Please provide public comments! BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests [View all]
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