VALE, OREGON-The Bureau of Land Management, Vale District gave notice today that they are temporarily closing Snively Hot Springs to all entry from sunset to sunrise effect immediately. The closure will remain in effect from March 20, 2009 to March 20, 2011 or until the Owyhee River Below the Dam Activity Plan is completed.
Vale, Oregon --August 2nd thru August 3rd. Powerful thunderstorms moved through eastern Oregon today igniting several fires throughout the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The District received hundreds of lightning strikes starting Sunday afternoon and continued into the late evening/early morning. The thunderstorms produced strong winds and some rain though the rain was spotty at best in most areas.
VALE, OREGON -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that several eastern Oregon counties, including Baker and Malheur, will receive $1.19 million for the following projects: Capital Improvement: Storage Buildings at the Rome and Minam Launch Sites; Capital Improvement: Heat Pump replacement at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) for preservation of exhibits and historical displays; Deferred Maintenance: "Green Plan" for NHOTIC, to ensure compliance with an Executive Order that directs major renovations of agency buildings comply with the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings. Habitat Restoration: Biomass utilization for energy production from two stewardship projects. Trails and Road Deferred Maintenance: Chip sealing all existing asphalt roads, parking areas and shop/work areas. Trail maintenance will repair and then overlay with 2 inches of asphalt over three miles of existing trail. Habitat Restoration: Utilizing two cooperative weed management agreements, funds would be used to provide for coordinated weed management efforts including treatment, inventory, monitoring, restoration and early detection and rapid response in Asotin County in Washington and Wallowa, Union and Baker, and Malheur Counties in Oregon.
VALE, OREGON - The Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (SEORAC) will meet April 28 and 29, 2011, in the Lakeview Interagency Office conference room located at 1301 S. "G" Street in Lakeview, Oregon. The business meeting on April 28 will start at 1 p.m. (PDT) and end at 4:30 p.m. On April 29 the meeting will start at 8 a.m. (PDT) and end at 12:15 p.m.
Vale, Ore. March 10, 2016 The John Day Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is meeting next week, March 17 and 18, in the Dalles, OR. This is the first quarterly meeting of 2016 for the John Day-Snake RAC. The John Day-Snake RAC advises and provides recommendations on public land management to the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) Prineville and Vale District Offices. They also advise the U.S. Forest Services (USFS) Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur, and Ochoco National Forests.
Vale, Ore. -- The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City is offering two days of special programs featuring historic re-enactors and demonstrations of frontier life on Memorial Day Weekend! Saturday and Sunday May 28 and 29, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day, interpreters will demonstrate skills such as quilting, black powder shooting, wheelwright, and Dutch oven cooking.
Vale, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has identified the preliminary preferred alternatives for the proposed Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line (B2H Project). The preferred routes, along with the map being released today, are the ones that BLM will contemplate in the development of the draft Environmental Impact Statement that will be released later in 2013.
Vale, Ore. - The Curry Canyon Fire started on the District late Sunday evening. The fire is located approximately five miles north of the town of Juntura, Oregon. The fire is currently estimated at 3,000 acres. The weather forecast is much the same for Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures well above normal, reaching 106 or higher. Light winds are expected and afternoon thunderstorms are expected with gusty winds and potentially heavy rainfall.