FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OR120-16-5
February 24, 2016
Media Contact: Megan Harper
(541) 751-4353
Open House Planned to Discuss New River Management
North Bend, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding an open house to
discuss the management of the New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) in
preparation for updating the New River ACEC Management Plan.
The open house is Wednesday, March 9, 2016 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Langlois Cheese
Factory, 94179 Allen Boice Drive in Langlois, Oregon.
“The open house is the first opportunity for the BLM to hear feedback from the community
about the management of New River. At this early stage in our planning, we want to know
what is important to people about the New River ACEC and what suggestions they have for
future management of the site,” said Kathy Westenskow, BLM’s Myrtlewood Field Office
Manager.
The BLM designated the federally managed lands in the New River area as an ACEC in 1983
to protect the area’s unique environmental and cultural resources. The agency last updated the
management plan for the New River ACEC in 2004. Since that time, vegetation patterns,
invasive species presence and recreation use at the ACEC has changed, making it timely to
update the management plan.
More information on the New River ACEC Management Plan update is available
at: http://on.doi.gov/1Q2Sv6I . For questions about the open house, please contact the BLM’s
Coos Bay District Office at (541) 756-0100.
About BLM
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known
as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM
also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to
manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our
mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2014, the BLM generated $5.2 billion in receipts from
public lands.