BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
For release: June 12, 2015
Contact: Lisa Bryant
(541) 947-6237
BLM Issues Decision Approving Weed Treatments
Lakeview, Ore – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon Lakeview District has
approved a decision for treating weeds using principles of integrated pest management
within the Lakeview Resource Area. The decision affirms current best management
practices for treating weeds including prevention, mechanical, chemical, and biological
treatments. It also allows for use of 14 herbicides, expanding the current range of options
for chemical control, consistent with national and state direction for use of herbicides on
BLM managed lands.
This decision facilitates more effective treatments tailored for more effective control of
noxious weed and other non-native invasive plants while reducing risks to applicators, the
public and tribes, and surrounding natural resources. Treatments will also aid in restoration
of grasslands impacted by non-native fire- adapted annual grasses.
This decision does not include the Warner Basin Action Area, where formal consultation
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not yet been completed.
Copies of the Decision Record, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Environmental
Assessment and other supporting documents can be found at the following website:
http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview/plans/plans.php
About the BLM: The BLM manages 245 million acres of public land known as the National System of Public
Lands. The lands are primarily located in 12 Western states, including 75 million acres in Alaska. With a
budget of about $1 billion, the bureau also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate
throughout the nation. The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public
lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
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