The Bureau of Land Management is developing a new Resource Management plan for lands managed by the BLM within the John Day Basin. This new plan will revise and consolidate three Resource Management Plans that provide current guidance within the John Day Basin: The Two Rivers Resource Management Plan (1986), the John Day Resource Management Plan (1985), and the Baker Resource Management Plan (1989).

The BLM manages about 456,000 acres of public land within the John Day Basin. Of these 44,000 acres were acquired along the North Fork John Day River as authorized by the Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000.

The newly acquired lands along the North Fork John Day not covered by a resource management plan and new information provided by the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project provide the impetus to complete a new, consolidated Resource Management Plan for this area.

RMP Planning Process

Planning Timeline (PDF)

Planning Area Map (PDF)

"Sense of Place" Powerpoint Presentation (PDF)

University of Colorado - John Day Basin Project

Below you will find a link to access a website and questionnaire developed by a group of researchers at the University of Colorado to assess recreational and commercial activities, patterns of travel and use of roads and trails in the John Day RMP area. The survey only takes a few minutes.

• John Day Basin Project

More information can be obtained from the project office in Prineville, Oregon. If you would like to be placed on a mailing list for future updates, send an email to: Teal_Purrington@or.blm.gov. Or, use the contact information in the link above.