Relationship of the RMP to BLM Policies, Programs, and Other Plans

Western Oregon BLM Districts are developing RMPs concurrently with this one, and together will cover all BLM-administered lands in western Oregon. Some lands administered by the Roseburg District to the north, the Ukiah, California District to the south, and the Lakeview District to the east, adjoin lands addressed in this plan. Lands administered by the Coos Bay District, but located within the Josephine SYU in the Illinois Valley, are included in the Medford District planning area. Cooperation is occurring in the planning process for management of these lands.

Portions of the Rogue River were designated components of the national wild and scenic rivers system by the original Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. The 20-mile wild section and the 27-mile recreational section are managed under separate river management plans. These river management plans are currently being updated. The allocation of BLM-administered lands, consistent with the Congressional designation, would not be changed by this RMP.

The Draft RMP/EIS was supplemented by the SEIS. The SEIS Record of Decision (SEIS ROD), signed jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, requires the Bureau to incorporate the land-use allocations and standards and guidelines in that decision in the Bureau's RMPs for western Oregon. The RMP is intended to be consistent with the SEIS ROD; any apparent inconsistencies are oversights or misinterpretations of SEIS ROD language. The Final SEIS describes the environmental impacts that arise from those directions. Also, the Final EIS for the PRMP incorporated the analysis from the Final SEIS.

This RMP is also tiered to the 1993 EIS, Pacific Yew, prepared by the U.S. Forest Service, with BLM as a cooperating agency, regarding analysis of impacts of harvest of Pacific yew. A copy of the key elements of the ROD for that EIS is included in Appendix C of the PRMP/FEIS. The decisions made in that ROD are not readdressed.

Any finding made in the Record of Decision for this RMP, that certain river segments studied herein is suitable for designation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is a preliminary administrative finding. It will receive further review and possible modification by the Director of BLM, Secretary of the Interior, or the President of the United States. To facilitate that review, after approval of this RMP and its record of decision, the BLM may elect or be required to prepare a study report to support recommendations to Congress for designation of specific rivers or river segments. Final decisions have been reserved by Congress unless the Governor nominates a river to the Secretary of the Interior, who may then decide to designate it.

In September 1984, BLM approved a ROD for the Medford Grazing Management Final EIS. The Rangeland Program Summary (RPS), which documents those decisions as well as subsequent revisions, is shown in Appendix B. This document is tiered to that Final EIS and the decisions shown in the Rangeland Program Summary.