Western Oregon Plan Revisions October Meetings

U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Western Oregon Plan Revisions
Technical Briefing
Selected Resource Topics

October 16 in Medford and

October 18 in Eugene
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Purpose of Meetings:

To provide interested parties in-depth information about the assumptions and methodologies used in the BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revision Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and discuss the expected effects to selected resources of each planning alternative.

Process of Sessions:

For each of the six selected topics, key planning team members will offer a 20 minute presentation followed by up to 40 minutes of discussion with participants. BLM will not be collecting formal public comments at this session. Rather this will be a chance for interested parties to learn more about the processes BLM used in the analysis of effects presented in the Draft EIS. These sessions are designed for people who have a basic understanding of the plan revision process.

Schedule of Events:

The Eugene and Medford sessions will cover the same material in approximately the same manner.

Morning Session - 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Housekeeping and ground rules	Carie Fox, Facilitator
Vegetation Modeling with the OPTIONS Model	Chris Cadwell, Forester/Resource Analyst
Ecological Conditions	Richard Hardt, Ecologist
Spotted Owls & Marbled Murrelet	Richard Hardt, Ecologist and Chris Foster, Wildlife Biologist

Afternoon Session - 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hydrology - Peak flows, Shade, and Temperature	Dan Carpenter, Hydrologist
Fish	Nikki Moore, Fishery Biologist
Socio-Economics	Mark Rassmussen, Economist
Wrap Up	Carie Fox, Facilitator

Location of Technical Briefings:

October 16, 2007
Bureau of Land Management
Medford District Office
3040 Biddle Road
Medford, OR 97504-4119

October 18, 2007
Bureau of Land Management
Eugene District Office
2890 Chad Street
(Near Costco)
Eugene, OR 97440

Sneak Preview?

Summary presentations of some of the topics above have been prepared for the public website. These highlight some of the analysis and findings that will be discussed in depth at the technical briefings.