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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease provide public comments! BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
There are 30 day to provide public comments. The article explains the issue and important points, as well as how to comment.
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announces-plan-to-fell-oregons
On February 19th, the BLM published a Notice of Intent to gut the management plans governing nearly 2.5 million acres of these forests across 18 counties. The proposal seeks to eliminate old-growth and wildlife protections to facilitate what the agency calls maximum logging capacity.
The existing management plans were finalized in 2016. They took four years to develop. They balanced timber production with habitat protection, water quality, recreation, and the survival of species that federal law requires us to protect.
The administration wants to tear them up. And theyve given you 30 days to say something about it.
There will be no public meetings.
Submit a comment. You can do it right now:
Online: ePlanning project page https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=a591dee8-500c-f111-8406-001dd8029ed0 click Participate Now
Email: BLM_OR_Revision_Scoping@blm.gov
Mail: Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington State Office, 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, Attn: Elizabeth Burghard, RMP Revision
pfitz59
(12,592 posts)Nothing but scorched earth and smokestacks by the time MAGA is done.
SheltieLover
(79,500 posts)Permanut
(8,268 posts)Critical information, Coloradan4Truth, thanks for the alert
Tree Lady
(13,214 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:05 PM - Edit history (1)
This sickens me, not surprised knew he would try, hoping we can stall in the courts until he is gone.
I just sent long email.
OC375
(677 posts)Thousands of investors are depending on these trees turning into poorly constructed, badly designed, overpriced homes. Some of the potential buyers may have children. Think of the children...
They deserve better and so do our forests.
jeffreyi
(2,557 posts)Not that this will do a lot of good. But at least we can try to fight back. The only way to stop this kind of resource plunder and squander is to get these people out of there. Vote them out.
Cheezoholic
(3,659 posts)All of it. There are too many rich people in this country. Time to cut them off and out.
Bobstandard
(2,245 posts)Just say retain the current plan. No big explanation necessary. These comments are as much a numbers game as anything.