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.

The Analysis of the Management Situation (AMS) is the first step in this process. The purpose of the AMS is:

• To summarize the existing conditions of the planning area
• To explain the need for change by identifying preliminary issues
• To identify management opportunities

Below you will find links to the Executive Summary, the Analysis of the Management Situation, and various support documents. Some documents are broken apart due to their large file size.

• Executive Summary
• Analysis of the Management Situation (PDF)
  Introduction
  Dear Reader Letter
  Table of Contents
  Acronyms and Abbreviations
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Ecoregions
  Mineral Resources
  Soils
  Vegetation
  Fisheries
  Terrestrial Wildlife
  Wild Horses
  Visual Resources
  Special Management Designations
  Cultural Resources
  Paleontoligical Resources
  People Today in the JDB
  Socioeconomic Context
  Resource Uses
  Native American Uses
  Recreation
  Transportation and Access
  Rights-of-Way and Easements
  Withdrawls
  Land Ownership
  Leases and Permits (Recreation and Public Purposes Act)
  Water
  Livestock Grazing
  Forest Products
  Fire and Fuels
  Mineral Uses
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  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  References
  List of Preparers
  Glossary
  Appendix A
  Appendix B
  Appendix C


• Public Comments, February and March 2007 Public Meetings


• Support documents:
  • Noxious Weed FEIS (1985) (PDF)
    Summary
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4
    List of Agencies, Organizations and Persons
    Tables 1-1 to 1-5
    Tables 2-1 to 2-4
    Tables 3-1 to 3-4
    Map 1-1
    Map 2-1
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  • John Day RMP - ROD (1985) (PDF)
  • Two Rivers RMP - ROD (1986) (PDF)
  • Supplement to NW Noxious Weed FEIS (1986) (PDF)
  • NW Weed EIS - ROD (1987) (PDF)
  • Baker RMP - ROD (1989) (PDF)
  • FEIS Vegetation Treatment (1991) (PDF)
    Introduction
    Table of Contents
    Executive Summary
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3 (Part 1)
    Chapter 3 (Part 2)
    Chapter 4
    Chapter 5
    Reference
    Abbreviations and Acronyms
    Download Full Document
  • Prineville Weed Management EA & DR (1994) (PDF)
  • Sutton Mountain Coordinated Resource Management Plan (1995) (PDF)
  • John Day Land Tenure Adjustment (1995) PDF
  • Decision Record Sutton Mountain Coordinated Resource Management Plan (1996) (PDF)
  • Standards for Rangeland Health (1997) (PDF)
  • Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000 (PDF)
  • John Day River Mangement Plan Record of Decision (2001) (PDF)
    Introduction
    Table of Contents
    Executive Summary
    ROD (Part 1)
    ROD (Part 2)
    Appendix (Part 1)
    Appendix (Part 2)
    Appendix (Part 3)
    Appendix (Part 4)
    Appendix (Part 5)
    Appendix (Part 6)
    Download Full Document
  • Prineville BLM Wild and Scenic Eligibility Report (2006) (PDF)
    Cover
    Table of Contents
    Introduction
    Process
    Attachment A
    Attachment B
    Attachment C
    Attachment D
    Download Full Document
  • Community Reports and Scoping Support Document (2006) (PDF)

Public Open Houses Scheduled for BLM's John Day Basin Resource Management Plan

The Prineville District of the BLM is in process of preparing a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the BLM-managed lands in the John Day Basin. This new management plan will revise and consolidate three RMPs that provide current guidance within the John Day Basin: The Two Rivers RMP (1986), the John Day RMP (1985) and the Baker RMP (1989). more >>>

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 below:

Contact Information

John Day Basin Resource Management Plan
c/o BLM Prineville District Office
3050 NE Third Street
Prineville, OR 97754
(541) 416-6700
E-mail: John Day Basin RMP