Eugene Newsroom

Bureau of Land Management offices post News Releases to share news or let you know upcoming plans for their area. If you have questions regarding a specific News Release, contact information is at the top of each News Release. Please feel free to contact the Eugene Office with your questions or comments, at (541)573-4400 or by email.

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Announcements

BLM Distributes Payments to Counties

Date: 11/25/09

The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act was reauthorized as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 signed into law in October 2008 (Public Law 110-343). The reauthorized act provides declining payments to 18 westside Oregon Counties from Fiscal Year 2008 through 2011. Eligible counties in Oregon and several other “transition” States will receive declining payments from Fiscal Years 2008 to 2010 based upon their Fiscal Year 2006 payments. Then, in Fiscal Year 2011, counties will receive payments based on a new formula detailed in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The Act included other changes, such as limiting how counties may spend their Title III project funds. The Oregon/Washington BLM made payments to each of the eligible western Oregon counties for Fiscal Year 2009 on November 25, 2009.

• News Release (PDF)
• Official 2009 Payments (PDF)

Secretary Salazar to Discuss Next Steps for Western Oregon Forest Management

Date: 10/14/09

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hosted a news media teleconference to discuss a schedule of timber sales on public lands in Western Oregon and initial steps for forest management in the area.

To provide additional certainty to local mills and local communities, the BLM released a list of about 60 proposed timber sales scheduled over the next 12 months. The program of work reflects an interim approach as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife continues to work on refinement of the northern spotted owl recovery plan via a number of technical workgroups.

• Western Oregon 2010 Program of Work
• Department of the Interior Launches Work Plan for BLM Western Oregon Forests

Eugene District Office Relocation

Date: 6/25/09

The Eugene District recently relocated to a new office located at 3106 Pierce Parkway in Springfield, Oregon. The doors closed at 2890 Chad Drive in Eugene after 19 years of operation at that site. The new office allows BLM to co-locate with the Willamette National Forest in a building owned and occupied by the Oregon National Guard. The mailing address for the Eugene District is PO Box 10226, Eugene, Oregon 97440-2226 and the phone number is 541-683-6600.

BLM Prepares for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Date: 3/4/09

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office has announced that it will offer four parcels totaling approximately 5,342 acres, in Oregon, at its March 12, 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Competitive Sale. All four parcels to be offered are in Wheeler County near Mitchell, Oregon. The sale will be held at 9:00 AM, Thursday, March 12, at the Robert Duncan Plaza Building, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon in the 3rd floor conference rooms.

• Oil and Gas Lease Sale News Release (PDF)