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Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
BUREAU 0.1' LAND MANAGEMENr
QREGON STATE QA'ICE
P.o. Bo. 2965 (1300 N.E. 44Lb Street)
Portland, 07:cgon 97208
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Dear Reader:
Before you turn to the facts ponion of this publication, I would like to share with you some of BLM's major
achievements of the t99t -fiscal year in Oregon and Washington.
In continuation of a program designed to increase efficiency of public land management and optimize the
utilization, conservation, and protection of resources, five land exchanges involving more than 3t ,000 acres of
federal and private lands were consummated in FY t991.
Interpretation was the focus of BLM's cultural resource management in Oregon and Washington this year,
induding a Great Basin Tribute "Peoples of the Sage" exhibit at the High Desen Museum, and development of
an historic Oregon Trail site at Keeney Pass. In addition, volunteers and students were involved in excavation
and restoration of cultural resources ranging from petroglyph sites to Stuart Island's Turnpoint light Station in
the San Juan Islands. BLM personnel conducted more than 50 cultural resource presentations and field tours,
reaching more than 13,000 people.
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We put the finishing lOuches on a IS-year wilderness study and are recommending that 49 wilderness study
areas totalling 1,278,073 acres be designated as wildemess and 43 areas totalling 1,528,425 acres be released
from wilderness consideration.
Management plans in conjunction with the Omnibus Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, including 15 rivers
under the jurisdiction of BLM, are proceeding according to schedule. In fiscal year 1991, the primary river
.. :'i:onning effon was directed toward completion of resource assessments a~d scoping of issues in suppon of
]~;completiOn by the September 30, 1992 deadline .
..i~iest in exploration and development of federal geothermal resources continued to increase.
At the direction
of Congress, BlM held the first ever competitive geothermal lease sale at Newberry Volcano south of Bend,
Oregon: all lands received acceptable bids. In cooperation with the Bonneville Power Administration,
demonstration-scale geothermal power plants are being constructed near Newberry and near Vale, Oregon.
As pan of an interagency effon 10 save the threatened Warner sucker, a fish species native to the Wamer
Valley, BlM w~dlife biologists used trap nets 10 capture 80 suckers. The fish were transplanted 10 holding
ponds at the Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge and then were taken 10 Dexter, New Mexico to help them survive
southeastern Oregon's sixth consecutive year of drought.
law enforcement officers from the BLM and state and local agencies seized 7,452 marijuana plants from 179
gardens on BLM lands in Oregon and Washington in 1991. This crop would have had a street value of $23.8
million. They also solved two major timber thefts which resulted in 18 felony convictions.
During the past fiscal year, we offered 467.8 million board feet of timber for sale. Timber harvest IOtalied 592.3
million board feet, and this volume brought in more than $143 million in receipts. Half of the receipts from
resource management of O&C lands, Of some $69.7 million, was shared with the 18 westem Oregon counties.
On our forest lands, we planted some 17 million seedlings on 33,881 acres and applied treatments to 128,804
acres of forest plantations.
Also in 1991, we welcomed more than 7,79!o volunteers 10 projects on the public lands. These dedicated people
contributed some 235,603 work hours at a value of more than $3.7 million.
I am proud of these and the other accomplishments which you will find listed in this book. The credit for the work
goes 10 both our employees and 10 the many citizens who contributed in some way, great or smaD, to the
stewardship of the public lands of Oregon and Washingron.
BlM Offices in Oregon & Washington .gon
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State Office
1300 N.E. 44th Avenue
P.O. Box 2965 Portland, OR 97208 (503) 280-7026
D. Dean Bibles
State Director
Burns District
HC 74-12533, Hwy. 20 West
Hines, OR 97738
(503) 573-5241
Michael T. Green
District Manager
Coos Bay District 1300 Airport Lane North Bend, OR 97459 (503) 756-0100
Melvin E. Chase
District Manager
Eugene District 2890 Chad Drive P.O. Box 10226 Eugene, OR 97440 (503) 683-6600
Ronald L. Kaufman
District Manager
Lakeview District 1000 Ninth Street S. P.O. Box 151 .Lakeview, OR 97630 (503) 947-2177
Judy E. Nelson
District Manager
District
Biddle Road
Medford, OR 97504
(503) 770-2200
David A. Jones
District Manager
Prineville District 185 East 4th Street P.O. Box 550 Prineville, OR 97754 (503) 447-4115
James L. Hancock
District Manager
Roseburg District
777 N.W. Garden Valley Blvd.
Roseburg, OR 97470
(503) 672-4491
James A. Moorhouse
District Manager
Salem District 1717 Fabry Road, S.E. Salem, OR 97306 (503) 375-5646
Van W. Manning
District Manager
Spokane District East 4217 Main Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 353-2570
Joseph K. Buesing
District Manager
Vale District
100 Oregon Street
ie, OR 97918
(503) 473-3144
James E. May
District Manager
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Contents
1 Introduction
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2 Employees of BLM
d M aged by BLM in Each District an
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County
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3 Lands Managed by BLM In ac
Financial
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mmodi FY 1990 - Oregon
od,ty, FY 1991 _ Oregon
5 Collections, Class~~ed by Co
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Collections,
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6 Collections, Class~~ed by Comm od~' FY 1991 _ Washington
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Collections, Classified by Comm
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Expenditures for Resource Management
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d E penditures Graph
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nd State FY 1990 - Oregon
7 Collections an
Payments
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Count~es
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tate' FY 1991 _ Oregon
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9 Payments to Count~es an~ ~tate' FY 1990 _ Washington
10 Payments to Count~es and State' FY 1991 _ Washington
Payments to Counties an
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13 BLM Managed Fo~est La~ mercial Forest Acres with No
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13 Oregon and Washington
Planned Timber Harvest
Timber Sales
Timber Harvests Harvested Volume Harvest Acreage by Method
Timber Trespasses
Minor Forest products Sales
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18 Forest Development - \I
19 Forest Development - III
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Livestock Grazing ,
Development and Conservation
Resource
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Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, & Instant Study Areas
Oregon Wilderness Recommendations
39 Minerals and Energy
RangelandS
Big Game population Estimates
Wildlife Habitat on BLM Lands
Terrestrial Habitat Improvement
Aquatic Habitat Improveme~t
Northern Spotted Owl Banding
Cultural Resource Developments
Adventures in the Past
35 Wilderness
Wild Horse Management
20 20 Summary FY 1991
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Recreation Management
Estimated Recreation Visits to BLM Lands
Wild and Scenic River System
Back Country Byways
33 Cultural Resources
20 Wild Horse and Burro Program
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Northern Spotted Owl Inventory and Monitoring
Special Status Species Documented on BLM Lands
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Mineral and Mining Statistics
Leasable Minerals Operations
Minerals
Geothermal Leases
Federal Lands Available for Mining and Mineral Leasing
Support
Fire Statistical Summary
Numbers of Fires by Size Class
Prescribed Fire Statistical Summary
Transportation System - Roads, Bridges, & Culverts
Rights of Way
Road Right of Way Permits and Agreements
Road Right of Way Easements and Lands Acquired
Other Acquisitions
Withdrawal 'Review Recommendations
Lands Transferred Between BLM and Other Federal Agencies
Land Leases
lands Received by BLM
Public Land Surveys
Land Patents Issued
Law Enforcement
Misdemeanor ViolationslProsecutions
Felony Resource Investigations
Ranger Activities
Marijuana Eradication Statistics
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Introduction
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riders pause near the rim of Kiger Gorge in BLM's Burns District_
BLM manages about 16 million acres of lands in Oregon and Washington (some
15.7 million acres and 327,284 acres respectively). It has subsurface mineral responsi­
bilities for an additional 23.4 million acres in Oregon and about 16.5 million acres in
Washington.
Natural resources managed by BLM on forestland and rangeland include vegeta­
iion, minerals, soil, water and air, wildlife habitat and wild horses. Uses administered
include timber harvest, livestock foraging, recreational activities, mineral extraction, and
realty actions.
BLM policies provide for the development and use of the public lands and their
resources under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, while maintaining and
enhancing the quality of the environment. In recent years, BLM has given increased
emphasis to non-commodity aspects of its land stewardship. Such considerations as
archaeology, botany, anadromous fish habitat, wilderness, and other noncommercial
values are receiving increased funding and attention.
To support these resource management programs, BLM in Oregon and Washington
operates a variety of programs such as lands and mineral records management,
cadastral survey, fire management, law enforcement, and construction and mainte­
nance.
BLM programs in Oregon are funded in two separate appropriations from Congress
- one for resource management on Revested Oregon and California Railroad lands
-j"~C) and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road lands, and the other for public domain
, ',,~s. Activities in Washington are funded entirely with appropriations for public domain
,cinds.
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Employees of BlM (authorized permanent positions)
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Lands Managed by the Bureau of La
County in Oregon and WaSh" t
nd Management in Each
mg on ( as of September 30 1991)
The Bureau of Land Management employs a comprehensive staff of administrators
and natural resource professionals. Among the disciplines represented are archaeol­
ogy, forestry, botany, wildlife biology, range conservation, geology, mineral engineer­
ing, business administration, journalism, outdoor recreation planning, hydrology,
accounting, law enforcement, fire sciences, geography, and many others. Recognizing
that the work force of the next century will be composed largely of minorities and
women, BLM in Oregon and Washington uses such programs as cooperative educa­
tion to match its work force to the expected future population of America.
September 30
Districts
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Spokane
State Office
Total
1990
66
64
103
52
202
176
182
257
181
36
278
1 1597
Oregon
County
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crcok
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
September 30
1991
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lands Managed by BlM
Lands under the exclusive jurisdiction of each district of the Bureau of Land Manage­
ment in Oragon and Washington include public domain, revested.oregon & California
Railroad grant lands, reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands, Land Utilization
Project Lands, and certain other categories. Acreages are as of September 30, 1991,
and are approximate. Lands managed by BLM are 25 percent of the total acreage of
Oregon and less than one percent of Washington.
District
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Oregon Total
Spokane
Total
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Acres
3,385,977
3,455,302
4,962,055
1,579,559
397,181
316,571
423,757
860,972
332,862
erson
sephine
lamath
Lake
Lane
Uncoln
Unn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
15,714,236
327,284
Introduction
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Acres
367,772
57,649
67,035
43
11,081
168,535
511,721
67,615
506,250
654,013
23,876
171,107
4,109,094
180
431,124
26,926
311,438
289,395
2,584,832
289,492
20,077
88,236
4,542,478
20,966
2,347
4,247
41,268
45,954
49,427
8,922
6,250
18,908
36,115
12,009
134,679
33,175
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16,041,520 '., .'
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WaShington
15,714,236
County
Adams
Asotin
Benton
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Columbia
Cowlitz
Douglas
Ferry
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
Grays Harbor
Island
Jefferson
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Klickitat
lewis
lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pacific
PendOreilie
Pierce
SanJuan
Skagit
Skamania
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Whitman
Yakima
Total
Acres
481
10,422
17,268
21,117
83
5
519
52
38,740
11,838
18,778
433
44,362
13
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59
340
16,029
16,407
279
16,221
3
54,788
374
1,555
12
282
277
63
170
29,365
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630
145
1,294
24,876
327,284
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ollections, Classified by Commodity-Oregon
non-commod~
Although in recent years BlM has increased the attention it gives to
ity aspects of the lands it manages, the agency has had a traditional role, reaching
back to post-Revolutionary War days, of bringing revenues into the federal treasury.
Although its results have been long surpassed by the Internal Revenue Service, the
Other Unrelated to
Lands 4 Land Status
O&CLands
BLM'
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Commodity
FY 1990
BlM continues to pay its own way, and then some.
BLM has been charging users of the public lands for many decades; however, not
until 1976, with the passage of the Federal land Policy Act, was the principle of
obtaining fair market value for resources used firmly established. Principal sources of
revenue include timber sales, mineral lease fees and grazing fees.
Each year, BLM returns a profit to the federal treasury for the investment made by
its shareholders _ American taxpayers. During fiscal year 1991 BlM in Oregon and
Washington reported receipts of $166,201,528 against expenses of $133,779,436.
As always, those receipts were shared with state, county and local governments. A
total of $75,423,794 was distributed in Oregon and Washington. Since federal lands
are not taxed, various laws provide for payments to reimburse states and counties for
the services they provide that benefit the federal government. Some payments in lieu of
taxes are based on acreages of federal land and shares received from reSource
Mineral leases $
Mineral (Material)
~es
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Land Sales
43,360
Renl of Land
239,262
Sale of Timber
179,994,018
Giazing Fees'
26,265
Recreation Fees
Other Resources
Other Fees
6n,601
Penalties &
Forfeitures
746,9n
Other Sources
Tolals
$181,727,483
revenues.
proportions of collections from resource management that are shared with the
states and counties vary from four percent to 90 percent, with the balance usually
going to the general fund of the U.S. Treasury. For example, 50 percent of collections
from management of the resources of the revested Oregon and California Railroad
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grant lands in western Oregon goes to the counties where the lands are located. On:
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the other hand, 50 percent of most grazing fee receipts is used for range improve men, .'
by BlM, with 12.5 percent available for states to use for range improvements.
$
$
11,224
3,208
8,661,357
24,729,746
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$24,729,746
68,760
67,534
36,913
168,347
$8,800,868
$16,330,789
$903,014
$206,457,229
Total BLM, All Sources:
$232,491,900
FY 1991
Mineral leases $
Mineral (Material)
$
$2,501
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Land Sales
Rental Land
Sale of Timber
Grazing Fees'
Recreation Fees
Other Resources
Other Fees
Penalties &
Forfeitu res Other Sources
Tolals
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11,250
43,465
14,515,721
1,686,416
25,809
TotaIO&C
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The Douglas County Museum In Roseburg was built with funds provided by t h e '~
$ 734,667'
$
19,666,753
3,942,764
10
51,411
190,160
85,788
20,539,601
1,340,606
71,113
68,987
74,566
41.781
244,808
$4,086,327
$22,322,961
$803,831
586,953
492.765 $19,666,753
TotaIO&C
$139,567,432
Grand Total SLM, All Sources:
'Includes 2,074,602 acres of revested Oregon and Calif •
'Includes 4
om&a Rai~oad
$166,780,551
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68,254
118,727,939
19,868
$119,900,679
7~~01~ revested Oragon and Callomla Rairoad g!,anliands
lands ~byby the Bureau "'.lAn<! Management
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4,900
$ 559,023
. """"""Yed Coos Bay Wagon Road granllands
!he Forest Servoce.
=:ng~ and acqu~ed lands managed by lhe Bureau 01 ~ag~:;::U..:."t.a;:,::::,."':!, r
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...lSSued under Sections 3 and 15 01 the Taylor Grazing Act
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Collections, Classified by Commodity-Washingtch,)'
FinancialCommodHy
BlM Lands
lM Expenditures for Resource Management
Unrelated to Status
FY 1990
$344,548
$
Mineral Leases'
Mineral Material Sales
Land Sales
Rent of Land
Sale of Timber
Grazing Sec. 15
Recreation Fees
Other Resources
Other Fees Penalties & Forfeitures Other Sources 41,702
6,386
120,513
46,114
8,334
1,305
59,422
$282,471
Total
$345,853
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$628,324
Grand Total, All Sources:
Forest Management
Forest Development
Range Management
Range Improvement
Soil and Watershed Conservation
Lands and Minerals
Wildlife Management
Recreation Management
Recreation Construction
Cadastral Survey
Resource Protection
Fire Presuppression
Fire Suppression
Fire & Storm Damage Rehabilitation
Forest Pest Control
Law Enforcement
Road Construction & Acquisition
Building Construction
Maintenance of Capital Investments
lanning and Data Management
rogram Services
Total
FY 1991
Mineral Leases'
Mineral Material Sales
Land Sales
Rent of Land
Sale of Timber
Grazing Sec. 15
Recreation Fees
Other Resources
Other Fees
Penalties & Forfeitures Other Sources Total
$300. 0
$17
$566,426
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Collections
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Expenditures
FY 1990
FY 1991
$25,835,003
37,217,614
4,008,854
659,912
2,123,541
3,682,182
3,128,525
2,505,047
1,043,386
729,054
3,130,138
2,472,709
6,198,787
399,366
19,785
1,452,032
920,503
322,689
9,212,620
4,498,051
2,824,656
$27,300,189
41,427,084
4,959,047
824,101
3,410,046
3,995,383
5,234,678
4,083,996
6,279,621
797,283
650,427
5,588,073
2,953,422
889,695
7,743
1,860,539
2,535,303
560,247
11,502,157
5,928,971
2,991,431
$112,384,504
$133,n9,436
$254.2
$2S0.0
6,463 60,501 47,637 $200.0
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$IS0.0
2,110
11,146
$100.0
540
$50.0
$126,304
$568,536
$694,840
Grand Total, All Sources:
.Collected from all federal mineml ~statelands managed by BLM (public lands, other a9
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1988
1989
1990
1991
regon and Washington Collectlons and Expenditures
lands. and private surtace ownership lands).
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Payments to Counties and State, FY 1990 - Oregon
Counties
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
Klamath
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Wasro
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
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Resource
Management
O&Clands
Mineral
laasing'
$ -
$508
5,724,284
11,305,971
4,196,450
12,739,521'
Grazing
Leases
$101,799
2,084
51,470
315
$
23,855
105
4,025
1,202
76,312
18
829
60,541
2,340
9,905
16,218
13,550
1,080
111
6,199
31,580
3,287
7,262
36,482
5,298
2,511
58
8,886
203
11
26
7,435,458
51,138,049"
31,921,543
24,608,311
4,766,842
31,106,698
733,360
5,377,975
2,974,183
250
6,497
5,669
9,540
12,029
402
2,220,452
4,400,162
1,140,783
1,283,380
5,744
20
9,037
2,832
36,057
340
30,496
4,419
1,896
488
3,137
7,870
9,580
1,466,721
Payments
inUeu
of Taxes
6,967
93,867
59,048
143,043
94,196
7,899
174,733
328,000
20,962
46,719
29,234
34,942
214,486
328,000
137,274
18,340
48,332
630,910
20,478
15,431
7,227
27,078
9,398
41,629
62,313
116,313
20,834
291
28,886
2,564
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&yments to Counties and State, FY 1991 - Oregon
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
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Distribution of proceeds to Oregon counties and to the State of Oregon derived from resource
management on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. Revenues are
from sales of timber, grazing fees, mineral fees, rental and sales of land, P.I.L T., and from other
sources.
'Does not include minerals 1""-' I,om O&C or CBWR lands, but does Include proceeds I,om ,ental and bonus payrnerdli on
lederally held leases
'Includes $720,561 01 CBWR.
'Includes $108,397 oICSWR.
• Amoum actually paid durtng the IIscaI year, 1011189 through 9/30190. See table on page 5 lor IOIal O&C
'Includes payments lor 10 months 01 FY 1990 lands and materials sales as _ as 12 months 01 1989 payments. Hereal1er, thP)
lirst 11 months 01 payments lor a given fISCal year wiD be paid in the same liscal year. The 12th month paymem wiD be made ir
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lhe loIIowtng fISCal year.
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'Includes 11 mo<Chs oIlTazing 1_ paid a! the end 01 FY 1990
a! the beginning 01 the next FISCal Year as In the pa6L .
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$ 1,941,415
3,834,466
1,423,243
4,529,782'
2,521,766
17,446,5563
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
Klamath
Lake
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$204,540,143'"
$370,816
$87,889'
$2,925,062 $207,923,910
Payment to State of Oregon from sale of public domain timber, materials, and lands, totaling
$ 1,138,308 and Section 3 grazing permits totaling $386,266... , .............. $1,524,57451 '
Tolal payments to counlles and slate, FY 1990. , .•.••.••.••• , •.•........$209,448,484
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Resource
Management
O&CLands
Counlles
TOlals
$102,307
5,724,284
11,381,296
420
4,200,475
12,747,708
171,008
7,494,506
204,664
51,234,696
24,003
222,531
344,837
20,962
31,980822
68,227
24,643,311
4,990,214
328,203
31,244,233
751,726
5,432,804
637,196
3,004,201 ;
27,862 "
2,227,679
4,400,162
37,241
1,150,201
52,562
65,654
119,450
64,761
1,284,011
68,962
1,469,285
Financial
".
.
~ur
on
orrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
Total
Minerai
leasing'
$-
1,078
1,202
63,762
39,030
320
30
10,826,323
10,549,965
248,722
1,823,963
1,008,707
89,616
250
6,565
5,429
5,700
16
505
4
660
41
3,751
16,399
1,687
1,297
1,361
23
4,844
90
14
23,673
712
262
1,579
3,965
15,265
4,694
$279,511
$44,335
435,264
Paymenla
InUeu
of Taxes
$101,799
2,086
51,485
315
2,273
386,901
$69,682,629""
$
158
753,075
1,492,333
497,444
l.easea
3,667
23,924
8,346,010
1,616,694
Sec. 15
Grazing
6,967
93,867
59,048
143,050
94,065
5,381
174,733
308,000
20,962
46,717
29,310
34,938
214,442
308,000
138,270
18,340
48,332
592,256
20,478
.15,431
7,237
27,259
9,398
41,668
62,313
116,313
20,837
291
29,022
2,587
$2,845,197
Totals
$101,799
1,943,501
3,889,618
315
1,424,321
4,537,967
158,134
2,580,818
182,740
17,540,982
9,162
191,132
333,611
20,962
10,874,337
120,287
8,380,971
1,835,980
308,090
10,688,485
267,076
1,878,860
597,685
1,034,885
15,589
760,312
1,492,333
29,532
396,299
42,380
62,575
117,892
48,475
435,555
48,981
500,031
$72,851,672
Payment to State 0.1 Oregon !rom sale of public domain timber, materials, and lands, totaling
'\
J.
.,
$707,174 and Section 3 grazmg permits totaling $152,630....... , , .... , ........ $859,804
T~ta.1 ~ymenla to counties and Slate, FY 1991 ••••••• " •••. , •••• "" • • • • $73,711,476
Distribution of proceeds to Oregon counties and to the State of Oregon derived from resource
management on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in
Oregon. Revenues are from sales of timber, grazing fees, mineral fees, rental and sales of land,
P.LL T" and from other sources.
'Does nallnclude rrine,aIs proc:eed& lrom O&C or CBWR lands. but does Include procoods !rom rertal and bonus paymonIS an
laderally held Ioasas
'Includes $453,503 01 CBWR.
'Includes $139,640 01 CBWR.
: Amoum actually paid during the fISCal year, 1011190 through 9130191. See table on page 5 lor IOIal O&C """'Pta.
0& Ccaunties wore guaranteed $9.6 miDionlorthe 199111sca1 rear by public law 101·512, NO¥errber 5,1990. The law
.
thai 90 percent 01 the average annual payment made 10 these counties 01 their ohara 01 the 0 '" C receipts collected In fISCal
'. >
1988 througt11990 Is guaranteed 10 the countlos n 1991 80 long as thai amount does nalaxcaed the lOla! amaunt 01
collected. The 126.9 miDion "&alsty net" payment was actuaIy paid cluo.g the 19921lsca1 r- and therefore .. naI
refleded here.
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Financial
:
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Payments to Counties and State, FY 1990 - Washington
Counties
Adams
Asotin
Benton
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Columbia
Cowlitz
Douglas
Ferry
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
. Grays Harbor
Island
Jefferson
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Klickitat
Lewis
Lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pacific
Pend Ore ill e
Pierce
San Juan
Skagit
Skamania
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatoom
Whitman
Yakima
Total
Minerai
leasing'
$300
20
421
Sec. 15
Grazing
Leases
Payments
InUeu
of Taxes
1,434
426
1,011
$3,017
6,571
30,492
142,980
70,490
4,606
385
4,080
2,220
80
6,202
603
15,507
623
107,615
5,893
2,297
1,681
18
6,464
3,029
2,898
1,273
43,9n
4,113
47,527
16,851
16,226
156,064
2,516
49,302
33,645
1,700
53,091
83,008
63,158
285
24,574
131
5,192
$44,536*
12,589
84,153
7,409
53,167
$1,409,393
1,257
295
11,532
5,398
1,149
100
5,418
$154,637
16,452
3,242
30,735
49,951
21,816
10,118
103,928
28,821
32,068
70,465
34,507
Payments to Counties and State, FY 1991 - Washington
Sec. 15
Counties
Totals
$3,317
8,025
31,339
143,991
75,096
385
16,452
3,242
40,708
52,248
25,717
10,216
116,594
28,821
32,068
70,465
34,507
603
62,513
7,634- ) "
.'
155,14:
18,10<..
16,226
.
167,891
2,516
49,302
39,043
1,700
53,091
84,157
63,158
285
25,847
12,689
84,153
7,540
63,7n
$1,608~66
WIS
'lrl?tat
;':'ncoln
.' ason
Okanogan
Pacific
Pend Oreille
Pierce
SanJuan
Skagit
Skamania
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Whitman
Yakima
Total
$300
20
.80
892
80
2,896
3,722
Payments
In Ueu
of Taxes
Grazing
leases
$743
236
572
$3,317
7,327
30,656
143,232
63,724
387
16,451
3,242
33,911
51,247
24,256
10,203
114,052
27,267
32,132
70,680
34,688
678
43,980
4,144
47,533
17,343
16,487
156,068
2,516
49,306
33,108
1,700
53,015
83,172
63,159
285
24,574
49,360
5,721
311,525
19,005
16,487
162,690
2,516
49,306
38,507
1,700
53,015
85,278
63,159
285
25,252
66
2,450
$23,711
8,363
84,On
7,402
53,168
$1,402,611
8,463
84,On
7,468
58,950
$1,709,536
3,285
1,296
873
5
2,283
1,658
1,577
263,992
1,662
295
6,327
5,399
2,106
100
3,332
$283,214
Totals
$3,017
6,564
30,340
142,660
63,724
387
16,451
3,242
30,626
49,951
22,491
10,118
108,873
27,267
32,132
70,680
34,688
$2,782
Total payments to counties and stste FY 1991 .••••.••••••.•.•.••.•..•••••• $1,712,318
Distribution of proceeds to Washington oounties and to the State of Washington derived from
resource management on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Washington.
Revenues are from sales of timber, grazing fees, mineral fees, rental and sales of land, P .I.L.T.,
and from other sources
//)",.,
• Includes FY 1990 payments for 10 months of lands and materials sales and 11 months o f : .
grazing fees paid at the end of FY 1990 rather than at the beginning of the next Fiscal Year as ii~ _.
the past.
~
Adams
Asotin
Benton
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Columbia
Cowlitz
Douglas
Ferry
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
Grays Harbor
Island
Jefferson
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Minerai
leasing'
Payment to State of Washington from sale of public domain timber
materials, lands, etc. •••••••••••••••••••••••• , ••••••••••• :......... •. ••.•
Payment to State of Washington from sale of publiC domain timber,
materials, lands, etc........................ _...........................• $14,421'
Total payments to counties and slate FY 1990...•••.••••••...•...•.•.•.•• $1, 622,987
10
Financial
;~
,~,
Distribution of proceeds to Washington oounties and to the State of Washington derived from
resource management on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Washington.
. Revenues are from sales of timber, grazing fees, mineral fees, rental and sales of land, PJ.L.T.,
from other sources .
'r
I
.:.(ndudes proceeds from rantaJ and bonus paymants on federally held leases.
11
("\
Forestry
~,.
BLM-Managed Forest land in Oregon and Washington 1
District
!
..J,
lakeview
Vale
Prineville
Burns
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Oregon Total
Spokane
Total
Total
Forest
Acres
Withdrawn
Forest Land
Acres2
27,900"
29,300
118,500
12,300
700
9,600
27,900
26,000
118,500
1.4
2.4
8.8
375,800
308,200
404,300
837,400"
310,400
63,900
31,200
34,5005
235,500
58,600
360,000
307,900
402,000
716,100
306,300
239.0
223.0
247.0
213.0
254.0
2,411,800
446,300
2,264,700
1-,188.6
54,800
5,900
52,300
3.3
2,466,600
452,200
2,317,000
1,191.9
Commercial
Forest Land
Acres'
Allowable
Sale Quantity
MM bd. fl."
" Difference between total forest acres and commercial forest land is non-commercial forest.
Land withdrawn from planned timber harvesting for other forest uses such as recreation sites,
streamside buffers, scenic zones, and TPCC, but indudad in commercial forest land totals.
3 Million board feet Set during 19.80'5 decadal planning. 1990's planning now under way.
• New acreage dassifications for Lakeview and Medford available when new plans approved.
• This number was incorrecdy listed as 343,500 in the 1990 issue of BLM Facts.
Oregon and Washington Commercial Forest Acres With No
Planned Timber Harvest
Grafted root stock is used in the development of genetically superior trees at the
Travis Tyrrell Seed Orchard In BLMs Eugene District.
BlM forest lands in Oregon and Washington are administered under two manage·
ment programs. One is for the O&C lands in western Oregon; the other for public
domain lands which are mostly in eastern Oregon and Washington.
_
The objectives of the O&C program are to manage for a high level and sustained
yield output of wood products needed to contribute to the economic stability of local
communities and industries, and to provide for other land uses, such as wildlife habitat
and recreation, induding hunting and fishing.
On public domain lands, the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 1976
requires public lands and resources to be managed under the principles of multiple us~
and sustained yield, without impairment of the productivity of the land and the quality, )_.
of the environment, and with recognition of the Nation's need for timber from the pubh . '
lands.
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Reservation
Acres
Allowable Sale
Quantity Impact
MM bd. ft.
320,386
TPCC (fragile sites, etc.)
Bald Eagles
3,200
5,350
Other Wildlife
ACEC, RNA, ONA ( cultural & botanical sites) 10,571
59,440
Riparian Zones
3,097
Recreation Management
Older Forest Retention Areas
46,300
(raptor habitat, etc.)
215.5
2.0
448,344
299.5
.5
5.3
41.1
2.1
33.0
13
Timber Harvests
Forestry
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· ber SaIes
I,;',j
T1m
~}1
Volumes and sale prices of limber sold at auction by BLM including negotiated sales
and modifications to existing contracts.
FY 1990
District
Volume
MMbd. ft."
Lakeview
Bums
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Oregon Total
1991 Harvested Volume (MM bd. ft.)
Western Oregon
Lakeview
FY 1991
Value
Volume
MM bel. ft.·
Value
31.8
$7,333,306
14.8
$3,761,679
5.7.
16.5
214.0
188.0
259.5
222.2
224.1
436,461
1,287,036
71,462,942
64,153,413
82,106,289
70,525,835
79,255,416
29.2
124.7
101.0
80.6
42.0
69.6
2,495,454
44,472,199
32,044,063
26,074,895
10,537,767
18,552,413
1,162.7
$376,560,698
461.9
$137,938,470
!
"'
.02
1,800
5.9
Total
1,162.72
o Million board feet
$376,562,498
467.8
Burns
Salem
144
Eugene
92
Vale
Roseburg
69
Prineville
45.1
Medford
96
Spokane
0.4
Coos Bay
132
Total
544
o
Spokane
Eastern Oregon and Washington
Lakeview·
11
2.8
Total
48.3
Included In we_!em Oregon volunie.
1,069,325
$139,007,795,j'
) Harvest Acreage by Method
_.. District
Lakeview
FY 1990
Clearcut
Partial cut
Acres
Acres
97
1,441
38
765
Clearcut
Acres
174
FY 1991
Partial cut
Acres
580
Burns
Vale
Prineville
4,416
Salem
2,862
508
2,131
275
Eugene
2,711
805
1,453
549
Roseburg
4,591
700
1,474
240
Medford
3,450
5,181
2,482
3,039
Coos Bay
3,565
202
2,482
57
21,730
9,602
10,196
12,613
101
239
21,831
9,841
-
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0'
~ ";~''''
.
'. ..
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.,. . : ......... .
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BLM Resource Manager Ron Anderson measures the circumference of Oregon's i
338-foot tall champion coast Douglas fir in the Coos Bay District.
.
14
----------------------------_._.
Oregon Total
~i~~':',j
"
')spokane
. ;,
530
• Total
7,343
80
10,196
12,693
15
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Forestry
~
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Timber Trespasses
Forest Development - I
FY 1990
District
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford .
Coos Bay
Oregon Total
No. of
Cases
1
~
Reforestafan work in site preparation, planting, and seeding on commercial forest land
is tabulated here. Natural seeding is not included.
FY 1991
~
Collections
$8,970
7ao
No. of
Cases
-
.
~
,
ColleCtions
$
_
-
1
2
9
6
27
1
48
1,800
1,693
28,626
12,328
58,119
50
$112,326
4
4
10
7
17
3
45
5,260
64,123
49,666
16,246
22.U49
31,414
$188,758
48
5112,326
45
$ ~gg~7gg
1990
Minor Forest Products Sales
Item and Unit
FY 1990
Cluantity
Value
'~ ~
FY 1991
~uantity
Value ~~; '`'
Fuelwood, board feet
Bofts and shakes, board feet
Small poles, board feet
Large poles, board feet
Corralpoles,boardfeet
Posts, board feet
Split rails, board feet
Mine timbers, board feet
Pulpwood, board feet
Cascara bark, pounds
Boughs, pounds
Ferns, bunches
Cones, bushels
.
Huckleberrybrush, bunches
Christmas trees, each
Wildings, each
Moss, pounds
Arrow stodc, board feet
Greens, bunches
Beachgrass, bunches
Mushrooms, pounds
Burls, pounds
Yew bark, pounds
11,009,894
538,705
22,114
6,399
51,557
43,869
2,196
9,391,128
313,290
45,682
324
30,841
45,241
4,980
Total
16
436,062
2,420
472,570
27,130
2,200
20,763
10,870
12,535
16,714
116,665
80,675
5,704
2,250
21,848
10,368
$100,004
24,356
361
34
1,384
1,239
192
13,055
118
21,556
1,550
110
1,123
22,086
856
746
8,349
3,721
295
45
1,587
1,555
$204322
,
2,578,150
12,333
496,308
35,368
697
31,843
2,124
6,428
32,324
85,725
76,827
4,250
1,446
46,908
64,391
S 252,014 ';. " ,
-
Planting
Acres
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
284
18
2,843
3,215
4,153
8,312
2,996
569
223
5,901
5,189
9,388
12,092
5,766
"~Oregon Total
22,1a6
39,12s
-
15
22,166
39,143
S'tte
Prepal'ation
AC~es
2,225'
Planting
AC~@S
866
2,400
2,067
2,640
5,394
3,020
20
3,989
3,859
8,431
12,560
4,156
17,746
33,881
-
-
17,746
33,881
365
~Spokane
$ 97,031
30,350
428
31
801
2,177
22
49,629
98~
25,868
1,692
176
1,628
4,218
2,361
1,420
6,443
8,443
210
250
4,640
13,216
Site
Preparation
Acres
Dlstrlct
Spokane
Tctal
Forestry
Total
1991
-
'~•
•
D'IStI'iCt
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Sa►em
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
'
-
-
Oregon Total
Spokane
~ otal
,~
~-~' Indudes 1,626 acres oi underburning.
17
Forestry
Forestry
rf{l~~
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Forest Development - II
Forest Development - III
Plantation maintenance acres include both reforestation treatments made to protect
unestablished stands from animals, insects, and disease and to release un established
stands from competing vegetation.
Fertilization and thinning accomplishments on commercial forest land are tabulated
below. The "Improvement" column reports acres planted with genetically improved
seedlings. "Tree Improvement" acres are included in the "Forest Development - I"
Table.
FY 1990
.;.
District
Plantation Maintenance Acres
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem'
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
2,762
6,942
8,808
5,347
20,544
13,577
Oregon Total
57,980
FY 1990
District
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
' ~-
Spokane
)1.:
-,:'.-"
57,980
Total
.
660
9
792
72
125
16,818
3,460
8,033
6,025
1,966
1,708
21,818
5,9n
21,852
998
Total
21,818
• Thinning acres harvested.
5,9n
21,852
998
5,000
Spokane
FY 1991
FY 1991
District
District
Plantation Maintenance Acres
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
1,705
6,471
9,172
6,482
17,850
9,613
Oregon Total
51,293'
Spokane
Total
18
Thinning
Improvement Precommerclal
Commercial
Acres
Acres*
Acres
451
1,887
50
922
2,667
.~) Oregon Total
\.....
Fertilization
Acres
51,293
Fertilization
Acres
Thinning
Improvement Precommercial
Commercial
Acres
Acres
Acres*
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
3,000
800
27
2,963
21,640
3,012
4,359
19,935
1,378
1,055
1,055
789
82
2,667
6,692
5,292
3,055
3,774
10
538
83
99
Oregon Total
54,909
4,2n
22,362
757
240
Spokane
)
.'
'yotal
54,909
'.. '- Thinning acres harvested
4,2n
22,602
757
19
Wild Horse and Burro Program
Rangelands
~ ..
Comprehensive herd management area plans have been developed for wild horse
managemen1 areas. Such plans describe range conditions, consider present and
planned population levels, specify how water and forage are to be made available, and
determine what measures will be taken to provide for other uses.
The goal is to main1ain wild horse population levels in balance with the carrying
capacity of the land and with habitat requirements for wildlife and lives1ock. This
pro1ects the environment lor all uses. Efforts are now being aimed at herd improvemen1
activities and getting herd numbers down to prescribed management levels.
'UJ'
Wild Horse Management
Horses Removed
From the Range
10/1/90 to 9130191
Lakeview
Bums
Vale
Prineville
Horses on
the Range
9/30/91
271
324
479
582
944
176
595
2,181
Levels to be
Maintained
185 - 410
560 - 1,030
580 -1,150
50 - 80
Forest Service
"
Totals
1,375 - 2,670 \".)
Summary FY 1991
In corral 10/1190
Gathered
59 horses, 2 burros
595 horses
A herd of sheep graze on public lands in BLM's Vale District.
Born in corral
Shipped into Oregon (gathered in other states)
Adopted
Repossessed
17 horses
1 burro
265 horses
6 horses
Died or destroyed
30 horses
Returned to range
91 horses
To holding centers
214 horses
In corral 9/30190
20
77 horses, 2 burros...:)
BLM in Oregon and Washington manages land grazed by lives10ck under permits
and leases. Ranchers pay grazing fees for the privilege of using BlM rangelands.
Rangeland uses are based on resource management plans which consider all resource
values and establish priorities. The plans help identify the grazing allotments where
investments in management will resuh in the greatest returns.
Various types of range improvements facilitate livestock management, increase the
productivity of the land, and proted environmental quality. These include developing
water sources for livestock and wildlife; constructing fences, cattle guards, and roads;
rotating the use 01 pastures to promote heahhy vegetation growth; controlling brush;
and revegetating burned or depleted areas.
During FY 1991, eastern and southern Oregon endured the region's fifth consecutive year of drought To avoid damaging eastern Oregon watersheds, range plants,
wildlife, and fish, BLM and grazing permittees cooperated to limit grazing on some
pll01ments by as much as 30 to 50 percent. Resting the land allowed range plants to
..Jfebuild root reserves with the help of late spring rains. This increased plant growth will
improve the soil's ability to retain moisture when the drought ends.
.~
21
Rangelands
.~, .
Livestock Grazing
;~`''
-
Grazing use is tabulated for fiscal year 1991. Grazing fees for all BLM lands were
$1.81 per AUM from October 1, 1990 through February 28, 1991 and $1.97 per AUM
from March 1, 1991 through September 30, 1991.
1990
District Permits AUMs' Leases
Major watershed conservation and range improvement jobs are tabulated here.
Other accomplishements include preparation of watershed management plans, soil
stabilization, and water control.
-
Permits Al1Ms Leases AUNls
89
171,280
77
6,944
131
88,547
65
6,086
Burns
168
228,644
7
3,300
229
163,145
7
3,240
Vale
377
457,644
106
4,050
415
362,206
97
3,918
Prineville
115
76,689
362
34,333
127
71,958
320
32,630
Eugene
-
-
7
402
-
-
2
30
Lakeview
Resaurce Development and Conservation
1991
AUMs
Rangelands
~.
FY 1990
'
Roseburg
-
-
16
954
-
-
14
a~.
a«~
M9mt
Finang
~s
r~.++ue.
w~a
~o~+
Nunber
M~anber
lkanbe►
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Medford
640
4,071
800
4,114
-
4,071
26
20
11
-
36
18
15
4
-
3
5
4
1
7
4
1
7
-
4
5
-
5
11
10
3
4
1
1
-
Ore. Total
9,625
4,097
31
73
13
19
9
29
6
4
2
-
3
-
1
-
2
-
9,629
4,099
31
76
13
20
9
31
6
709
~Total
Medford
-
-
97
31,344
-
-
81
18,368
Coos Bay
-
-
6
47
-
-
5
55
Salem
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
749
934,257
678
81,374
902
685,956
591
65,036
Spokane
-
-
331
25,197
-
-
316
24,510
934,257 1,009
106,571
902
685,956
907
89,546
Total
749
Guards
qre
swi~+g.
w~a
FY 1991
~
Oregon
Total
Pipe-
Gree~
Seed~9
aa~.
,.---~ pokane
,
Gttle
Juriper
Vegetadm
MeND~Vdon
asa+a
'~
Grae~
Jutiper
~me
Pipe
16tes
Resenrous
►amee.
rw~ee.
~ l51eo
Mmber
e~,~e«
Aaea
~a~g
GtUe
Aaes
Sprirgs
Wells
1,025
1,326
-
1,000
8,747
-
-
11
23
34
16
2
3
4
7
1
2
3
23
-
2
3
-
3
8
7
-
1
2
1
1
-
2,351
9,747
-
86
17
26
5
18
5
-
125
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
2,351
9,872
-
90
17
26
5
18
5
Vegetafim
rwr~.e«~
s~a~¢
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Medford
Ore. Total
DietriN
'
Spokane
Total
Aue~
cr„~w
n~
Above figures do not include numbers authorized by Exchange of Use Agreement.
'An AUM (animal unit month) is the forage required to sustain one cow (or its equivalent) for one
month.
22
~
'~~ Note: Some of the range improvements are actually reoonstructions of older projeds
that have deteriorated beyond reasonable maintenance costs.
23
.
Wildlife Habitat
Big Game Population Estimates
,
Big game animals which used lands managed by BlM during fiscal year 1991,
District
Pronghorn
Antelope Deer
Elk
Bighorn Mountain Black
Sheep
Goats Bear Cougar
;J
..•
~,
,,~,i
lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
3,300
2,000
5,100
3,700
23,000
8,500
36,500
2,500
35,000
20,000
16,600
33,250
15,000
160
125
5,500
1,500
1,700
1,000
660
1,300
2,500
100
500
550
400
Ore. Total
14,100
190,350
14,445
1,550
3,000
75
193,350
14,520
Spokane
O·~···:·
..
.
~ ~
)otal
14,100
60
15
80
15
250
400
70
1,020
500
6
10
40
25
20
25
15
210
50
10
2,410
.A01
175
40
100
10
1,725
50
2,510
411
10
,
Wildlife Habitat on BlM lands
As of 9130191 .
Bighorn sheep are being transplanted throughout their historic range in Lake
County, Oregon as part of a cooperative project coordinated by BlM's Lakeview
District and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Nearly all BlM,managed lands provide habitat for a divers~y of fish and wildlife
species. Therefore, in developing resource management plans it is necessary to
recognize fish and wildlife needs in achieving a suitable balance among the various
land uses. Special anention also is given to the habitats of endangered or threatened
and migratory species.
BlM cooperates closely with state wildlife management agencies in improving
habitat conditions, restoring animal populations, providing forage and water, and
managing habitats to attain appropriate wildlife populations levels. BLM also welcomes
the cooperation of wildlife groups, sports clubs, and others interested in wildlife habitat
management. "
During FY 1991, eastern and southern Oregon endured the region's fifth consecutive year of drought. BlM protected wildl~e habitat by limiting grazing, leaving more
water available for native species. As part of an effort to save the Warner sucker, a
fish species native to southeastern Oregon, BlM biologists moved 80 of the fish to
New Mexico to enable them to survive. Fortunately, late spring rains made for an
excellent grass year, providing plenty of forage and cover for many wild animals.
24
'~J
I.C'
'<'
Waterfowl
Acres
Fishable
Streams
Miles
District
Big Game
Acres
lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
2,556,000
3,188,000
3,153,000
1,295,000
383,000
317,000
424,000
861,000
280,000
2,051,000
2,492,000
4,260,000
1,481,000
383,000
317,000
424,000
861,000
300,000
31,000
17,635
11,000
13,600
15,160
3,000
2,000
72
237
600
434
620
350
270
468
344
Ore. Total
12,457,000
12,569,000
93,395
3,395
316,000
316,000
3,300
123
12,773,000
12,885,000
96,695
3,518
'"'t3pokane
.JTotal
Small Game
Acres
25
Wildlife Habitat
~\',::
~------~~~~~--~------------------------------------~Y
Terrestrial Habitat Improvement
Brush Control Grass/Legume
Seeding ,Acres
Acres
District
1990 1991
1990 1991
Lakeview Burns
Vale
Prineville 280
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Ore. Total280
15
1
4
50
370
120
565
1,109
950
1
1
300
419
2
298
231
1,289
873
2,075 3,491
22
l'
150
300
280
2
Water
Development
Number
1990 1991
9
1
9
1
2
2
60
2,075 3,491
873
31'
3
-
62
2'
23
4
22
34 & 82
33 & F
54 & 122
3
154
82
5
121 2&16"
45
200
54 & 92
10
59
210
68
4
21
1
280
Other
Wildlife
Improvements
1990
1991
5
2' & 14
1
5
5
Spokane
Total
Fencing
Miles
1990 1991
68
'Prescribed burn
'AnWicial nest boxes
'Walor fadlitiBs irrprovod
'Welland. illllfOYed
'Fonce modHication
J
'Road dosures
Aguatic Habitat Im~rovement1
Improved'
Spawning'
In stream
and/or
Fish
.Stream'
Rearing
Passage
Structures
Clearance
Number
Area Miles
Miles
Miles
1990 1991 1990 1991
1990
1991
1990 1991
District
7
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
15
41
20
20
Prineville
3
571
229
Salem
60
Eugene
17
Roseburg
108 103
1
6
2
Medford
2
26
10
5
1
Coos Bay
Ore. Total
2
26
30
12
8
720
J-f
- b!LM employees band a spotted owl during the annual Inventory and monitoring
the threatened species.
Improved"
Lakes and
Reservoirs
Acres
1990 1991
Northern Spotted Owl Banding 1
District
2
26
30
12
8
722
'Miles refer to nurrt>or of stream miles _ . fish production will be lnaoased by the projects.
'Removal of debris jarrs.
'Also ilcfudes slJ8alTt>ank stabilization.
'Includes fISh passage rNer waterfaBs and dams and through aJlvens.
SJndudes MW projeclS and """CWemonl of existing water.
Ad ulls/SubaduItS2
1990 1991
Juv~niles3
1990 1991
Total
1990 1991
Lakeview
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
25
2;3
45
95
163
91
11
23
91
57
105
37
5
14
30
81
87
36
5
3
10
62
97
14
30
37
75
176
250
127
16
26
101
119
202
51
Total
442
324
253
191
695
515
451
2
Spokane
Total
.,
' ! ,,'
451
~'
<"'
, Includes birds banded by BLM and Cooperators on BLM lands and lands with
.intermingled ownership.
.\SUbadUIt owls are one to three years old. Adult birds are over three years old.
.) 'Juvenile owls are one year old or younger.
~
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27
Wildlife Habitat
-N-o-rt-h-er-n-s-p-o-tt-e-d-O-w-I-In-Y-e-nt-o-ry-a-nd-M-o-n-it-o-ri-n-g---'.)
on
BLM~Managed
District
Confirmed
Pairs
Single/
Unconfirmed
Pairs
Unoccupied
Sites'
Total
Sites
Visited
Juveniles
Counted.
1990 1991
1990 1991
1990 1991
19901991
19901991
5
3
4
0
3
11
12
5
2
Salem
37
33
13
28
5
8
55
69
21
4
Eugene
43
56
42
41
11
14
96
111
21
8
Roseburg
133
116
43
46
27
44
203
206
84
63
Medford
152
171
29
44
45
49
226
264
51
47
13
18
5
65
70
424
428
143
181
123
656
732
Coos Bay
Total
..
II
Lands
8
Lakeview
'''--
Recreation
89
112 120
43
14
286 211
0'\">
, Indudes sites with at least three visits.
/'
'-'~r(:~: .Ji
Special Status Species Documented on BLM Land
~
Federally Usted Species
Washington
2!m2n
Federally Proposed
Species
Washington Oregon
Birds
3
5
0
Rsh
0
6
0
Mammals
2
3
Reptiles/amphibians
0
Total animals
Total plants
Rafters enjoy a welcome respite along a slow stretch of the Rogue Wild and
Scenic River in BlM's Medford District
Federal Candidate Species
Washington
2wllm
4
6
0
0
9
0
0
4
5
0
0
0
0
2
5
14
0
1
8
22
0
2
0
12
67fl
Diversity prevails in outdoor recreation on the lands managed
by BLM. Most popular of all is enjoying the scenery of the wide
open spaces, while other activities include picnicking, camping,
hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, horseback riding,
rockhounding, studying nature and taking photographs.
BLM provides recreation sites with picnicking and camping
facilities in many popular locations, while natural conditions are
preserved in wilderness areas. In between, there is plenty of
room to roam while enjoying recreational pursuits. Fees are
required at certain recreation sites, competitive events, and for
.).ommercial activities.
~~
28
29
Recreation
Recreation
Recreation Management*
Develo~ed
SHes1
Number Camp
Units
Lakeview
Burns
Prineville
Vale
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
19
5
31
30
13
4
11
42
11
692
79
267
236
131
46
96
96
126
Fees Picnic
UnHs
$1,538
9,099
12,996
3,800
35,381
6,884
18,989
11,200
50,676
Oregon Total 166 1,169 $150,563
Spokane
5
Total
0
0
171 1,169 $150,563
Fees
20
26
21
49
159
57
54
91
60
Undeveloped Special Recreation
Sites2
Use Permit
Number
Fees
$0
0
0
0
11,260
9,575
1,255
315
9,999
537 $32,404
4
0
541 $32,404
14
5
24
189
1
18
2
74
236
27
6
183
83
2
1
16
145
0
463
$284,438
15
1
50
464
In 1989, Congress passed the Oregon Omnibus Wild and Scenic River Act which
included most of the rivers listed below. Rivers were designated under Section 3(a) of
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior,
$15,625
17,550
132,334
6,850
626
150
518
110,860
0
563
578
Wild and Scenic River System
Bureau of Land Management.
In the list below, the Rogue Wild and Scenic River was designated in 1968, the
owyhee Wild and Scenic River in 1984, and the remainder were designated in 1988.
$284563
':-;[)ey;: e~loped~s; :Res:-haw: :some=C01ri>=:;:lnaI:lon=oI;-: san=hary='adDt=-ies-._~8f~.':=I"'~contaI~-nme-~=~-~~~~~'~
->
.or~
, 'l,P
type 01 pennanent management or rmIntenance wmmilment.
')'
nt. garbage cans. or tables which represent
B~es
• Undeveloped
represent SOmB type 01 terrporary management or malnl
"<'.,
undeveloped sites Is no! r"'laded by this daIa.
enanca comrnltment; therefore. the totaJ number of
Off-road vehicle travel
Other motorized travel 2
Non-motorized travel 3
Camping
Hunting
Recreation site visits
Fishing
Boating
Other water based activities
Winter sports
Snowmobiling
Total
r~~tJon
Prineville
8.0
Crooked, Segment 2
Prineville
7.0
,~ eschutes. Segment 2
Burns
72.7
72.7
Vale
24.9
9.0
John Day (Main Stem)
Prineville
147.5
North Fork Crooked
Prineville
17.6
11.1
North Fork Owyhee
Vale
9.6
9.6
Roseburg
8.4
Vale
120.0
Vale
11.7
Salem
12.0
Medford
47.0
Salem
8.0
4.8
Salem
12.5
3.8
Prineville
47.0
Vale
57.6
Prineville
24.4
Donner und Blitzen
.j
Washington
North Umpqua
5,000
800,150
380
3,800
1,208
Owyhee
944
Salmon
12,991,437
828600
powder
Quartzville Creek
Rogue
1,358
3,500
12,260
Sandy
South Fork John Day
o
o
West Little owyhee
White
'
(:
),\
" "
=30~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
)
7.0
19.0
19.0
__ <
,.-,,,
Total
754.9
Recreational
8.0
100.0
406,375
4,721,605
1,198,334
1,180,739
705,665
2,342,494
1,065,130
564,585
631,480
138,340
36,690
p1~re.
Scenic
Prineville
Grand Ronde
A visit to BlM administered land and/or w te by
,
reaeation activ~ies. whether for a few mi~':s ora f~~n for the purpose of engaging in
: Indudes
related to driving for
ay.
Indudes bleydmg. horseback riding. backpacking. hiking and walking for pleasure.
1
Crooked, Segment 1
Wild
Prineville
Estimated Recreation Visits to BlM lands l
Fiscal Year 1991
Oregon
Total
Miles
/ . JeSChutes. Segment 1
• Data wn troI and program standards are In wn'ormanes with BLM's RecrealJo n ••
u _••......
,. mBnt In'ormation System.
Use
River
District
100.0
15.9
147.5
1.5
5.0
8.4
120.0
11.7
12.0
26.4
20.6
3.2
8.7
47.0
57.6
300.6
17.5
6.9
58.3
396.0
. \.\:
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--
31
Recreation
Cultural Resources
()evelopments
Back Cou ntry Byways
Interpretation was the focus of BLM's cultural resource management program
during the 1991 fiscal year. The agency's exhibit "Peoples of the Sage" was
viewed by more than 150,000 visitors at the High Desert Museum in Bend
during the Great Basin Tribute. In preparation for the 1993 Oregon Trail
Sesquicentennial, site enhancement and interpretation were prepared for
Keeney Pass, a historic site with visible Oregon Trail ruts. Tumpoint Light
Station, on Stuart Island in the San Juans, reverted to BLM Management this
year, and two new properties were added to the National Register of Historic
Places: the Riddle Brothers Ranch, and the China Ditch. A total of 49 workshops and presentations for students and community groups involved more
than 13,000 people in exploring cultural resources on BLM-managed lands.
Since 1989, BLM has designated 13 National Back Country Byways in
Oregon. The byway program responds to the public demand for pleasure
driving opportunities, while enhancing recreation experiences and informing
visitors about public land resources.
District
Byway
Lakeview
Christmas Valley
93
paved, gravel
Lakeview
and Burns
Lakeview to Steens
90
paved, gravel
Burns
Steens Mountain
66
gravel
Diamond Loop
64
paved
Leslie Gulch!
Succor Creek
50
gravel. dirt
Snake River!
Morman Basin
150
paved, gravel, dirt
Lower Deschutes River
36
paved,gravel
Lower Crooked River
43
paved, gravel
South Fork John Day River
50
paved, gravel
Nestucca River
48
paved, gravel
South Fork Alsea River
11
paved, gravel
Galice-Helgate
39
paved
Grave Creek to Marial
33
paved, gravel, dirt
13 Byways
n3
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Medford
Total
Road Types
J/)
,
This deserted homestead along BLM's Christmas Valley Byway stands as a
'J~lnder of the hard life of eastern Oregon's dryland farmers.
32
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33
'- .. _ - ,
Cultural Resources
------------------------.~~
Adventures in the Past
To enhance public enjoyment of cultural resources on public lands in
Oregon and Washington, "Adventures in the Past; was initiated bureauwide in FY 90~ As part of this effort, a number of interpretive projects have
been underway for some time, and others have been recently begun. A list
of on-site interpretive accommodations are listed below. Additional interpretive sites are due to be added in FY92, primarily as part of the Oregon
Trail Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1993.
Site
District
Features
Rogue River Ranch
National Register Site
Medford·
interpretive displays
Whiskey Creek Cabin
National Register Site
Medford
public viewing
Yaquina Head Lighthouse and
Archaeological Site
Salem
on-site naturalist
interpreter
Mack Canyon National Register
and Archaeological Site
Prineville
interpretive panels
China Mining Ditch
Roseburg
interpretive panels
Keeney Pass Oregon Trail
National Register District
Vale
interpretive kiosk
Four Mile Canyon
Oregon Trail Site
Prineville
interpretive signs
Flagstaff Hill
Oregon Trail Site
Vale
interpretive kiosk
future visitor center
Greaser Petroglyph
34
Lakeview
interpretive plaque
-
Wilderness
()oregon has four BLM-managed wilderness areas (16,703
acres), and 102 wilderness study areas (including 14 instant
study areas) totalling 2.8 million acres.
Washington has one BLM-managed wilderness area, Juniper
Dunes (7,140 acres), and 1 wilderness study area totalling 5,518
acres.
-.
J
,''1is site at Chalk Basin Is part of some 65,360 acres of the lower Owyhee
. 'anyon Wilderness Study Area in BlM's Vale District that were recommended
- for wilderness designation.
.
35
Wilderness
~i~::::~~;eled
()oregon Wilderness Recommendations
a I 5-year study of roadless areas sel in •
motion by the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Wilderness Study Areas (WSA's) were studied through a land use planning
process, and final recommendations on each regarding their suitability
for wilderness area designation and addition to the National Wilderness
Preservation System were developed. Final recommendations on each
of the 87 WSA's and Fire Instant Study Areas in Oregon were transmitted to the President by the Secretary of the Interior in October 1991. A
total of 1.3 million acres were recommended as suitable for wilderness
designation and 1.5 million acres not suitable for designation. The
single WSA in Washington totals 5,578 acres; it was recommended
not suitable for wilderness designation during a previous year. Final
decisions on each area will be made by Congress via legislation.
Wilderness values in all WSA's are protected by BLM until final decisions are rendered by Congress.
Wilderness
Areas
District
Areas
Wilderness
Study Areas
Acres
Areas
Acres
Instant
Study Areas .~_\
Areas
5,500
Salem
10,160
Medford
Acres
1
5,640
10
~
1,110,858
5
2
8
590
Prineville
16
174,863
600
Lakeview
13
423.604
1
Rincon
Alvord Peak
Basque Hills
High Steens
South Fork Donner und Blitzen
Home Creek
I
Blitzen River
UUle Blitzen Gorge
Bridge Creek
Pine Creek
Sheep Gulch
Indian Creek
Aldrich Mountain
Castle Rock
Beaver Dam Creek
Camp Creek
210
32
Coos Bay
.11,
8000
Cottonwood Creek
Bums
Oregon total
4
16,703
23
1,074,737
87
2,789,710
14
9,480
Gold Creek
Sperry Creek
Cedar Mountain
Dry Creek
Dry Creek Buttes
Owyhee Breaks
0
Blue Canyon
Spokane
Total
36
7,140
5 23,843
5,518
88
2,795,228
14
9,48~.
WSA Number
Devil's Garden Lava Bed
Squaw Ridge Lava Bed
Four Craters Lava Bed
Sand Dunes
Diablo Mountain
O'ejana Canyon
Abert Rim
Fish Creek Rim
Guano Creek
Spaulding
Hawk Mountain
Sage Hen Hills
Malheur River·Bluebucket Creek
Stonehouse
Lower Stonehouse
Sheepshead Mountain
Wildcat Canyon
Heath Lake
Table Mountain
West Peak
East Alvord
' <-,' 'Winter Range
,
"
vore! Desert
'_ - ,;'; Mahogany Ridge
Red Mountain
Pueblo Mountains
80
1,038
Vale
WSA
•
:.'"
Upper Leslie Gulch
'Slocum Creek
,Honeycombs
OR-1-2
OR-I-3
OR-l·22
OR-1-24
OR·l·58
OR·l·78
OR·l·l0l
OR·l·117
OR·l·132
OR·'" 39
OR·,.,46A
OR-1-146B
OR·2·14
OR·2·23L
OR·2·23M
OR·2·72C
OR·2·72D
OR·2·72F
OR·2·721
OR-2·72J
OR-2·7M
OR·2·73H
00·2·74
OR·2·77
OR·2·78
OR·2-81
NV-{)21Hl42
OR·2-82
OR·2-83
OR·2-84
OR·2-85F
OR·2-8SG
OR·2-8SH
OR·2-86E
OR·2-86F
OR·2-87
OR·2·98A
OR·2·98C
OR·2·98D
OR·2·103
OR·3-18
OR·3-27
OR-3-31
OR·3-32
OR·3-33
OR-1-35
OR-3-47
OR·3-53 OR-3-56
OR·3-59
OR-3-73
OR-3-74
QR·3-75
OR-3-77A
Acres
recommended
wilderness
28,160
21,010
9,100
o
90,050
14,800
23,760
11,920
10,350
o
6g,640
o
o
o
o
45,705
34,830
o
25,185
o
o
o
69.165
o
o
25,550
19,428
o
o
36,440
o
22,015
21,970
4,700
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
17,770
7,520
15,800
5,360
o
o
o
10,596
12,700
3,000
7,600
36,555
Acres not
recommended
wilderness
1,520
7,330
3,500
16,440
23,070
9,800
o
4,770
o
69,530
o
8,520
5,560
21,325
8,090
8,685
o
20,520
15,407
8,535
22,240
15,440
181.895
27,940
16,215
46,540
84,537
16,825
141,410
34,340
37,555
4,575
34,210
4,800
14,545
200
741
208
9,395
6,200
19,580
1,430
1,180
o
o
33,800
23,500
51,800
2.784
o
o
o
2,445
,
37
-
-~
Wilderness
•
Oregon Wilderness Recommendations
WSA
WSANumber
Wild Horse Basin
Lower Owyhee Canyon
Saddle Butte
Palomino Hills
Bowden Hills
Clarks Butte
Jordan Craters
Willow Creek
Disaster Peak
Fifteenmile Creek
Oregon Canyon
Twelvemile Creek
Upper West UtUe Owyhee
lookout Butte
Owyhee Aiver Canyon
Thirtymile
lower John Day
North Pole Ridge
Spring Basin
Desdlu!es CanyonS!ee1head Falls
Badlands
North Fork
South Fork
Sand Hollow
Gerry Mountain
Hampton Butte
Cougar Well
McGraw Creek
Homestead
Sheep Mountain
Mountain Lakes
Soda Mountain
North Sisters Rock
Zwagg Island
Westem Juniper RNA
los! Fores! ANA
Uttle Sink ANA
Brewer Spruce RNA
Douglas Fir RNA
ToIal:
OR-3-77B
OR-3-110
OR-3-111
OR-3-114
OR-3-118
OR-3-12O
OA-3-128
OA-3-152
OR-3-153
NV-{)2G-8S9
OA-3-156
OA-3-157
OR-3-162
OR-3-173
OR-3-194
1{).16-48A
OA·3-195
1[).16-48B
OR-5-1
OR-5-6
OR-5-8
OR·5·9
OR·5-14
OR·5-21
OR'5-31
0",5-33
OR-5-34
OR·5-35
OR-5-42
OR'5-43
OR-6-1
OR-6-2
OR-6-3
OR-l1-1
OR-11-17
OR-12-8
OR-12-14
OR-5-5 (ISA)
OR-I-24 (ISA)
OR-8-1 (ISA)
OR-l1·10(ISA)
OR·12-1 (ISA)
Acres
recommended
wilderness
0
65,360
0
0
0
0
23,225
26,130
17,540
51,260
42,900
26,240
62,500
0
152,Q40
7.332
20,384
5,830
5,982
0
32,030
0
17,001
8,391
0
0
0
0
0
7,040
334
5,867
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
1,278,073"
Acres not
recommended
wilderness
12,680
10,375
86,300
54,600
59,900
31,490
4,675
4,435
1,300
30
0
3.340
0
65.200
38,660
206
1,536
539
0
3,240
191
11,225
2,630
400
20,700
10,600
18,435
497
7,001
0
0
28
0
0
600
8,000
80
210
590
1,528,425
• Several WSAs recommended for wildemess have some areas iocaled ad'
.
Th'
.
Jaeent 10, but outside of the
WSA boundary 10 provide a more manageable bound
ary.
1S.lOlaIlncludes those acres.
Minerals and Energy
~
BLM is responsible for administering minerals management laws on all federal
\llands and also on other lands where mineral rights have been retained by the
United States. BLM also assists the Bureau of Indian Affairs in supervising mineral
activities on Indian lands. BLM issues mineral leases, regulates exploration and
production, maintains records of mining claims and administers sales of common
minerals. Operators' plans are reviewed to ensure conservation of mineral
resources and protection of other resource values. Operations and rehabilitation of
mined and drilled areas are monitored.
The minerals and energy resource management programs continue to gain
visibility in Oregon and Washington. BLM is responsible for approximately 56 million
acres of federal minerals in the two states. Of that acreage, about 344,808 acres
were under lease for oil and gas, 229,247 for geothermal resources and 521 acres
for coal in FY 1991. Approximately 4,964 new mining claims were filed for hard rock
minerals such as gold and silver. There were 59,248 active mining claims.
Number of Mining Claim Recordations (all Public Lands)
Claims:
4,964 recorded
46,000 assessments processed
Annual Rlings:
Number of Claim Notices and Plans of Operations:
636
Value of Mineral Material Production:
$1 million
Mineral Leases
Coal:
Uranium (Indian lands):
Mineral Materials (Indian Lands):
Hard-R~ck (Public Domain):
Oil and Gas:
188
160
Geothermal:
Prospecting Permits:
3
Leasable Minerals Operations
Activity
Oil and Gas
State
Oregon
Washington
Exploration Permits
Miles of Seismic Survey
No. of Wells Drilled
Total Footage Drilled
No. Unit Agreements
Geothermal
No_ of Wells Drilled
Total Footage Drilled
No. of Unit Agreements
39
-
Minerals and Energy
~.
.
Support
There are a wide variety of support activities including. programs in engineering
~~esign and construction, cadastral survey, cartography.' flre.mana~ement and
Minerals
Oregon
FY 1990 FY 1991
Hem
control, unauthorized use prevention, road and recr~atlOn site mal~e~an~, access
acquisition, land and mineral appraisal, lands and minerai case adJudlcat~n,.land
status records, and mining claim recordation. Public land records are malOt?lned
and information is provided about the land records, public land laws and minerai
Washington
FY1990
FY 1991
laws.
2
Mineral Patents Issued
Coal Leases Issued, Acres
Coal Leases in Force, Acres
Oil & Gas Leases Issued, Acres
Oil & Gas Leases in Force, Acres
3
538
538
105,070 26,414
440,949 270,258
521
"2,281
160,470
521
74,551
Geothermal leases in Effect September 30, 1991
Oregon
Washington
Number
Acreage
Number
USDA Forest Service
BLM
150 209,925.83
9 17,407.91
USDA Forest Service
BLM
1
Total
159 227,333.74
Total
1
Acreage
1,913.00
-
;"~
1,913.00f}.J
Federal lands Available for Mining and Mineral leasing
(as of 9-30-91)
Oregon
Washington
Acres
Open
Acres
Closed
Acres
Open
Acres
Closed
Location and Entry Under
the Mining Laws'
28,800,000
4,800,000
6,326.000 5,304,000
Application and Offer Under
the Mineral Leasing Laws'.2
29,610,000
6,230,000
6,310,000 5,320,000
0:-.',
'Acreage also indudes federal subsurface ownership where surface is not owned by theUnited
S t a t e s . '
'Acreage also indudes acquired lands.
"
'
40
BLM's compressed air foam engine stands vigil In front of the historic
MuHnomah Falls Lodge during the wildfire In the Columbia Gorge In October
. )Of1991.
41
Support
Support
Fire Management
( ) Numbers of Fires by Size Class
Technology plays an important role in BLM's fire management program. Examples
include the development of Compressed Air Foam Systems, which were instrumental in saving Multnomah Falls lodge during the Falls Fire in MI. Hood National
Forest, and BlM's eledronic lightning detection system, which instantly plots cloudto-ground lightning strikes, permitting prompt suppression of lightning-caused fires if
necessary. BlM strives to manage fire, rather than merely suppress it. Prescribed
burning enhances wildlife habitat, improves range forage mixes, improves watersheds, and removes timber harvest residues to avoid wildfires and simplify reforestation.
Fire Statistical Summary
Number of fires and acres burned on lands managed by the Bureau of land
Management in Oregon and Washington during 1991.
lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Human Caused
No. of
BLM Acres
Rres
Burned
8
1
13
592
30
2,334
12
3
5
16
9
3
4
0
20
17
10
260
Oregon Total
-III
Spokane
Total
3,226
Ughtnlng Caused
Total
No. Of BLM Acres Number
Rres
Burned
Rres
64
7
84
31
561
62
23
682
80
99
135
140
5
t
17
1
0
10
6
0
12
55
109
75
0
0
13
284
1,495
Total
BlM Acres
Burned
8
1,153
3,015
1
1
3
0
126
260
493
822
8
243
16
1,065
117
4,048
292
1,738
509
5,785
Average Number of Fires Annually During Five Years, 1986-1990
Human Caused:
Number
BlM Acres
110
12,383
Total Fires for 5 Years:
Total BLM Acres for 5 Years:
lightning Caused:
Number
BlM Acres
1,955
393,166
295
76
18
10
10
102
A (0-.25 acres)
B (.26-9 acres)
C (10-99 acres)
0(100-299 acres)
E and larger (300+ acres)
False Alarms
Prescribed Fire Statistical Summary
Prescribed Forestry
Hazard
Fires Site Prup Wildlife Radud. Range
281
66,250
WalerTotal
shad Other Acres
Number
Fires
Acres
EScaped
Eastern Oregon & Washington
lakeview
/-.~ums
!
~ ale
\JPrinevilie
Spokane
Total
26
2
1
16
1
555
0
0 165
0
0
0 410
0
0
1,142
0
0
0
0
650
0
0
800
0
0
0
0
2,264
0
2,347.0
0
165.0
0
2.5
2.5
3,474.0
0
0.1
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
555 575
1,142 1,450
2,264
2_6
5,988.6
0
0
Western Oregon
4,720
6
5-Year Average
(1986-1990)
209
102
37
15
30
40
1991
Size Class
Salem
70 1,554
19
300
Eugene
Roseburg 94 2,340
Medford
154 3,579
Coos Bay 119 3,576
0
0
0
0
0
517
300
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,071
600
2,340
3,579
3,576
2
1
0
0
8
10
2
0
0
189
45611,349
0
817
0
0
0
12,166
11
201
11
201
Total
Oregon & Washington
Total
502 11,904 575
1,959 1,450
2,264
2_618,154.6
State 5-year Average (FY 1986-1990)
Average Number of Fires Annually During Ten Years, 1981-1990
Human Caused:
Number
BlM Acres
109
17,284
Total Fires for 10 Years:
Total BLM Acres for 10 Years:
42
lightning Caused:
Number
BlM Acres
3,644
1,140,646
Average Number of Projects:
598
Average Acres Treated:
22,103
Forestry
16,292
Range
Wildlife
401
Watershed
Hazard Reduction
785
Other
2,989
..' otal ProJects for 5 Years:
,. Total Acres Treated for 5 Years: 110,514
Q-
3,408
1,105
126
43
Support
Roads
The BlM road transportation system in Oregon as of 9130191 totaled 28,666
miles - 19,257 miles in western Oregon and 9,409 miles in eastern Oregon.
Washington has 134 miles.
Appropriated-fund-constructed mileage has stayed at 1,109 miles (312 miles in
eastern Oregon, 797 miles in western Oregon) because no funds have been
appropriated for road construction for the past several years. No appropriated-fund
roads have been constructed in Washington.
Roads constructed under the terms 'of timber sale contracts are shown in the
table below. Other road mileage has been acquired by purchase, donation, and
construction by others under permit, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps in the
19305.
In FY 1991, 7,993 miles, more than one third of the 28,800-mile BlM
transportation system, were maintained. This included 5,501 miles of road in
western Oregon and 660 miles in eastern Oregon maintained by BLM; and 1,737
miles on the west side and 80 miles on the east side maintained by timber
purchasers (under the terms of timber sale contracts) and by other government
agencies or timber companies (under the terms of agreements). All roads are not
maintained annually, but at varying intervals based on need.
Transportation System -
District
lakeview
5
Bums
2,437
3,090
2,585
1,297
Maintenance
_32
218
72
245
125
-3
17
660
141
183
9
8
'Indudes electric transmission lines and oil and gas pipelines.
'Indudes telephone and telegraph lines, communication sites, water pipelines, roads,
highways, material sites. etc.
.
8:
I'~·igned.
\ ....._~istrict
Permits Issued
FY1990
FY 1991
Agreements Signed
FY 1991
FY1990
FY1991
2
8,669
11
Prineville
16
28
240
3,136
1,345
2,642
3,182
1,474
98
75
81
95
40
Salem
11
4
Eugene
17
13
Roseburg
12
11
389
400
4
21
Coos Bay
10
15
Oregon Total
83
104
9
12
83
104
9
12
-2'
Total W. Ore.
Ore. Total
159
167
19,257
28,666
-11
322
339
5,501 1,737
6,161 1,817
12,019
20,688
15
119
6,161 1,832
20,807
Vale
Medford
400
, FY base data was adjusted for inventory corrections made in GIS process.
• FY base data was adjusted for inventory corrections made In the GIS process or road bridges were
converted In foot bridges or were abandoned.
• Major culvens are defmed as 80 inches in diameter or larger.
44
7
80
72
77
339
9
5
_3 2
-11
161
4
Medford
Coos Bay
28,800
137
Burns
67
42
64
167
0
5
1
21
136
770
84
1,148 120
1,016 246
1,368 1,067
1,178
84
Total
Total
22
24
56
397
3,990
2,613
3,904
5,617
2,736
134
Related 2
4
7
_9'
9
26'
90
58'
-15'
Spokane
N~nergy
Washington
FY 1991
FY 1990
9
9,409
-8
Energy Related '
FY 1991
lakeview
8
Roseburg
Oregon
FY 1990
5
Total E. Ore.
-3
Rights of Way
Right of way permits issued by the Oregon State Office during the 1990 and 1991 fiscal years.
(Does not indude permits for logging roads in western Oregon.)
2,219
3,018
2,316
1,116
3
2
.
Road Right of Way' Permits and Agreements
Major Culverts'
Vale
Prineville
lakeview
Salem
Eugene
'
Right of way permits issued for logging and reciprocal right of way and road use agreements
Bridges (No.)
Roads (Miles)
FY1991 Tolal B1': BlM B): Others Not Maintained
5
4
1
7
o
Kind
Roads and Bridges
New (1991}
Roads (Miles)
Total
FY1991
"
Support-
4
3
2
4
3'
Spokane
•
.
Ootal
45
:-S_u~pp_o_r_t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.~\
,
Support
lands
()v;ithdrawal Review Recommendations
Through the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Congress
mandated that the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land
Managment, must review certain land withdrawals of all federal lands to
determine whether the withdrawals are still justified, and to what extent the
lands involved can be opened for muHiple use. Land classifications are
also being reviewed in this effort. Oregon and Washington have
approximately 25 percent of the 6,000 land withdrawals subject to review
nationwide.
The Lands program includes the processing of lands and minerals applications
~ca~~work) Iro~ ?ther Fed.eral agencies, state and local governments, and private
IndIViduals. thiS Includes field examination, classification and issuance of land use
decisions, title conveyances, leases, permits, rights-of-way, withdrawals and
withd~awal re~iew. It also pr~ides for maintenance of public records in Oregon and
Washington, Issuance of publIC land status, and information about the public land
and minerals laws.
.
Reviewed in FY 1991
Road Right of Way Easements
District
FY 1990
Direct
Purchase
Revoke
No. Acres
FY1991
Direct
Purchase
2
2
2
14
3
Total
36
2
4
.•
~.''
9
10
7
2
5
, ...... -·-'\Withdrawals
I\_~~and Classifications
Total
2,029
8
17,692
8
17,692
15
19,721
15
19,721
Total Reviewed Since October 21,1976
FY 1990
Direct Purchase
Acres
FY 1991
Direct Purchase
Acres
Coos Bay: Dean Creek
New River (2)
116.3
345.6
Burns: Steens Mtn. Rec. Area
Revoke
No_
Acres
Continue
Acres
No.
Totals
No_
Acres
Oregon
Withdrawals
Land Classifications
424
87
933,103
9,544,120
235
18
929,025
24,379
118 432,196
61 3,893,612
542 1,365,299
148 13,437,732
9,017.0
Washington
20
Vale: South Fork Walla Walla
Oregon Trail
46
7
33
12.25
Total
2,029
7
Salem: Neslucca River Road
Spokane: Juniper Dunes
Donation
7
Washington
Other lands Acquired
District
Totals
No_
Acres
Oregon
Withdrawals
Land Classifications
Lakeview
Burns
Vale
Prineville
Salem
Eugene
Roseburg
Medford
Coos Bay
Spokane
Continue
Acres
No.
Withdrawals
Land Classifications
64.7
58.7
20
9,614_55
•
764 11,430,627
54
19
10,890
1,690
252 4,338,388
289
37
939,915
26,069
1,016 15,769,015
47
'lAM
Support
•
Lands Transferred Between BLM and Other Federal Agencies
Support
Lands Received by BlM
FY 1991
Acres
FY 1990
Acres
Oregon
Jurisdiction Transferred to BLM
Jurisdiction Transferred from BLM
280
Washington
Jurisdiction Transferred to BLM
Jurisdiction Transferred from BLM
FY 1991
FY 1990
Oregon
Exchanges
Reconveyance of Recreation & Public
Purposes Act land
Acquisitions in Fee
Total
2,211
Land Leases
Acres
Acres
8,356
16,921
8,356
6,854
23,775
9,685
8,787
20
9,705
8,787
18,061
32,562
(In effect 9-30-90)
Oregon
Kind
Washington
Exchanges
Reconveyance of Recreation & Public
Purposes Act land
Acquisition in Fee
Washington
Number
Acres
Number
Acres
1,877
Recreation & Public Purposes Ad
Small Tract
Airport
Mining Claim Occupancy Act
Public Works
Communication Site
Sec. 302 FLPMA Leases, Permits
and Easements
48
4
4
8
1
1
3,237
4
197
15
4
1
12
147
64,774
8
112
Total
213
68,232
21
1,990
•
.'.~-"1".
I '
I
.."
\~rand Total
Surveys
Cadastral surveys are performed to create, mark and define, or to retrace the
bou nd aries between adjoining lands and, more particularly, betwee n land of the federal
government and private owners or local governments. The Bureau of Land Management is the only agency that is amhorized to determine the boundaries of the public
lands of the United States.
Land leases
(In effect 9-30-91)
Oregon
Kind
j_.
Number
Washington
Number
Acres
14
1,935
Public Land Surveys
Recreation & Public Purposes Ad
Small Tract
Airport
Mining Claim Occupancy Act
Public Works
Communication Site
Sec. 302 FLPMA Leases, Permits
and Easements
49
4
4
9
1
1
162
Total
230
.til
Acres'
Total
3,238
4
197
16
4
1
65,120
FY 1990
Kind
10
.
~
. ",
--,'
68,580
25
FY 1991
Oregon Washington Oregon Washington
Miles of Une Retraced or Surveyed
mers Monumented
Iats Accepted
532
780
70
93
157
22
487
775
49
63
230
23
49
•
Support
Land Patents Issued
FY 1990
No.
Acres
Kind of Patent
Law Enforcement
BLM's Law Enforcement offICe has two sections: the Resource
Investigations and Patrol Operations Section and the Drug Enforcement
Section. Uniformed rangers work in districts and resource areas
performing patrol activities and law enforcement services on BLM
administered lands. The special agents, who work out of the state office,
conduct investigations covering a full range of violations which include
timber theft, drug crimes, thefts of BLM property, assaults on employees,
theft of archaeological resources, occupancy trespass, destruction of
BLM property, and investigations of all other crimes which affect the
administration of the Bureau of Land Management.
BLM's agents and rangers work closely with their state and federal
counterparts, taking part in drug task forces on public lands, joint timber
investigations, as well as taking part in many local and state level law
enforcement associations, meetings on crime prevention, and criminal
information sharing.
FY 1991
No.
Acres
Oregon-BlM
Public Sale
5
214
5
341
Exchange
6
4,928
3
4,194
Mining Claim Patent
2
865
3
77
484
Conveyance of Federally Owned Minerals
6
Corrective Patent
Recreation and Public Purposes
40
Special Legislation
40
15
Total
6,497
13
4,592
Misdemeanor Violations/Prosecutions
Oregon-Other Agency
Indian Fee Patents
6
11
National Forest Exchange
7
5,779
7
1,736.
13
5,790
7
1,736
~ /--~rchaeOlogiCal Resource Protection Act
.,J
2
Exchange
3,638
2
1,442
920
Public Sale
2
Total
3,638·
3
10
14
Theft of Natural Resources
1
6
Violation of Fire Regulations
6
3
Sanitation and Littering
5
9
16
Illegal Guides
2,362
Theft of Small Forest Products
Washlngton-Other Agency
3
366
43
3,247
National Forest Exchange
10
11,050
6
41,182
Total
16
11,416
49
44,429
Total- BLM
17
10,135
16
054
Total - Other Agency
29
17,206
56
7,
46,165'··
Destruction of Natural Features
1
50
t'
(j.lT(lloyee
,
tal
2
4
Wild Horse and Bu rro Violations
Grazing without Authorization
2
8
Illegal Occupancy
6
Indian Fee and Re-issue Trust
2
3
Timber Theft
Washingto~LM
1991
1
Destruction of Government Property
Total
1990
1
3
3
InUmkfat;on
29
75
51
-,
Law Enforcement
Felony Resource Investigations
1990
1991
5
6
2
2
4
13
2
5
Total
15
24
Ranger Activities
1990
1991
Patrol Units*
Public Contacts
Violations Observed**
Warnings
Citations Issued
474
4,039
402
325
27
Theft of Government Property
Timber Theft
Assault on Employee
Violation of Archaeological Resources
550
4,500
532
166
44
* A patrol unit is equal to one officer patrolling for eight hours.
•
** The difference between the number of violations observed and the total
warnings and citations issued is due to the fact that many violations are
observed after the fact, with no violator present.
Marijuana Eradication Statistics
Gardens Located
Plants Located
Raids
Arrests
Suspects
Counties Targeted
Street Value
Drug Labs Found
Cash Seizures
Booby Traps
Fireanns Siezed
52
1990
1991
159
6,205
88
30
2
16
179
7,452
140
61
0
16
-
$18.6 million
@ $3,OOO/plant
4
$10,500
0
7
$23.8 million
@ $3,200/plant
6
$95,959
1
75
•
0
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