<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
<title>OR/WA BLM Public Newsroom - Roseburg</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:29:44 PST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg</link>
<description>The most recent Roseburg news releases.</description>
<managingEditor>or100mb@blm.gov (Roseburg District)</managingEditor>
<webMaster>BLM_OR_SO_Web_Services@blm.gov (Oregon Washington BLM Web Team)</webMaster>
<atom:link href="http://www.blm.gov/or/rss/news-roseburg.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<language>en-us</language><item>
<title>BLM to Close Road Due to Washout</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB-OR-100-FY2012-005_Road_Closure.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB-OR-100-FY2012-005_Road_Closure.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to close road 22-7-2.0, one mile south of the Upper Smith River Junction due to washout. The road closure is in T21S-R07W-S08, 14 miles northwest of Drain, Oregon.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Resource Advisors Needed</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-08_RAC_Call2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-08_RAC_Call2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM in Oregon/Washington announced that it is seeking public nominations for 15 open positions on its three Resource Advisory Councils (RACs).  The Eastern Washington, John Day-Snake and Southeast Oregon RACs advise the BLM and the US Forest Service on public land issues.  Nominations must be submitted by March 12, 2012. There are vacancies in Commodity, Conservation and Community categories.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:15:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Distributes Final Payments to Counties</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-04_Secure_Rural_Schools_Payments_1-12.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-04_Secure_Rural_Schools_Payments_1-12.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM announced today that it has issued payment to 18 counties in western Oregon eligible under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act extension (Public Law 110-343). The amount paid to the Oregon &amp; California (O&amp;C) counties was $40,037,160.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>New Roseburg Manager Named</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-06_RoseburgDM_Jan2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-12-06_RoseburgDM_Jan2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Oregon/Washington State Director Ed Shepard announced the selection of Katrina Symons as the new the BLM Roseburg District Manager. Symons has been the Field Manager of the Grants Pass Field Office since September 2004. Symons will report to the Roseburg District on March 11, 2012, replacing Jay Carlson who retired at the end of 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>New Prineville Manager Named</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/12-4_PrinevilleDM.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/12-4_PrinevilleDM.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Today Ed Shepard, the Oregon/Washington BLM State Director, announced the selection of Ms. Carol Benkosky for the position of Prineville District Manager in Prineville, Oregon.  Benkosky is currently the District Manager for the Lakeview District.  She will report to Prineville in March, replacing Deborah Henderson-Norton who retired at the end of 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:10:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Office of Surface Mining, Bureau of Land Management Schedule Meetings with Stakeholders on Proposed Consolidation</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/01-06-12_OSM-BLM_Consolidation_Release.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/01-06-12_OSM-BLM_Consolidation_Release.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a series of meetings around the country soliciting input on the proposed consolidation of OSM within BLM.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM to Begin Grazing at North Bank Area</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB-OR-100-FY2012-004_NBHMA_Grazing.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB-OR-100-FY2012-004_NBHMA_Grazing.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to utilize cattle to graze approximately 58 acres within the North Bank Habitat Management Area (NBHMA) beginning in late December 2011. The NBHMA is situated approximately three miles southeast of Sutherlin, Oregon, along North Bank Road.  The grazing project is an effort to assess grazing as a practical tool to improve forage for the Columbian white-tailed deer.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Announces Key Appointments in Arizona, New Mexico</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/AZNM_Press_releaseFINAL.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/AZNM_Press_releaseFINAL.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today announced the appointment of two long-term career professionals to key leadership positions in the agency's Arizona and New Mexico State Offices.  
 
Raymond Suazo has been selected as the State Director in Arizona, where he will oversee nearly 500 employees and the management of more than 12 million surface and 17 million subsurface acres of BLM public lands in Arizona.  He is currently serving as Arizona's acting State Director and has held the Associate State Director position since January 2010.  He replaces Jim Kenna, who was appointed BLM California State Director earlier this year.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Local Charities Enjoy Fundraising by Roseburg BLM Office</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB_OR-100-FY2012-003_CFC_Donations.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/RB_OR-100-FY2012-003_CFC_Donations.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[(Roseburg, OR) Another year's campaign is done, and another fantastic year of sharing for local and nationwide charities by the employees of the BLM's Roseburg District Office.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM 2011 Secure Rural Schools Payment Estimates</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/ctypaypayments.php</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/ctypaypayments.php</guid><description><![CDATA[The final FY2012 Secure Rural Schools payment will be later than those in 2008 to 2010. Because this will be the first Secure Rural Schools payment under the &quot;new&quot; formula detailed in the Act, a new procedure affects the timing of the payments. The BLM now relies on the final U.S. Forest Service payment calculation, and the Forest Service will not have their figures available until mid-December. Therefore, the earliest the BLM payments can be distributed will be at the end of December 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:56:55 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Salazar Highlights Areas Deserving Congressional Protection</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPressRelease_111011.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPressRelease_111011.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Devil's Staircase in Oregon, the San Juan Islands of Washington, and Castle Peak in Colorado are among 18 backcountry areas in nine states that Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar highlighted today as deserving protection by Congress as national conservation areas or wilderness areas.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Guidance on Railroad's Rights-of-Way</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/RR1875NewsRelease_final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/RR1875NewsRelease_final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey today announced that he will issue guidance shortly in light of  the Interior Department Solicitor's issuance of Opinion M-37025, a legal opinion regarding a railroad's authority to authorize activities within a right-of-way authorized under the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875 (1875 Act).]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Christmas Tree Permit Season</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2012-002_Christmas_Tree_Permits.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2012-002_Christmas_Tree_Permits.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Ore. -- Christmas tree permits will be available from the Bureau of Land Management's Roseburg District Office from November 21 through December 23, 2011. The cost for a single tree up to 12 feet high is $5.00. There is a limit of three trees per household. No commercial permits will be issued.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:23:03 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Fees Free During Veterans Day Weekend!</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-20_VeteransDayJointRelease.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-20_VeteransDayJointRelease.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are waiving fees at most day-use recreation sites over Veterans Day weekend in honor of U.S. veterans and members of the U.S. armed forces.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:30:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Representatives Needed for Steens Council</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/SMACVacancies_10-26-11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/SMACVacancies_10-26-11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting public nominations to fill five positions on the Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC).  Nominations are being accepted for:
1) a person who represents and participates in what is commonly called dispersed recreation; 
2) a person who represents grazing permittees and holds grazing permits on Federal lands in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area; 
3) a representative of a local environmental organization; 
4) a person who represents and demonstrates an expertise and interest in wild horse management on Steens Mountain; and
5) a member and representative of the Burns Paiute Tribe.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Final EIS Released for North Steens Power Line</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/NOA_prsteens_trans_10-11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/NOA_prsteens_trans_10-11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burns District has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed North Steens Transmission Line Project (Project).
  
The Project is a 29-mile, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that would convey power generated from wind energy projects proposed for development on private land on the north side of Steens Mountain.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Top Notch Umpqua Cleanup!</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2012-01_NPLD_Followup.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2012-01_NPLD_Followup.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Ore. -- The Umpqua Basin Cleanup partners would like to thank the over 65 dedicated volunteers from throughout Douglas County who came together during the last two weeks in September to support the 29th annual Umpqua Basin Cleanup. Volunteers collected trash in over 20 sites in Douglas County ranging from The Narrows to Gaddis Park and from Canyonville to Elkton. Along Cow Creek alone, over 500 pounds of trash was removed.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:29:18 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Kiger Wild Horse Adoption Set for October 6-8</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WildHorseAdoption_Kiger_Oct2011.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WildHorseAdoption_Kiger_Oct2011.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 100 mustangs from the Kiger and Riddle Mountain wild horse Herd Management Areas in southeastern Oregon will be available for public adoption Oct. 6-8, 2011. This is the first offering of the Kiger horses since they were last gathered from the range in 2007.  The adoption and event activities will be at Oregon's Wild Horse Corral Facility in Hines.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Interior Conservation Awards to BLM-Led Partnerships</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Press_Release_PIC_2011.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Press_Release_PIC_2011.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presented his &quot;Partners in Conservation&quot; Awards to a number of outstanding conservation partnerships at a ceremony today.  The awardees included four BLM-coordinated partnerships:  the Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona; New Mexico's Permian Basin Memorandum of Agreement Program; Oregon's Jefferson Conservation Corps; and the nationwide Project Archaeology program.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Join Your Community and Take Part in National Public Lands Day!</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-020_NPLD_Reminder.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-020_NPLD_Reminder.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Roseburg District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is partnering with the Umpqua National Forest and Partnership for Umpqua Rivers to provide the public with information about sites in need of cleanup throughout Douglas County as part of National Public Lands Day.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:46:43 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Prepares for Seasonal Campground Closures</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-018_Campground_Seasonal_Closures.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-018_Campground_Seasonal_Closures.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District will begin preparations for seasonal campground closures beginning in September, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:45:14 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Open House Scheduled for Johnson Cleghorn EA</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-019_Johnson_Cleghorn_Open_House.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-019_Johnson_Cleghorn_Open_House.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District will hold an open house meeting at the Roseburg District Office on September 28, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., for members of the public to review and ask questions about the Johnson Cleghorn Thinning Environmental Assessment (EA).]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:42:09 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Let's Move Outside! On National Public Lands Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-19_NPLD_9-16-11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-19_NPLD_9-16-11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of the Let's Move! campaign, First Lady Michelle Obama has launched the Let's Move Outside! initiative to encourage youth and their families to participate in outdoor physical activities both on public lands and close to home. The 18th annual National Public Lands Day is a perfect opportunity to come out and experience what our nation's public lands have to offer!]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>It's All About the Numbers: BLM Releases Annual Almanac</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-17_BLM_Facts_8-11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-17_BLM_Facts_8-11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington is proud to announce the latest BLM Facts, our annual illustrated almanac answering the diverse and detailed questions one may have about public lands in the Pacific Northwest.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Resource Advisory Committee Meetings Scheduled</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-017_RAC_Meetings.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-017_RAC_Meetings.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet several times in August and September to review applications for projects that benefit Federal lands or resources and provide recommendations on which to fund.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:01:35 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Contributing to the Oregon and Washington Economies</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/socioeconomic/index.php</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/socioeconomic/index.php</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM lands provide for a variety of multiple uses throughout the Northwest all of which contribute to the well-being of local communities through economic activities, social contributions, and land stewardship programs. Take a look around at these socio-economic contributions we think you'll pleasantly surprised.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>The Oxbow Fire 45 Years Later</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-014_Oxbow_Fire_45th_Anniversary.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-014_Oxbow_Fire_45th_Anniversary.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management and Roseburg Resources Co. would like to recognize the 45th Anniversary of the Oxbow fire, with the outlook of timber harvest, restoration and job creation on the horizon, for lands previously devastated by intense wildfire.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:32:24 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Umpqua Basin Water Trail Development</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-016_Umpqua_Water_Trails_Steering_CM.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-016_Umpqua_Water_Trails_Steering_CM.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. Do you have a passion for being on the river and want others to have a chance to enjoy the benefits the Land of Umpqua waterways has to offer? Then volunteer to help the Water Trails of the Umpqua Steering Committee!]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:23:40 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_Advisory_Board_PR.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_Advisory_Board_PR.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public nominations to fill three positions - which are set to expire on January 8, 2012 - on the national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.  Nominations are for a term of three years and are needed to represent the following categories of interest: wild horse and burro advocacy; veterinary medicine (equine science); and general public interest (with special knowledge of wild horses and burros, wildlife, animal husbandry, or natural resource management).]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Temporary road closure on South Fork John Day Road</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/pdo_RoadClosure_080111.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/pdo_RoadClosure_080111.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Prineville, Ore. - Due to construction of a roadside retaining wall, a temporary road closure will be in effect from August 1, 2011 to August 26, 2011 from Deer Creek to Sunflower Creek on the South Fork John Day Road in Grant County.  The legal description of the affected public lands is:  Township 16 South, Range 27 East, and Section 18.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will post closure signs at main entry points to this area.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Trail Delays Possible on Tioga Trail Segment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-013_North_Umpqua_Trail_Work.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-013_North_Umpqua_Trail_Work.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Roseburg District Bureau of Land Management will begin trail improvements along the Tioga segment of the North Umpqua Trail beginning August 9 through August 11, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:22:50 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Umpqua Basin Cleanup Dates Set</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-012_NPLD.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-012_NPLD.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. After enjoying recreation along the Umpqua River this summer, let's come together to help keep it clean. Help your community take care of the river we all enjoy and join the 29th Annual Umpqua Basin Cleanup, September 17-18 and 24-25, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:16:15 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Selection of Jim Kenna as New California State Director</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Kenna_PR_final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Kenna_PR_final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey announced today that James G. Kenna has been selected as the BLM's new California State Director.  Kenna, who is currently the State Director for BLM in Arizona, will report to his new position in September.  Kenna succeeds acting California State Director Jim Abbott.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Announces Selection to Lead Wild Horse and Burro Program</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/JoanGuilfoyle_PressRelease_v4.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/JoanGuilfoyle_PressRelease_v4.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey announced today the selection of Joan Guilfoyle to be the new chief of the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Division.  Guilfoyle, who is currently Service First National Coordinator for the BLM and three other Federal agencies, succeeds Don Glenn, who retired in December 2010.  Guilfoyle will report to her new position on August 15.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:49:17 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Announces Strategy to Conserve Sage-Grouse and Protect Habitat</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Sage-Grouse_News_Release_7-20-11_FINAL.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Sage-Grouse_News_Release_7-20-11_FINAL.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - In response to requests from state and local governments to facilitate ways to conserve greater sage-grouse and protect its habitat, Bureau of Land Management scientists and managers met with state wildlife management officials July 16 to brief them on the agency?s National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy. The meeting took place at the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies summer conference in Big Sky, Mont.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM to Engage Governments in Bipartisan Wilderness Agenda</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WildernessRELEASE_7-19-11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WildernessRELEASE_7-19-11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's push to build a bipartisan wilderness agenda that can be enacted in the 112th Congress, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state offices will solicit suggestions and recommendations from state and local elected officials, Tribes, and other federal land managers on areas that deserve wilderness protection and that have broad support for congressional designation.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:30:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Salazar Approves Major Renewable Energy Projects</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/SolarPEIS.PR_.7_.14_.2011_.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/files/SolarPEIS.PR_.7_.14_.2011_.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Advancing the Obama Administration's commitment to rapid and responsible development of large-scale renewable energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the approval of four new projects on public lands, the launch of environmental reviews on three others, and the next steps in a comprehensive environmental analysis to identify &quot;solar energy zones&quot; on public lands in six western states.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM to Replace Culvert on Rice Creek</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-011_Culvert_Replacement.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-011_Culvert_Replacement.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Roseburg District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin work replacing a culvert to improve fish passage along Rice Creek road (BLM Road 29-7-25.0), six miles southwest of Dillard, Oregon, from July 11, to August 1, 2011. ]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:34:31 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM to Perform Prescribed Burn at North Bank Habitat Management Area</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-010_NBHMA_Prescribed_Burns.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-010_NBHMA_Prescribed_Burns.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[(Roseburg, OR) -- The BLM is planning to potentially burn 105 acres within the North Bank Habitat Management Area (NBHMA), approximately three miles southeast of Sutherlin, Oregon, along North Bank Road, beginning Tuesday, July 5, 2011, with burn completion by Friday, July 15, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:36:27 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Rock Creek Road Maintenance</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-008_Road_Maintenance.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-008_Road_Maintenance.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Roseburg District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin repairing sections of Rock Creek Road (Road Number 26-3-1.0), north of the East Fork junction to Big River Road, July 18, to October 17, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:27:26 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Roseburg District Updates E-mail Address System</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-009_District_E-mail_Change.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-009_District_E-mail_Change.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made upgrades to its e-mail system, resulting in changes to the Roseburg District main e-mail address effective as of Tuesday, June 28, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:33:14 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM to Analyze Effects of Herbicide Use on Public Lands in the Roseburg District</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-006_RB_Veg_EA-Final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-006_RB_Veg_EA-Final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Oregon. The Roseburg District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting public comments through July 15, 2011, on a proposal to analyze the use of herbicides on BLM lands within the Roseburg District.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:30:20 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Oregon Councils Still Have Openings</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-11_OR-Recruit.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-11_OR-Recruit.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM in Oregon has extended its call for nominations for its Resource Advisory Councils (RACs).  The John Day-Snake and Southeast Oregon RACs advise and recommend management strategies for Federal lands east of the Cascade Range administered by the BLM and the US Forest Service.  Applications will be accepted through July 8, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:20:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Seeks Comments on Roseburg Secretarial Demonstration Pilot Project</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-007_Rosebug_Pilot_Project_6-1-2011.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/files/OR-100-FY2011-007_Rosebug_Pilot_Project_6-1-2011.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Roseburg, Ore. -- The Roseburg District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun an environmental assessment (EA) for the Roseburg District Secretarial Demonstration Pilot Project. The South River Field Office will be seeking public scoping comments on the project from June 15, 2011 to July 15, 2011.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:05:03 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Updates Challenges and Opportunities Map</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-12_Updated_Wind_Opportunity_Map.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-11-12_Updated_Wind_Opportunity_Map.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land management (BLM) has updated their &quot;Challenges &amp; Opportunities&quot; map and website to include even more information than before. The most significant map changes include a new category &quot;BLM Priority Wind Projects&quot; and a new Geographic Information Systems data layer for &quot;Historic Golden Eagle Nesting Locations&quot; that was developed in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Eagle Foundation. ]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:30:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Recreation Fee Advisors Needed</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/RecRAC_recruit.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/RecRAC_recruit.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND - The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are seeking nominations to fill three positions on a regional Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (Recreation RAC). The positions represent summer motorized users, summer motorized outfitters and guides, and a Native American representative. The Committee will provide the agencies with recommendations on recreation fees for federal lands in Oregon and Washington.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Virus Prompts Feds to Discourage Domestic Horse Use in Wild Horse Areas</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/BU_WHB_EHV.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/files/BU_WHB_EHV.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Due to the recent outbreak of a neurologic disease caused by the equine herpes virus (EHV-1) in the Western United States, the Oregon/Washington (OR/WA) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service are encouraging the public to avoid taking domestic equine to or through wild horse herd management areas and territories in eastern Oregon.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>BLM Invites the Public to Tour Wild Horse Long-Term Holding Pastures</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLMInvitesPublictoTourHoldingPasturesinOK_tg.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLMInvitesPublictoTourHoldingPasturesinOK_tg.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management is hosting an all-day public tour of two wild horse long-term holding pastures in Hominy, Oklahoma, about an hour from Tulsa.  The tour, which will take place on Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., will give the public an opportunity to observe wild horses roaming in a natural setting across thousands of acres.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Salazar, Abbey Emphasize Safety, Preparedness for 2011 Fire Season</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/4-28-2011_Salazar_NIFC_Release.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/4-28-2011_Salazar_NIFC_Release.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey today joined Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) to discuss federal firefighting assistance to Texas, where several large wildfires are burning; safety and preparedness for the current fire season; and a national strategy to address the mounting risks of wildfire around the nation.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>2011 Fee Free Days at BLM Sites</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/feefreedays2011_pr_final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/feefreedays2011_pr_final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in conjunction with other agencies within the Department of the Interior, will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to the National System of Public Lands on the first day of summer, June 21; National Public Lands Day, which is scheduled for September 24; and the Veterans Day holiday weekend, November 11-13.  These fee-free days also apply to areas managed within the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
</item></channel>
</rss>
