fee waiver applies to BLM-administered campgrounds only on the Chimney Rock segment of the Lower Crooked River south of Prineville. The area has more than 90 campsites that are available on a first come, first served basis. Big Bend Campground near Bowman Dam is managed by Bureau of Reclamation and is excluded from the fee waiver.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office is asking for public comments on a proposed project to improve sage-grouse habitat south of Brothers and Hampton along the southern boundary of the BLM Prineville District. The BLM is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to identify a range of alternatives to address restoring playas, which are considered important habitat for sage-grouse. Potential activities may include modifying dugouts, juniper thinning, altering water sources for livestock, removing or relocating roads, and modifying grazing seasons of use or removing grazing. The EA will also complete an analysis for any grazing permit renewals in the project area.
PRINEVILLE, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA), Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Oregon Badlands Wilderness Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. The Decision Record, FONSI and EA can be downloaded at http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/index.php.
Prineville, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District Office and Waibel Ranches, LLC., parties to the Waibel Ranches LLC v. BLM litigation have filed a joint public statement with the Federal District Court to inform interested parties about the status of the closure of Teaters Road. Teaters Road is located 30 miles east of Prineville, Oregon, off State Highway 380. The joint statement is attached.
Prineville, Ore. - The Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will soon begin work 6.5 miles west of Redmond, Oregon, on a vegetation management project aimed at reducing wildfire risk in the area. The BLM project is guided by direction in the Cline Buttes Recreation Area Plan and Environmental Assessment and consistent with the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan (2005).
PRINEVILLE, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Prineville District Office is replacing an earlier wildlife closure with a voluntary closure for the Trout Creek Recreation Area. This shift allows BLM to better communicate objectives, provide information about golden eagles and local habitat, and complete an ongoing environmental assessment analyzing management options with maximum public involvement.
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. People walking or riding near a nest - or even being within view of an eagle on a nest - can cause an adult bird to abandon the nest. This means eggs can get cold, young don't get fed, and the nest is open to predation. 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 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. People walking or riding near a nest - or even being within view of an eagle on a nest - can cause an adult bird to abandon the nest. This means eggs can get cold, young don't get fed, and the nest is open to predation. 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) is soliciting nominations from the public for two positions on the John Day - Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on the management of public lands in the Prineville and Vale Districts, as well as on the Deschutes, Ochoco, Umatilla, Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. Committee members will represent their identified interest areas and work collaboratively with other members of the RAC to advise the BLM and Forest Service on the development of management decisions in Northeast Oregon.
Prineville, Ore. - Due to construction of a roadside retaining wall, a temporary road closure will be in effect from August 1, 2011 to August 26, 2011 from Deer Creek to Sunflower Creek on the South Fork John Day Road in Grant County. The legal description of the affected public lands is: Township 16 South, Range 27 East, and Section 18. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will post closure signs at main entry points to this area.
PRINEVILLE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District today released for public review and comment a Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the John Day Basin. The document will provide future direction for managing approximately 456, 600 acres of BLM-managed public lands located in parts of Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Grant, Wheeler, Jefferson, and Wasco Counties in Oregon. Copies of the Draft RMP/EIS can be downloaded from the project website and are available at the Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon, and the Grant County Library in John Day, Oregon. The document is also available at the BLM offices in Prineville and Portland.