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<title>OR/WA BLM Public Newsroom - Salem</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:25 PST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem</link>
<description>The most recent Salem news releases.</description>
<managingEditor>OR_Salem_Mail@blm.gov (Salem District)</managingEditor>
<webMaster>or_web_services@blm.gov (Oregon Washington BLM Web Team)</webMaster>
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<title>Increase in Oil and Gas Drilling Permit Application Fees</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/APDFee_Nov2009_v2.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/APDFee_Nov2009_v2.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Fiscal Year 2010 Interior appropriations bill -- enacted into law on October 30 -- directs the Bureau of Land Management to charge a $6,500 processing fee for each new oil and gas drilling permit application, known as an Application for Permit to Drill (APD).  The fee took effect November 2; the previous fee was $4,000 per APD.   The money generated by APD fees constitutes a reimbursement to the U.S. Treasury for the estimated cost of processing new APDs.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:40:27 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Veterans Fees Waived Next Wednesday</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Veterans_Day_November_11.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Veterans_Day_November_11.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:06 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Federal Recreation Advisory Committee to Meet in Portland -- Oct. 30</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-15_Recreation_RAC_Meeting_10-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-15_Recreation_RAC_Meeting_10-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[A regional federal recreation advisory committee will hear 20 proposals to establish or change user fees on four national forests and the Salem District of the Bureau of Land Management when it meets in Portland on Friday, Oct. 30.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:12:30 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Department of the Interior Launches Work Plan for BLM Western Oregon Forests</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/western_oregon_forest_management_101409.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/western_oregon_forest_management_101409.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched a Fiscal Year 2010 work plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forests in western Oregon that will add economic certainty for local communities while protecting endangered species.   In addition to a proposed schedule of 62 timber sales under the Northwest Forest Plan, Salazar announced that federal field teams will identify future proposed timber sales with high likelihood of being sold and harvested and a special task force will take a fresh look at forest management issues in Oregon.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:02:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Herbicide Plan Available for Public Review</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-14_Draft_Veg_EIS_10-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-14_Draft_Veg_EIS_10-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Noxious weeds, invasive plants, and other weeds infest millions of acres in Oregon. It is estimated that approximately 1.2 million of the 15.7 million acres of BLM lands in Oregon are currently infested with noxious weeds and are spreading at an estimated rate of 12 percent per year. To address this issue, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public review and comment. The BLM will be seeking public comments on the draft EIS for 60-days beginning on October 2, 2009 and closing on December 1, 2009.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:16:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Come Celebrate National Public Lands Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/volunteer.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/volunteer.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[SALEM-The Bureau of Land Management's Salem District is hosting a National Public Lands Day event at Alsea Falls Recreation Site on Saturday, September 26 from 9 AM to Noon.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:26:44 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Some Fees Waived for Public Lands Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Fee_Free_day_9-26.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Fee_Free_day_9-26.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for visitors on Saturday, September 26, 2009, which is National Public Lands Day. Site entrance/standard amenity and individual day-use fees will be waived on this day; however, other fees, such as those for group day use, overnight camping, and cabin rentals, will remain in effect.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:09:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Nat'l Wild Horse Board meets in Virginia</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WHBAdvisoryBdMtg_9-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/WHBAdvisoryBdMtg_9-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The BLM's National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on September 28, 2009, in Arlington, VA, to discuss  the management, protection, and control of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.  The meeting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time, at the Hyatt Arlington.  The agenda of the meeting can be found in the August 27, 2009, Federal Register (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-20675.pdf)]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:12:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Mining Fees Due 9/1/2009</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/mining_claim_release.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/mining_claim_release.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management reminds claimants that mining claim maintenance and location fees for Fiscal Year 2009 are due on Tuesday, September 1.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:18:19 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Marcilynn Burke Named Deputy Director of BLM</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Deputy_Director_Burke_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Deputy_Director_Burke_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey today announced Marcilynn Burke, an attorney and professor at the University of Houston Law Center, as deputy director for policy of the BLM.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:59:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Confirmation of Bob Abbey for Director of the Bureau of Land Management</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Director_Bob_Abbey_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Director_Bob_Abbey_Press_Release_8-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the Senate's confirmation of Bob Abbey, a veteran public land policy leader and chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as Director of the Bureau of Land Management.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:59:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Solar Energy Comment Period Extended</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/09pr_SolarPEISCommentExtens_0727final.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/09pr_SolarPEISCommentExtens_0727final.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will extend the public comment period on solar energy study areas and maps by an additional 45 days. A notice published in the Federal Register on July 27 [74 FR 37051] provides for a public comment period ending on September 14, 2009.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:34:02 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Interior Withdraws Legally Flawed Plan for Oregon Forests, Presses For Sustainable Timber Harvests</title>
<link>http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/071609b.html</link>
<guid>http://www.doi.gov/news/09_News_Releases/071609b.html</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Because the previous Administration failed to follow established administrative procedure before leaving office, its plan to intensify logging in western Oregon - known as the Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR) - is legally indefensible and must be withdrawn, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Painting and Drawing Workshop to be Held at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_Yaquina_pr_7-1-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_Yaquina_pr_7-1-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[NEWPORT, OR -- Pacific Northwest artist Erik Sandgren will hold a painting and drawing workshop at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on September 10 to 12, 2009.  Mr. Sandgren regularly exhibits prints and paintings throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. His paintings involve both plein-air and studio compositions based on the fundamental themes and imagery of water, earth, sky, and figures in the landscape. The natural beauty and drama of Yaquina Head set the perfect stage for workshop participants to learn from Erik Sandgren.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:36:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Announces Adjustments to Mining-Related Location and Annual Maintenance Fees</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Mining_Fee_Adjustment_6-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/BLM_Mining_Fee_Adjustment_6-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today published in the Federal Register a notice that it is adjusting for inflation its fees for the location (or &quot;staking&quot;) and maintenance of unpatented
mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites. The location fee will increase from $30 to $34 and the maintenance fee will rise from $125 to $140 for such unpatented claims, in which no Federal land has been transferred to the individual or company staking the claim.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:29 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI Fast-Track Initiatives for Solar Energy Development on Western Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Energy_Development_Press_Release_6-2009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Energy_Development_Press_Release_6-2009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Under initiatives announced today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), federal agencies will work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies, open new solar energy permitting offices and speed reviews of industry proposals.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:43:09 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Secretary Salazar Announces $381.6 Million in 2009 PILT Payments to Local Governments with Federal Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_PILT_News_Release_6_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_PILT_News_Release_6_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that approximately 1,850 local governments with federal land in their jurisdictions will receive $381.6 million this year under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program to help offset forgone tax revenue.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:59:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title>National Geological Carbon Capture Program Can Help Develop Cleaner Energy, Reduce Greenhouse Gases </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Carbon_Capture_News_Release_6-3-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Carbon_Capture_News_Release_6-3-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today sent Congress his recommendations for a national program to help reduce greenhouse gasses by selecting appropriate underground geological formations on public lands to inject and store carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants and other carbon-dioxide producing facilities.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:04:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Hampton Tree Farms, Inc. Purchases Salem BLM Timber Sales in Multnomah, Yamhill and Washington Counties </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_052609nr_timsale.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_052609nr_timsale.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Approximately 21.8 million board feet of timber was sold at oral auction today by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salem District.  The total sale amount was $1,919,307.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:01:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Interior Releases Budget Numbers</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Budget.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOI_Budget.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[President Obama's proposed $12 billion budget for the Department of the Interior in FY2010 will allow the nation's largest land manager to play a central role in addressing the challenges of our times.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:24:49 PST</pubDate>
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<title>ARRA Stimulus Projects Funded</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-07_BLM_ARRA_5-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-07_BLM_ARRA_5-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office announced $32.4 million to fund 60 BLM projects in Oregon and Washington under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  These investments will restore landscapes and habitat, spur renewable energy development on public lands, and create jobs.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:10:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>FINAL PLAN RELEASED FOR SANDY RIVER BASIN</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/SRBPressRelease4_29_08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/SRBPressRelease4_29_08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[SALEM--The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has made a final decision that will guide future management of BLM administered lands in the Sandy River Basin. In the past 15 years, the BLM has acquired nearly 6,000 acres of public land in the area. Combined with existing holdings, the Salem District now manages 14,850 acres within the Basin. &quot;These lands offer a great opportunity for the BLM to work in partnership with others to create public use opportunities and to enhance long term stewardship in the Basin,&quot; said Cindy Enstrom, BLM Cascades Field Manager.  ]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:30:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>President Signs Legislation that Enhances Protection for Public Lands in Oregon and Washington</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-06_OmnibusLandsBill.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-06_OmnibusLandsBill.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[President Obama today (Monday, March 30) signed into law an omnibus lands bill that enhances protection for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management across the West, including Oregon and Washington.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:04:21 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Prepares for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-4_Oil_and_Gas_Lease_Sale_3-09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-09-4_Oil_and_Gas_Lease_Sale_3-09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[News Release Summary: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office has announced that it will offer four parcels totaling approximately 5,342 acres, in Oregon, at its March 12, 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Competitive Sale. All four parcels to be offered are in Wheeler County near Mitchell, Oregon. The sale will be held at 9:00 AM, Thursday, March 12, at the Robert Duncan Plaza Building, 333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon in the 3rd floor conference rooms.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:35:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Northwest Firefighters to Help in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/2-09_BLM_FS_Firefighter_Deployment_Australia.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/2-09_BLM_FS_Firefighter_Deployment_Australia.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[About 25 firefighters from the Pacific Northwest will assist with managing and suppressing wildfires in Australia, according to officials at the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center (NWCC) in Portland, a regional center for mobilizing resources.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:22:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Executes Addendum to National Agreement and Conducts Tribal Outreach</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PressRelease6Feb09-NTC.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PressRelease6Feb09-NTC.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[In recognition of their important partnership, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers announced today an addendum to the 1997 national Programmatic Agreement (PA).]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:54:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Quartzville Road Reopened</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_qville_reopen20509.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_qville_reopen20509.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[UPDATE:  The Quartzville Road slides at MP 15.5 and 17.5 have been cleared.  ]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:41:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM and Forest Service Announce 2009 Grazing Fee</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/GrazingFee2009_BLMPressRelease_tg.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/GrazingFee2009_BLMPressRelease_tg.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Federal grazing fee for 2009 will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month (HM) for lands managed by the Forest Service.  The grazing fee for 2009 is the same as it was in 2008.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:48:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Quartzville Road Reopened at Milepost 15.5 New Slide Found at Milepost 17.5</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_quartzville_rdclsre12609.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_quartzville_rdclsre12609.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Quartzville Road slide at MP 15.5 has been cleared. A new, larger
slide has been found at MP 17.7. The new slide will be evaluated today. Road
conditions beyond MP 17.7 are unknown at this time.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:14:03 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM to Establish Special Offices to Expedite Development of Renewable Energy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/january/NR_01_16A_2009.html</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/january/NR_01_16A_2009.html</guid><description><![CDATA[In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the permitting of wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal projects, along with needed electrical transmission facilities, on BLM-managed lands. The Secretary's action advances the Interior Department's efforts to achieve the goal that Congress set in Section 211 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which calls for the development of 10,000 megawatts of non-hydropower renewable energy projects on the public lands by 2015.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:28:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Energy Corridors Designated in Eleven Western States</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Westwide_energy_ROD_press_release_1_14_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Westwide_energy_ROD_press_release_1_14_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today signed a Record of Decision (ROD) amending 92 land use plans in support of the designation of more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on Federal lands in 11 Western States.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:29:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title>New Purchases of Western Land Parcels with High Conservation Values</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/FLTFA_Release_1_14_09.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/FLTFA_Release_1_14_09.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced today that four Federal land-management agencies are in the process of acquiring 12 pieces of property in seven Western states with $4.7 million from a special land conservation fund.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:26:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Quartzville Road Closed at Milepost 15.5 </title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_nr_qvillerd11409.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_nr_qvillerd11409.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Quartzville Road, northeast of the town of Sweet Home, is closed at Milepost 15.5. During the recent rains, a mud slide covered the road near the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Dogwood Recreation Site.  BLM road crews will be clearing debris on Jan 20-21.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:58:21 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Director Names New National Landscape Conservation System Director</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Rountree_Announcement_5Jan2009.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Rountree_Announcement_5Jan2009.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management Director James Caswell today appointed Carl Rountree to lead the National  Landscape Conservation System.  Rountree, a natural resources civil servant for more than 30 years, currently serves as the budget officer in the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:15:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Western Oregon Plan Decisions Released</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-25_WOPR_ROD_News_Release_12-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-25_WOPR_ROD_News_Release_12-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Portland, OR - The BLM has issued the six Records of Decision (ROD) for the Resource Management Plans (RMP) that were developed under the Western Oregon Plan Revisions. With this action, the BLM has completed its revision of the land use plans that will guide the management of 2.6 million acres in western Oregon in the BLM's Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, Medford, and Coos Bay Districts, and the Klamath Falls Resource Area of the Lakeview District. The RMPs also comply with all applicable Federal laws including the O&amp;C Lands Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Annouces Rare Species Guidance</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/6840_Special_Status_Species_Press_Release_12_15_08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/6840_Special_Status_Species_Press_Release_12_15_08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced new guidance for its management of federally threatened, endangered, or otherwise rare species and the ecosystems upon which they depend on BLM-administered lands.  After a two-year process, the BLM has completed a revision to its 6840 Manual for Management of Special Status Species, providing further policy and guidance for the conservation of BLM special status species and their habitats.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Announces Final Rule for Land Withdrawals</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Withdrawal_News_Release_12-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Withdrawal_News_Release_12-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will publish tomorrow, December 5, in the Federal Register a Final Rule eliminating the portion of existing regulations providing for committee-directed emergency withdrawal of lands from the operation of various public land laws.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>2008 PILT Payments Distributed</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/11-20-08PILT.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/11-20-08PILT.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that the Department of the Interior has distributed an additional $138.7 million in supplemental payments to about 2,200 county and other local governments, providing them full compensation for taxes that could not be levied on federal lands in their jurisdictions during fiscal year 2008.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Hampton Tree Farms Purchases BLM Timber For $1.3 Million</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_nrTS-MainlineII.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_nrTS-MainlineII.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[SALEM, OR - Approximately 5.4 million board feet of timber was sold at oral auction by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Salem District. The total sale amounted to $1,272,525.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Waives Recreation-related Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/november/NR_08_11_2008.html</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/november/NR_08_11_2008.html</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Western Oregon Plan Revision Protest Period</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-20_WOPR_Protest_Period_11-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-20_WOPR_Protest_Period_11-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Portland, OR - Today the Bureau of Land Management made a decision to move forward with a 30day public protest period related to the recent release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Western Oregon Plan Revisions. The 30-day protest period will commence once a notice has been published in the Federal Register.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Full Compensation for Payments In Lieu of Taxes</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPILTNewsRelease10-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/DOIPILTNewsRelease10-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced today that more than $1.5 billion will be distributed through 2012 to local governments that qualify for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which provides compensation for taxes that could not be levied on federal lands in their jurisdictions.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Final Right-of-Way Rental Fee Regulations</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_ROW_PressRelease_10-30-08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Final_ROW_PressRelease_10-30-08.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today announced final regulations that revise the rental fees it charges companies or individuals for rights-of-way so that these fees more adequately reflect changes in land values over the past two decades. The BLM, which is publishing its regulatory revision in tomorrow's Federal Register, undertook this rulemaking effort in accordance with Section 367 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which directs the Department of the Interior to revise the existing rental fee schedule for linear rights-of-way to reflect current land values. The BLM published proposed regulations and solicited public input on this subject in December 2007; the agency received 12 response letters and used these comments extensively in developing the final rule.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Geothermal Energy and Power Generation on Federal Lands</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Geothermal_Initiative_Wed22Oct2008.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/Geothermal_Initiative_Wed22Oct2008.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[PHOENIX, Arizona - Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today announced a plan to make more than 190 million acres of Federal land in 12 western states available for development of geothermal energy resources, an initiative that could increase electric generation capacity from geothermal resources ten times over.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Final BLM Western Oregon EIS Released</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-19_WOPR_NewsRelease.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/OR-08-19_WOPR_NewsRelease.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Portland, OR - 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.]]></description><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A MOLALLA RIVER CORRIDOR OPEN HOUSE</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/Molalla_0pen_house.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/Molalla_0pen_house.pdf</guid><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Yaquina Head Lighthouse to Close for Special Project Work</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_yaq_cls_spcprj08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_yaq_cls_spcprj08.pdf</guid><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Salem BLM Sells 28.8 Million Board Feet of Timber at Oral Auction</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_augts.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/sdo_augts.pdf</guid><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Seeks Public Input on Plans for Sandy River Basin</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/SandyRiver_OpenHouses7.22.08.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/SandyRiver_OpenHouses7.22.08.pdf</guid><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BLM Proposes Raising Day Use Fees</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/YaquinaHead_FeeIncrease07162008.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/files/YaquinaHead_FeeIncrease07162008.pdf</guid><category>Salem</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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