Roseburg 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 Roseburg Office with your questions or comments, at (541)573-4400 or by email.

Announcements

Final Western Oregon EIS Released

The BLM has completed its revision of the land use plans that will guide the management of 2.6 million acres in western Oregon. The plans were prepared to provide timber for harvest and habitat for the conservation of Federally-listed species.

The planning area for this project covers approximately 2.6 million acres of public land contained in the BLM’s Salem, Eugene, Coos Bay, Roseburg and Medford Districts and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District. Throughout this planning process the BLM has engaged and involved citizens to develop real and meaningful solutions to better meet both our natural resource conservation objectives and our socio-economic commitments to communities.

The planning area generally covers that portion of the State of Oregon that lies west of the Cascade Mountains crest and public lands within the Klamath Falls Resource Area east of the crest. It includes lands in 18 Counties: Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill.

• Final BLM Western Oregon EIS News Release (PDF)
• Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Summary Document (PDF)
• Final EIS

Relative Sizes Of The Land Use Allocations In The Western Oregon Plan Revisions

Formosa Mine Investigation

Formosa Mine - The Formosa Abandoned Mine site near Riddle is a high priority for environmental investigation and cleanup.  Toxic metals from this former  mine site have contaminated about 18 miles of Middle Creek and South Fork Middle Creek.