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BLM weighing public input on management plan
Series of spring meetings scheduled
From Bend.com news sources
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Is the management of over 400,000 acres of high desert lands, open
for public use and a wide variety of activities, an important value for those
who live in Central Oregon?
The Prineville Bureau of Land Management certainly thinks so, and is scheduling
a series of meetings to continue collaborating with community-based teams in the
development of a management plan for these lands.
The 400,000 acres of public land, dominated by juniper woodlands, shrubs,
grasslands and mixed conifer forests in the higher elevations, include very
special places such as the Badlands and Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Areas.
The area is particularly popular with winter and spring season recreationists,
who enjoy activities such as hiking and geo-caching, recreational shooting,
riding off-highway vehicles, mountain bikes or horses.
It is also an important area for maintaining ecosystem health and diversity
including the management of wildlife, fire and fuels, water quality and
quantity; special management areas such as caves, wilderness study areas and
wild and scenic rivers; land uses such as livestock grazing, minerals, forest
products and military use; as well as transportation and utility rights of way,
land ownership, public health and safety and archaeological resources.
In a quickly growing region, these high desert public lands are “feeling the
pressure” of the increasing demands associated with a booming population. Given
these pressures, the importance of a strategic land use plan is vital to ensure
the long-term health of the land.
Over the past two years, the Prineville BLM has been working with a
community-based Issue Team to identify issues and draft alternatives in the
development of the Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan (UDRMP) and
Environmental Impact Statement.
In April and May, members of the team will participate in a series of
meetings to consider the public comments received about the Draft UDRMP and to
create proposals to modify the Draft Preferred Alternative. The outcomes will be
incorporated into a Proposed Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact
Statement scheduled for publication in the fall.
The meetings are open to the public and will include a brief opportunity for
public comment. For the meeting schedule, visit our BLM website at
http://www.or.blm.gov/Prineville/Deschutes_RMP/Home.htm . For more information,
please contact the Prineville BLM office at 416-6700.
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