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Planning Area 

The entire planning area analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Revision of the 

Resource Management Plans of the Western Oregon Bureau of Land Management includes all lands 

(private, local, state, and federal) in western Oregon. See Figure 1 (Entire planning area of the resource 

management plan revisions). The Bureau of Land Management Eugene District Resource Management Plan 

and the coordinated resource management plans for the other districts affect BLM-administered lands in the 

BLM districts and counties of western Oregon that are listed in Table 1 (BLM districts and Oregon counties 

included in the planning area of the resource management plan revisions). 

Figure 1. Entire Planning Area Of The Resource Management Plan Revisions 

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The six coordinated RMPs provide requirements for management of approximately 2,557,800 acres of federal 

land within the planning area. These BLM-administered lands are widely scattered and represent only about 

11% of the planning area. Of the approximately 2,557,800 acres administered by the BLM, approximately 

2,151,200 acres are managed primarily under the O&C Act and are commonly referred to as the O&C lands. 

The remaining 406,600 acres are public domain lands (394,600 acres) and other lands (12,000 acres) that 

are managed primarily under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. See Table 2 for the status of all 

federal lands in the planning area per district. (Note: The RMPs also apply to an additional 69,000 acres that 

are split-estate lands for which the BLM manages only the subsurface mineral estate.) 

Table 1. BLM Districts And Oregon Counties Included In The Planning Area Of The 

Resource Management Plan Revisions 

BLM Districts Oregon Counties 

Coos Bay Benton Lane 

Eugene Clackamas Lincoln 

Lakeview (Klamath Falls Resource Area only) Columbia Linn 

Medford Coos Marion 

Roseburg Curry Multnomah 

Salem Douglas Polk 

Jackson Tillamook 

Josephine Washington 

Klamath Yamhill 

Table 2. Legal Status Of Lands Administered By The BLM In Western Oregon 

BLM District 

O&C and Coos Bay 

Wagon Road Lands Public Domain Other Total 

(acres) 

Salem 349,300 51,600 2,100 403,000 

Eugene 304,200 10,500 400 315,100 

Roseburg 406,500 19,800 0 426,300 

Coos Bay 279,400 41,800 1,500 322,700 

Medford 764,900 96,100 4,800 865,800 

Klamath Falls Resource Area 

(Lakeview District) 46,900 174,800 3,200 224,900 

Total Acres 2,151,200 394,600 12,000 2,557,800 

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Introduction 

This document describes the resource management plan (RMP) of the Bureau of Land Management Eugene District. 

The resource management plan consists of management objectives, land use allocations, and management direction. 

• Management objectives. Describe desired outcomes from management of particular resources. 

• Land use allocations. Areas where specific activities are allowed, restricted, or excluded in all or 

part of a planning area. 

• Management direction. Provide measures that will be applied to planning activities to achieve 

management objectives for resources. 

Management direction will be used where and when necessary and practical to achieve management 

objectives. However, the BLM may decide not to apply a management direction when: 

• Site-specific circumstances would make application of the management direction unnecessary to 

achieve resource management plan objectives. 

• Site-specific circumstances would make application of the management direction impractical. 

• Application of the management direction would be inconsistent with other resource management 

plan decisions. 

For a depiction of the Eugene District’s portion of the planning area of the resource management plan, 

see Figure 2. The lands in the Eugene District are divided into two resource areas: Siuslaw and Upper 

Willamette. The locations of these two resource areas are shown in Figure 2. 

See Appendix A - Guidance for Use of the Resource Management Plan and see Appendix B - Monitoring for 

the monitoring that will be conducted and reported. 

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Figure 2. Eugene District’s Portion of the Planning Area 

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Land Use Allocations 

The BLM-administered lands within the Eugene District planning area are allocated to the following six 

land use allocations: 

1. National Landscape Conservation System/Congressionally Designated/Acquired Lands (8,300 acres) 

2. Administratively Withdrawn Area (33,900 acres) 

3. Late-Successional Management Area (83,100 acres) 

4. Riparian Management Area (44,100 acres) 

5. Deferred Timber Management Area (9,700 acres) 

6. Timber Management Area (133,200 acres) 

For land use allocations by resource area in the Eugene District, see the map packet (Map 1A for the 

Siuslaw Resource Area, and Map 1B for the Upper Willamette Resource Area). 

Some land use allocations (such as Late-Successional Management Area and Riparian Management Area) 

overlap. For consistency and acreage display purposes, such overlaps are displayed in only one category 

according to the above hierarchy. 

Riparian Management Area management objectives and management direction will be applied to 

streams, lakes, wetlands, etc. as defined in Table 8 (in the Riparian Management Area section below) 

within the Late-Successional Management Area, Deferred Timber Management Area, and Timber 

Management Area. 

National Landscape Conservation System, Congressionally Designated Lands, 

and Acquired Lands 

The National Landscape Conservation System designations on BLM-administered lands in the Eugene 

District include: 

• Wild and scenic rivers 

Management Objective 

Conserve, protect, and restore the identified outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values of the 

National Landscape Conservation System and congressionally designated lands. 

Management Direction 

Manage acquired lands consistent with the purpose for which they were acquired. 

Wild and Scenic Rivers 

Protect outstandingly remarkable values of designated wild and scenic river corridors (including those 

classified as wild, scenic, or recreational). 

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Provide interim protection to wild and scenic river corridors (including those classified as wild, scenic, or 

recreational) that are suitable for inclusion as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System 

until Congress makes a decision to designate them. 

See Table 3 (Suitable wild and scenic rivers and river segments, Eugene District). 

Provide interim protection to wild and scenic river corridors (including those classified as wild, scenic, or 

recreational) that are eligible but have not yet been studied for suitability as components of the National 

Wild and Scenic Rivers System pending suitability evaluations. 

See Table 4 (Eligible wild and scenic rivers and river segments, Eugene District). 

West Eugene Wetlands 

Manage BLM-administered lands within the West Eugene Wetlands under the West Eugene Wetlands 

Management Plan. See Appendix H – Summary of West Eugene Wetlands Management Plan. 

Table 3. Suitable Wild And Scenic Rivers And River Segments, Eugene District 

Suitable Rivers/River Segments Potential 

Classification 

Outstandingly 

Remarkable Values 

Total 

Milesa 

Acresb 

(BLM lands only) 

McKenzie River (Segment A) Recreational Fish, Recreation, Scenery 11 962 

Siuslaw River (Segment B) Recreational Fish, Wildlife 46 4,518 

Siuslaw River (Segment C) Recreational Recreation, Wildlife 13 1,211 

Totals – Eugene 70 6,691 

a

Mileage calculations include both BLM-administered and non-BLM-administered lands.
 b

Acreage calculations are for BLM-administered lands only and based on the amount of BLM-administered lands that are located within a half mile wide river corridor.
 

Table 4. Eligible Wild And Scenic Rivers And River Segments, Eugene District 

Eligible Potential 

Classification 

Outstandingly 

Remarkable Values 

Total 

Milesa 

Acresb 

(BLM lands only) 

Fall Creek Recreational Recreation 6.0 1,126 

Lake Creek 

(Segment B) Recreational Fish, Recreation 18.3 482 

McKenzie River 

(Segment B) Recreational Fish, Recreation, Scenery, Wildlife 40.0 55 

Nelson Creek Recreational Fish 7.0 542 

North Fork Gate Creek Recreational Fish 7.9 201 

South Fork Gate Creek Recreational Fish 8.9 106 

Totals 88.1 2,512 a

Mileage calculations include both BLM-administered and non-BLM-administered lands. 

b

Acreage calculations are for BLM-administered lands only and based on the amount of BLM-administered lands that are located within a half mile wide river corridor.
 

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Administratively Withdrawn Area 

The Administratively Withdrawn land use allocation is established to include lands withdrawn from the 

harvest land base (supports the ASQ) for specific reasons, including: 

• Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, including Research Natural Areas 

• Areas dedicated to specific purposes such as roads, buildings, maintenance yards, quarries, and 

other facilities and infrastructure 

• Recreation sites (such as campgrounds, trails, and day-use areas) 

• Sites designated for species management (such as Bald Eagle Management Areas) not included in 

other land use allocations 

• Areas identified through the timber production capability classification (TPCC) system as 

withdrawn from sustained yield timber production (non-suitable woodlands, low site and noncommercial species categories of suitable woodlands) or identified as nonforest 

Management Objectives and Management Direction 

The management objectives and management directions for areas of critical environmental concern, 

recreation sites/facilities, and special status species are addressed in the Resource Programs section of this 

resource management plan. 

Areas identified as withdrawn from the harvest land base through the timber production capability 

classification system do not have specific management objectives or management directions. They may be 

managed similarly to the adjacent or surrounding land use allocations, if those uses are not incompatible 

with the reason for which the lands were withdrawn (as identified by the timber production capability 

classification codes). Areas will be periodically added to or deleted from those withdrawn from sustained 

yield timber production through updates to the timber production capability classification system when onthe-ground examinations indicate the existing classification is in error. 

Roads, maintenance yards, buildings, quarries, and other facilities also do not have specific 

management objectives or management directions, but will be managed for the purpose for which the 

facilities were constructed. 

Late-Successional Management Area 

The Late-Successional Management Area land use allocation is established in the Eugene District as follows: 

• In the areas shown, in the map packet, on Map 1A (for the Siuslaw Resource Area) and Map 1B (for 

the Upper Willamette Resource Area). 

• In the areas of contiguous marbled murrelet suitable habitat and recruitment habitat (stands 

capable of becoming habitat for the marbled murrelet within 25 years) within the range of the 

marbled murrelet that are within 0.5 mile of occupied sites (Mack et al. 2003). Occupation will be 

determined, through surveys in accordance with this protocol, by the presence of an active nest, 

a fecal ring, eggshell fragments, or birds demonstrating occupying behavior. Sites found during 

future project implementation will be added to the Late-Successional Management Area. 

Management Objectives 

Maintain habitat for the northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet. 

Promote development of habitat suitable for nesting, roosting, and foraging for the northern spotted owl in 

stands that do not currently meet suitable habitat criteria. 

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Promote development of nesting habitat for the marbled murrelet in stands that do not currently meet 

nesting habitat criteria. 

Recover economic value from timber harvested after a stand-replacement disturbance, such as a fire, 

windstorm, disease, or insect infestation. 

Management Direction 

Apply thinning harvest and other silvicultural treatments to promote development of habitat suitable for 

nesting, roosting, or foraging for the northern spotted owl; to promote nesting habitat for the marbled 

murrelet; or to reduce the potential for uncharacteristic wildfire. 

Retain snags and coarse woody debris during thinning harvest of stands, except for safety or operational 

reasons. Create new snags and coarse woody debris when existing levels of snags and CWD do not meet 

the levels defined in Table 5 (Snag and coarse woody debris [CWD] levels for stands of larger trees) and Table 

6 (Snag and coarse woody debris [CWD] levels for stands of smaller trees). See also Figure 3 (Forest vegetation 

series). For the purpose of defining stands of large trees and small trees: 

• Stands where the quadratic mean diameter is greater than 14 inches before stand treatment are 

considered stands of large trees. 

• Stands where the quadratic mean diameter is less than 14 inches before stand treatment are 

considered stands of small trees.

 There is no requirement to create new snags or coarse woody debris when thinning and other silvicultural 

treatments do not remove cut trees from the stand. 

Fall and remove trees as needed for safety or operational reasons, including, but not limited to, hazard 

tree removal, creation of yarding corridors adjacent to nearby harvest units, and road construction, 

improvement, or maintenance. 

Table 5. Snag And Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) Levels For Stands Of Larger Trees In The 

Late-Successional Management Areas 

Vegetation Series 

Snag Retention or Creation CWD Retention or Creation 

Total Trees 

Per Acre Component Diametera Total Component Diametera Component Length 

Western hemlock 6 > 14 inches dbh 240 feet/acre > 14 inches > 20 feet 

Douglas fir and true firs 3 > 14 inches dbh 120 feet/acre > 14 inches > 16 feet 

Tanoak 4 > 14 inches dbh 120 feet/acre > 14 inches > 16 feet a

Diameter measured at the small end of the log 

dbh – diameter at breast height 

Table 6. Snag And Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) Levels For Stands Of Smaller Trees In The 

Late-Successional Management Areas 

Vegetation Series 

Snag Retention or Creation CWD Retention or Creation 

Total Trees 

Per Acre Component Diametera Total Component Diametera Component Length 

Western hemlock 3 > 12 inches dbh 120 feet/acre > 12 inches > 20 feet 

Douglas fir and true firs 2 > 10 inches dbh 60 feet/acre > 10 inches > 16 feet 

Tanoak 2 > 10 inches dbh 60 feet/acre > 10 inches > 16 feet a

Diameter measured at the small end of the log 

dbh – diameter at breast height 

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Figure 3. Forest Vegetation Series 

Meet snag and coarse woody debris levels depicted in Table 5 and Table 6 by any combination of the creation of 

new snags and coarse woody debris from live conifer trees and the retention of existing levels of snags (Class I 

and Class II) and coarse woody debris (Class I and Class II). If existing levels of snags and coarse woody debris 

are insufficient to meet these levels in a thinning harvest unit, the desired levels can be satisfied by including in 

the project decision the creation of snags and coarse woody debris within five years to meet these levels after 

completion of the thinning harvest. Snag and coarse woody debris retention or creation levels are to be met at 

the scale of the harvest unit and are not intended to be attained on every acre. Snag and coarse woody debris 

retention will be variable per acre throughout the area being treated. Retain noncommercial snags and coarse 

woody debris, except for safety or operational reasons. 

Implement salvage harvest of timber after a stand-replacing disturbance to recover economic value of the 

stand, so long as the salvage harvest retention standards for snags and coarse woody debris described in Table 

7 (Snag and coarse woody debris retention for salvaging of timber after a stand-replacement disturbance)are 

met. Snags and coarse woody debris retention standards are to be met as an average at the scale of the salvage 

harvest unit, and are not intended to be attained on every acre. Retain an equivalent number of smaller snags 

or coarse woody debris if sufficient snags or coarse woody debris of the minimum sizes are not available. 

Make timber to be cut from thinning, tree-falling, and salvage operations available for sale. 

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Table 7. Snag And Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) Retention For Salvaging Timber After A 

Stand-Replacement Disturbance In The Late-Successional Management Area 

Snag Retention CWD Retention 

Vegetation Series Total Trees Component Diametera Total Component Diametera Component Length Per Acre 

Western hemlock 8 > 20 inches dbh 480 feet/acre > 20 inches > 20 feet 

Douglas fir and true firs 4 > 16 inches dbh 240 feet/acre > 16 inches > 16 feet 

Tanoak 4 > 20 inches dbh 240 feet/acre > 20 inches > 20 feet 

a

Diameter measured at the small end of the log 

dbh - diameter breast height 

Table 8. Criteria Established For The Riparian Management Area Land Use Allocation 

Riparian Management Areas Distancea 

Perennial and intermittent fish-bearing streams and 

perennial non-fish-bearing streams 

One site-potential tree heightb on each side of a stream channel as measured from the 

ordinary high water line. 

Intermittent non-fish-bearing streams Half of one site-potential tree height on each side of a stream channel as measured 

from the ordinary high water line. 

Natural lakes, ponds > 0.25 acre One site-potential tree height extending from the edge of the water body as measured 

from the ordinary high water line. 

Ponds < 0.25 acre, natural wetlands, springs, seeps, 

constructed reservoirs, ditches, and canals 

The edge of a body of water or wetland to the outer edge of its riparian vegetation, or 

to the extent of seasonally saturated soil, whichever is greatest. 

a

 Riparian Management Areas are measured by slope (not horizontal) distance from the ordinary high water line.
 b

The site-potential tree height for the purposes of determining riparian management areas will be based on district averages measured at a scale no finer than the fifth-field watershed.
	

Riparian Management Area 

The Riparian Management Area land use allocation is established according to Table 8 (Criteria established 

for the Riparian Management Area land use allocation). For detailed views of the land use allocation by 

resource area, see the map packet (Map 1A for the Siuslaw Resource Area, and Map 1B for the Upper 

Willamette Resource Area). 

Management Objectives 

Provide for conservation of special status fish and other special status aquatic species. 

Provide for riparian and aquatic conditions that supply stream channels with shade, sediment filtering, leaf 

litter and large wood, and streambank stability.
 

Maintain and restore water quality.
 

Maintain and restore access to stream channels for all life stages of fi sh species. 

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Management Direction 

For Perennial and Intermittent Fish-Bearing Streams and Perennial Non-Fish-Bearing Streams: 

• Apply thinning and other silvicultural treatments to speed development of large trees to provide an 

eventual source of large woody debris to stream channels. These treatments: 

–	 Will retain a minimum of 50 percent canopy closure; and 

–	 Will not be applied within 60 feet (slope distance) on either side of the edge of the stream 

channel, as measured from the ordinary high water line. 

• Retain all snags and coarse woody debris in thinning operations, except for safety or operational 

reasons (e.g., maintaining access to roads and facilities). 

• Make timber to be cut in thinning, tree-falling, and salvage operations available for sale. 

For Intermittent Non-Fish-Bearing Streams: 

• Apply thinning and other silvicultural treatments to speed the development of large trees to 

provide an eventual source of large woody debris to stream channels. Do not apply thinning and 

other silvicultural treatments within 35 feet (slope distance) on either side of the edge of the stream 

channel, as measured from the ordinary high water line. 

• Retain all snags and coarse woody debris in thinning operations except for safety or operational 

reasons (e.g., maintaining access to roads and facilities). 

• Make timber to be cut in thinning, tree-falling, and salvage operations available for sale. 

For Natural Lakes and Ponds: 

• Fall and remove trees only as needed for safety or operational reasons, including, but not limited 

to, hazard tree removal, creation of yarding corridors, and road construction, improvement, or 

maintenance. 

For Natural Wetlands, Springs, Seeps, Constructed Reservoirs, Ditches, and Canals: 

• Do not apply thinning and other silvicultural treatments, including fuels treatments within the area 

of riparian vegetation or seasonally saturated soils (whichever is greatest). 

Note: The management direction below applies within the entirety of the Riparian Management Area, 

including the 60-feet and 35-feet zones. See Table 8 (Criteria established for the riparian management 

area land use allocation) for a description of Riparian Management Areas. 

Implement salvage harvest of timber after a stand-replacing disturbance as needed to reduce hazards to 

public health and safety in the Wildland Urban Interface. 

Fall and remove trees as needed for safety or operational reasons, including but not limited to: hazard 

tree removal, creation of yarding corridors adjacent to nearby harvest units, and road construction, 

improvement, or maintenance. 

Fall and remove trees as needed for riparian restoration projects, including but not limited to alder or 

brush field conversions, or for treatment of diseases including but not limited to Port-Orford-cedar root rot 

disease and sudden oak death outbreaks. 

Implement instream and riparian restoration activities, such as placement of boulders and large wood in 

streams including tree lining from adjacent riparian areas for all streams. Place an emphasis on streams that 

have high intrinsic potential for fish, high priority fish populations (such as those defined in recovery plans), 

or high levels of chronic sediment inputs. 

Remove or modify constructed fish passage barriers to restore access to stream channels for all life stages of 

fish species. 

Apply fuels treatments and prescribed burns in Riparian Management Areas as needed to reduce the 

potential for uncharacteristic wildfires.
 

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Deferred Timber Management Area 

The Deferred Timber Management Area land use allocation is established as shown, in the map packet, on 

Map 1A (for the Siuslaw Resource Area) and Map 1B (for the Upper Willamette Resource Area). The acres 

included in the deferred areas are taken from the underlying land use allocation, which for the Eugene 

District is the Timber Management Area. After year 2023, the deferred acres will revert back to their 

underlying land use allocation and associated management objectives and actions. 

Management Objectives 

Maintain substantially all of the existing levels of older and more structurally complex multi-layered conifer 

forests through the year 2023.

 Management Direction 

Defer timber harvest of stands until after the year 2023. 

Apply fuels treatments to reduce the fuel hazard. Treatments that reduce crown bulk density or remove 

trees over 8 inches dbh are prohibited. 

Fall and remove trees as needed for safety or operational reasons, including but not limited to hazard 

tree removal, creation of yarding corridors adjacent to nearby harvest units, and road construction, 

improvement, or maintenance. 

Return deferred areas to the Timber Management Area land use allocation after a stand-replacement disturbance. 

Timber Management Area 

The Timber Management Area land use allocation in the Eugene District is established and consists of 

commercial forest lands that are not included in the following land use allocations: 

• Lands of the National Landscape Conservation System 

• Administratively Withdrawn Area 

• Late-successional Management Area 

• Riparian Management Area 

• Deferred Timber Management Area 

For detailed views of the land use allocations by resource area, see the map packet (Map 1A for the Siuslaw 

Resource Area, and Map 1B for the Upper Willamette Resource Area). 

Management Objectives 

Manage forests to achieve continuous timber production that could be sustained through a balance of 

growth and harvest. 

Offer for sale annually the declared annual productive capacity (allowable sale quantity) of 139 million 

board feet. 

Management Direction 

Offer annual timber volume for sale that does not vary more than ten percent from the declared annual 

productive capacity (allowable sale quantity). 

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Maintain the cumulative offering of annual timber volume within five percent of the annual productive 

capacity (allowable sale quantity) over two or more years by adjusting annual timber volume within the 

allowed annual variation of ten percent. 

Offer timber for sale from regeneration harvest units. For harvest from regeneration harvest units,see Table 9 

(Estimated decadal allowable sale quantity offered for sale in the Timber Management Area). 

Implement regeneration harvests to remove volume and replace slower-growing stands with young, rapidly 

growing stands. Generally, schedule regeneration harvests for stands to maximize potential growth and 

yield. 

The minimum age of stands for regeneration harvesting are stands as young as the 40-year age class. 

Generally, harvest stands above the minimum age. 

Apply regeneration harvests to younger stands for purposes that include management of: 

• Age class distribution 

• Diseased stands 

• A change in species composition to a more commercially desirable species 

• Overstocked stands with poor vigor and low crown ratio 

• Areas affected by natural disturbance 

Remove all merchantable material from regeneration harvest units. Retain noncommercial trees, snags, and 

coarse woody debris except for safety or operational reasons, including but not limited to: hazard tree and 

log removal, creation of yarding corridors, and road construction. Noncommercial trees, snags, and coarse 

woody debris may also be removed as part of biomass recovery. 

In 6th field watersheds susceptible to peak flow increases in the rain-on-snow hydroregion, where 

regeneration harvest would result in peak flow increases that would cause adverse effects to stream form 

or fish, retain 7 trees per acre greater than 20" diameter breast height so as to reduce wind speed across 

regeneration harvest units. If sufficient noncommercial trees are not available in regeneration harvest units 

to accomplish the purpose, retain additional merchantable trees to provide an average over the harvest unit 

of 7 total trees per acre greater than 20" diameter breast height. 

Offer timber for sale from commercial thinning harvest units. For harvest from commercial thinning harvest 

units, see Table 9 (Estimated decadal allowable sale quantity offered for sale in the Timber Management Area). 

Apply commercial thinning to recover anticipated mortality; to adjust stand composition or dominance; to 

improve merchantability and value. 

Maintain stand densities through commercial thinning at levels above that needed to occupy the site, but 

below densities that will result in loss of stand vigor and health. 

Table 9. Estimated Decadal Allowable Sale Quantity Offered For Sale In The 

Timber Management Area, Eugene District 

reduce stand susceptibility to disturbances such as a ,fi re windstorm, disease, or insect infestation; and to 

Estimated Portion of the Decadal ASQ Offered for Sale 10-Year Volume (mmbf) 

From regeneration harvest units in the Timber Management Area 1,050 

From commercial thinning harvest units in the Timber Management Area 340 

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Convert stands with a composition of commercially undesirable tree species or an inadequate stocking 

of commercially desirable tree species to stands that are fully stocked by desirable tree species. Treatment 

projects designed to convert stands to desirable tree species are not subject to the minimum age 

requirements of regeneration harvests. 

Implement salvage harvest in a timely manner after natural disturbances to recover volume and economic 

value, and to minimize commercial loss or deterioration of damaged trees. 

Management Objective 

In harvested or disturbed areas, assure the establishment and survival of commercially desirable trees and 

enhance their growth. 

Management Direction 

Prepare newly harvested and inadequately stocked areas for the regeneration of commercially desirable tree 

species as determined by the BLM.
 

Site preparation methods include mechanical or manual procedures, and prescribed burns.
 

Achieve adequate reforestation as promptly as practical following timber harvests, as follows:
 

• Reforest harvested areas with indigenous tree species. 

• Manage identifiedroot disease centers for indigenous disease-resistant tree species. 

• Utilize genetically improved indigenous trees in reforestation to the extent available. 

Promote the establishment and survival of commercially desirable coniferous seedlings and saplings 

through stand maintenance and protective treatments.
 

Management Objective 

Enhance the health, stability, growth, vigor, and economic value of forest stands. 

Management Direction 

Convert lands historically supporting conifer species that are currently growing primarily brush or 

hardwoods to conifer species suitable to the site, unless the hardwoods would produce a higher net 

monetary return.
 

Apply precommercial thinning to forest stands to achieve appropriate stocking levels. 

Apply fertilizer to forest stands that are at suitable density levels and where treatment will increase stand 

growth and timber yields. 

Apply pruning to enhance timber value and for fuels and disease management. 

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Resource Programs 

The management directions listed in this section by individual resource programs will be applied in any 

land use allocation. 

Air 

Management Objective 

Avoid impacts to air quality in areas designated as Class I for air quality and nonattainment areas. 

Management Direction 

Implement prescribed burns in accordance with the Oregon Smoke Management Plan to reduce 

emissions, to avoid smoke intrusions into designated areas, and to avoid degrading the visibility in Class I 

areas. 

Utilize dust palliatives where needed to reduce dust during timber hauling operations and other 

management activities that utilize native, cinder, or crushed rock surfaced roads. 

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern including Research Natural Areas 

Designate areas of critical environmental concern including research natural areas as listed in Table 10. 

For locations of the areas of critical environmental concern, see the map packet (Map 2A for the Siuslaw 

Resource Area, and Map 2B for the Upper Willamette Resource Area). 

Table 10. Areas Of Critical Environmental Concern, Eugene District 

Location # 

on Map 2A/2Ba ACEC Name Total Area (acres) 

27 Camas Swale RNA 308 

28 Cottage Grove Lake RFI 15 

29 Cougar Mountain Yew Grove 8 

30 Dorena Prairie 8 

31 Esmond Lake 85 

32 Fox Hollow RNA 159 

33 Grassy Mountain 29 

34 Heceta Sand Dunes ONA 210 

35 Horse Rock Ridge RNA 378

36 Hult Marsh 177 

37 Long Tom 8 

38 Lorane Ponderosa Pine 26

39 McGowan Meadow 38

40 Mohawk RNA 290 

41 Oak Basin Prairies 37

42 Upper Elk Meadows RNA 217

43 Willamette Valley Prairie/Oak and Pine Area 780

a

Map numbers start at 27 because ACECs were numbered consecutively across the planning area in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

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Management Objective 

Maintain or restore important and relevant values in areas of critical environmental concern, including 

research natural areas and outstanding natural areas. 

Management Direction 

Implement activities as necessary to maintain or restore important and relevant values (see Appendix D - 

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern). 

Botany 

Special Status Plant and Fungi Species 

Management Objective 

Provide for conservation of BLM special status species. 

Management Direction 

Manage plant species that are listed under the Endangered Species Act consistent with recovery plans and 

designated critical habitat. 

Manage BLM special status plant and fungi species to maintain or restore populations and habitat consistent 

with species conservation needs. Protection measures may include altering the type, timing, extent, and 

intensity of actions; and other strategies designed to maintain populations of species. Restorative measures 

may include establishing new populations or augmenting existing populations. 

Implement conservation and cooperative plans, strategies, and agreements for special status species. 

Plant Communities on Nonforest and Noncommercial Forest Lands 

Management Objective 

Maintain or restore natural plant communities on nonforest and noncommercial forest lands. 

Management Direction 

Maintain or restore natural plant communities through activities including the use of disturbances (such 

as prescribed burning and cutting of vegetation), retention of legacy components, and removal of invading 

vegetation (such as conifers in meadows, grasslands, or oak woodlands). 

Re-vegetate degraded or disturbed areas with native seed or plants to maintain the native plant community. 

Design road construction, road maintenance, and culvert replacement to retain or reconnect the hydrologic 

flows to streams, wetlands, springs, fens, ponds, and vernal pools. 

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Invasive Plants 

Management Objective 

Avoid the introduction of invasive plants and the spread of existing invasive plant infestations on BLMadministered lands. 

Management Direction 

Implement measures to prevent, detect, and rapidly control new invasive plant infestations. 

Utilize manual, mechanical, cultural, chemical, and biological treatments to manage invasive plant infestations. 

Treat invasive plants in accordance with the Records of Decision (RODs) for the Northwest Area Noxious 

Weed Control Program EIS and the Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on Bureau of Land Management 

Lands in 17 Western States Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (September, 2007). 

Cultural and Paleontological Resources, including American Indian 

Traditional Uses 

Management Objective 

Conserve scientific, traditional use, heritage, educational, public, and recreational values of cultural and 

paleontological resource sites. 

Management Direction 

Avoid ground-disturbing actions on sites that are listed (or eligible for listing) on the National Register 

of Historic Places. Salvage sites with scientific value prior to disturbance through practices such as data 

recovery, which include excavation, relocation, or documentation if avoidance is not practical. 

Classify cultural properties to the following use categories: 

• Classify cultural properties that are determined to be available for consideration as the subject of 

scientific or historical study as scientific use sites or experimental use sites. 

• Classify unusual cultural properties that are not currently available for scientific or historical study, 

because of scarcity, a research potential that surpasses the current state-of-the-art, singular historic 

importance, cultural importance, tribal importance, architectural interest, or comparable reasons 

as conservation for future use sites. Select sites for the purpose of retaining a representative sample 

of site types from those available in areas where conflicts with other resource management activities 

are not anticipated. Preserve these sites. 

• Classify cultural properties known to be important in maintaining the cultural identity, heritage, 

or well being of a specified and recognized tribes as traditional use sites. Manage these sites to 

accommodate their continuing traditional use. 

• Classify cultural properties found to be appropriate for use as interpretive exhibits at their original 

location (i.e., in place), or found to be appropriate for related educational and recreational uses as 

public use sites. Priority locations for these interpretive exhibits will include developed recreation 

sites, recreation corridors, and locations where recreation is being promoted. Preserve these sites. 

• Provide no special management for cultural properties that are only important for their scientific values and 

whose research potential is effectively exhausted (ones where the salient information has been collected and 

preserved, or has been destroyed by natural or human activity). These are discharged use sites. 

The use categories for existing sites and new sites may be assigned or changed by comparing the site’s 

characteristics to these use category descriptions. 

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Acquire significant cultural resource properties for public, cultural heritage, and scientific purposes when 

such properties are adjacent to or are inholdings of BLM-administered land. 

Excavate, and recover the data where warranted by the scientific importance of the cultural and 

paleontological sites threatened by natural processes or human activity. 

Energy and Minerals 

Management Objective 

Maintain existing opportunities and develop new opportunities for the exploration and development of locatable, 

leasable, and saleable energy and mineral resources, wind energy development, and casual mineral prospecting. 

Management Direction 

Provide for energy and mineral resource exploration and development. 

Provide for biomass availability from harvesting actions, silvicultural treatments, and forest health and fuels 

treatments for use as combustible fuel or other energy products. 

Utilize new and existing quarry and pit sites to provide economical sources of rock and aggregate. Existing 

quarry and pit sites, along with the areas involved in their incremental expansion will be managed as 

existing facilities and will not be available for other management uses. 

See Table 11 (Areas open or closed to energy and mineral developments Eugene District) for the areas that are 

open or closed to energy and mineral developments. 

See Appendix E for a reasonably foreseeable development scenario and the stipulations that will be applied 

to developments. 

Table 11. Areas Open Or Closed To Energy And Mineral Developments, 

Eugene District 

Categories and Subcategories Acres 

Federal Surface and Mineral Estate 318,000 

Federal Minerals/Private Surface 1,300 

Locatable (e.g., metallics and gemstones) 

Closed Nondiscretionary 400 

Closed Discretionary 15,300 

Open Standard Restrictions and/or Stipulations 290,600 

Open Additional Restrictions 10,000 

Salable (e.g., sand, gravel, stone, clays, pumice) 

Closed Nondiscretionary 100 

Closed Discretionary 9,100 

Open Standard Restrictions/Stipulations 200 

Open Additional Restrictions 307,000 

Leasable (e.g., oil, gas, geothermal, coal, chemical mineralsa

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Closed Nondiscretionary 100 

Open Standard Restrictions/Stipulations 140,000 

Open Additional Restrictions 169,500 

Open No Surface Occupancy 2,800 a

Chemical minerals include phosphate, sodium, potassium, sulphur, etc. that may or may not be present in the planning area. These minerals are commonly used by 

industry to prepare brines or acids, or to serve as chemical bases in the manufacture of other products. 

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Fire and Fuels Management 

Management Objectives 

Reduce the fi re hazards to communities that are at risk from uncharacteristic wildfires. 

Decrease the risk of large wildfires, and reduce the cost and associated hazard of fi re suppression.
 

Reduce the risk of resource damage due to uncharacteristic wildfires.
 

Management Direction 

Treat hazardous fuels generated by management activity, particularly in wildland urban interface areas. See 

Figure 4 (Wildland urban interface). 

Apply fuels treatment to stands of any age in order to reduce the fuel hazards. Fuel treatments will include 

such activities as tree cutting and removal, brush cutting, pruning, reducing crown bulk density(exceptinthe 

DeferredTimberManagementArea), treating of activity fuels, biomass removal, and prescribed burning. 

Fuels treatments will occur in various combinations of Fire Regimes and Fire Regime Condition Classes, 

with an emphasis on those combinations identified as high priority in Table 12 (Fuel treatment emphasis 

using Fire Regime and Fire Regime Condition Class). 

Apply vegetation treatments in noncommercial oak woodlands to create open conditions with large fire-resistant oaks. 

Utilize prescribed burns in low intensity, high frequency fire regimes to emulate natural fi re occurrences. 

Remove vegetation and implement other associated maintenance activities to maintain access around ponds 

and water sources that have been constructed as fire suppression water sources. 

Figure 4. Wildland Urban Interface 

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Table 12. Fuel Treatment Emphasis Using Fire Regime And Fire Regime Condition Class 

Fire Regime Fire Regime Condition Class Priority 

1 3 HIGH 

1 2 HIGH 

1 1 HIGH 

2 3 HIGH 

2 2 HIGH 

2 1 MODERATE 

3 3 HIGH 

3 2 HIGH 

3 1 MODERATE 

4 3 LOW 

4 2 LOW 

4 1 LOW 

5 3 LOW 

5 2 LOW 

5 1 LOW 

Fish 

Management objectives and management direction for fish habitat are included under the Riparian 

Management Area land use allocation. 

Hazardous Materials 

Management Objectives 

Limit the use of hazardous materials.
 

Eliminate hazardous wastes.
 

Management Direction 

Respond to hazardous material incidents through actions such as cleanup, proper notifications, criminal 

investigations, and site assessments.
 

Store, treat, and dispose of hazardous materials in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
 

Protect employees and the public from known hazardous materials on BLM-administered lands.
 

Lands, Realty, Access, and Transportation 

Management Objectives 

Make land tenure adjustments to facilitate the management of resources.
 

Provide legal access to BLM-administered lands and facilities to support resource management programs.
 

Provide needed rights-of-way, permits, leases, and easements over BLM-administered lands in a manner 

that is consistent with federal and state laws.
 

Provide a road transportation system that serves resource management needs.
 

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Protect lands that have important resource values or substantial levels of investment by withdrawing them, 

where necessary, from the implementation of nondiscretionary public land and mineral laws. 

Management Direction 

Retain lands in Zone 1 under BLM administration. Lands in Zone 1 include: 

• National Landscape Conservation System designated lands 

• Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

• Research natural areas 

• Outstanding natural areas 

• Developed recreation sites 

• Critical habitat for threatened or endangered species 

Lands in Zone 2 will be available for exchange to enhance public resource values, improve management 

capabilities, or reduce the potential for land use conflict. Zone 2 lands consist of all lands not listed in the 

descriptions of either Zone 1 lands and Zone 3 lands (see Appendix F – Lands). 

Lands in Zone 3 will be available for disposal using appropriate disposal mechanisms. These lands will include: 

• Lands that are either not practical to manage, or are uneconomical to manage (because of their 

intermingled location and nonsuitability for management by another federal agency) 

• Survey hiatuses 

• Encroachments 

Assign lands with survey hiatuses and encroachments that are discovered in the future to Zone 3. For 

locations of land tenure zones, see the map packet (Map 3A for the Siuslaw Resource Area, and Map 3B for 

the Upper Willamette Resource Area). 

See Table 13 below for acres of land tenure zones. 

Assign lands in Zones 2 and 3 that are included in future designations of critical habitat by the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service to Zone 1. 

Do not reduce through disposal, exchange or sale, the acres of O&C lands or Coos Bay Wagon Road of all 

classifications, and the acres of O&C, Coos Bay Wagon Road, and public domain lands that are available for 

harvesting. The total net change in land tenure in the planning area will be evaluated every 10 years, dating 

from 1998. 

Lands will be acquired or disposed of to facilitate resource management objectives as opportunities occur. 

See the Land Tenure Adjustment Criteria section in Appendix F - Lands. 

Manage newly acquired lands for the purpose for which they were acquired or in a manner that is consistent 

with management objectives for adjacent BLM-administered lands or other BLM-administered lands having 

similar resource values. 

Table 13. Acres of land tenure zones, Eugene District 

Land Tenure Zone Acres 

Zone 1 – Retention and Acquisition 170,500 

Zone 2 – Suitable for Exchange and Consolidation 141,600 

Zone 3 – Suitable for Disposal 200 

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Issue temporary-use permits, as identified under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Section 

302), for a variety of uses, such as, but not limited to, stockpile and storage sites and as tools to authorize 

unintentional trespass situations pending fi nal resolution. 

Recognize existing rights-of-way, permits, and easements as valid uses. 

No new leases or permits will be issued for landfills or solid waste disposal sites 

Utilize land-use authorizations to resolve agricultural or occupancy trespasses, where appropriate. 

Limit withdrawals to the area needed and restrict only those activities needed to accomplish the purposes of 

the withdrawal. 

Class I visual resource management areas are right-of-way exclusion areas where future rights-of-way will be 

granted only on a case-by-case basis or when mandated by law. 

Recreation sites, areas of critical environmental concern, research natural areas, wild and scenic rivers that 

are classified as scenic and recreational rivers, and Class II visual resource management areas will be rightof-way avoidance areas (i.e., rights-of-way will be granted only where no practical alternative is available). 

Utility corridors are the preferred location for energy transmission or distribution facilities. Corridors are 

generally 1,000 feet on each side of the centerline. The rights-of-way granted will be the minimum necessary 

to accommodate a specific request. No development or management activities will be permitted that would 

conflict with construction, operation, or maintenance of facilities corresponding to the purpose of the utility 

corridor. See Figure 5 (Utility corridors and communication sites). 

New communication facilities will be allowed on existing developed communication sites where they do 

not conflict with other management objectives. See Figure 5 (Utility corridors and communication sites) and 

Appendix F - Lands. 

Expansion of existing communication sites and the development of new sites will be permitted. The priority 

for accommodating the need for additional capacity will be the use of existing sites and facilities. 

Manage existing roads to protect resource values, provide for safety, protect facility investment, and 

provide access for management activities. Remove hazard trees and downed trees along roads for safety or 

operational reasons. 

New permanent or temporary roads and stream-crossing structures will be constructed where needed for 

the implementation of management direction. 

Roads that are not needed for long-term resource management will be decommissioned. 

Recreation 

See Map 2A and Map 2B for Eugene BLM District recreation information. 

Management Objective 

Provide a diversity of developed and dispersed outdoor recreational opportunities that contribute to 

meeting recreational demand and quality visitor experiences. 

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Management Direction 

Pursue public access to BLM-administered lands that have high recreational potential. 

Manage special recreation management areas in accordance with their planning frameworks. 

See the following: 

• Table 14 (Recreation management areas) 

• Appendix G – Recreation 

• Map 2A (for recreation management areas in the Siuslaw Resource Area) 

• Map 2B (for recreation management areas in the Upper Willamette Resource Area) 

Manage lands not designated as special recreation management areas as extensive recreation management 

areas for developed and dispersed recreational opportunities. See Table 14 (Recreation management areas). 

Maintain recreational developments (including sites, trails, and backcountry byways). See Table 15 

(Recreation sites) and Table 16 (Recreation trails). 

Table 14. Recreation management areas, Eugene District 

Location # 

on Map 2A/2Ba Recreation Management Area Acres 

Special Recreation Management Areas 

9 Lower Lake Creek 1,873 

10 McKenzie River 1,226 

11 Row River Trail 171 

12 Shotgun Creek 413 

13 Upper Lake Creek 12,676 

Total Acres 16,359 

Extensive Recreation Management Areas 

Map 2A Siuslaw 147,969
 

Map 2B Upper Willamette 150,888
 

Total Acres 298,857 a

Map numbers start at 9 because Management areas were numbered consecutively across the planning area in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

Table 15. Recreation Sites, Eugene District 

Location # on 

Map 2A/2Ba Recreation Sites Acres 

21 Clay Creek Campground and Day-Use Area 48 

22 Culp Creek Trailhead 1 

23 Lake Creek Falls Day-Use Area 2 

24 Marten Rapids Day-Use Area 2 

25 McGowan Creek Environmental Education Area 79 

26 Mosby Creek Trailhead 6 

27 Rennie Landing 1 

28 Sharps Creek Campground and Day-Use Area 27 

29 Shotgun Creek Day-Use Area 278 

30 Silver Creek Landing Day-Use Area 2 

31 Taylor Landing Day-Use Area 4 

32 Whitewater Day-Use Area 10 

33 Whittaker Creek Campground and Day-Use Area 16 

Total Acres 476 

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Map numbers start at 21 because recreation sites were numbered consecutively across the planning area in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

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Table 16. Recreation Trails, Eugene District 

Location # on Maps 2A/2Ba Recreation Trails Miles 

11 Clay Creek 1.3 

12 Eagles’ Rest 0.7 

13 Row River 13.5 

14 Shotgun Creek Recreation Site 6.2 

15 Shotgun (OHV) Trails System 23.7 

16 Tyrrell Forest Succession 1.0 

17 Whittaker Creek Old Growth National Recreation 2.5 

Total Miles 48.9 

a

Map numbers start at 11 because recreation trails were numbered consecutively across the planning area in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

Develop potential recreational sites, trails, and backcountry byways in the future depending on recreational 

demand and feasibility. See the following: 

• 

• 

Table 17. Potential Recreation Sites And Potential Recreation Trails, Eugene District 

• 

• 

Locations # on Figure 6a Potential Recreation Sitesb Acres 

6 Cottage Grove Old Growth Environmental Education Area 76 

7 Deer Creek 12 

8 Hult Pond Campground 11 

9 Hult Pond Day-Use Area 2 

10 Hult Pond Equestrian Trailhead 1 

11 Old Rennie Homestead 10 

Total Acres 112 

Location # on Figure 7a Potential Recreation Trailsb Miles 

15 Blue Mountain Trail 0.8 

16 Hult Pond Equestrian Trails 7.2 

17 Shotgun OHV Additions 10.0 

18 South Bank McKenzie 5.1 

19 Whittaker Creek Falls 1.5 

Total Miles 24.6 a

Figure numbers start at 6 and 15 because proposed recreation sites and trails were numbered consecutively across the planning area in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. 

b

See Figure 6 for general locations of potential recreation sites, and Figure 7 for general locations of potential recreation trails. 

Table 18. Potential Backcountry Byways, Eugene District 

Location # on Maps 2A/2Ba Potential Backcountry Byways Miles 

9 Calapooya Divide 28.0 

10 Coburg Hills 43.4 

11 Lost Creek 19.7 

12 Mill Pond 10.7 

13 Siuslaw River 25.3 

Total Miles 127.1 a

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Figure 6. Potential Recreation Sites, Eugene District 

Figure 7. Potential Recreation Trails And Potential Backcountry Byways, 

Eugene District 

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Withdraw areas containing recreational developments from mineral entry and development. 

Develop closed or abandoned roads where feasible to provide additional trail opportunities 

Provide service-oriented and outreach programs, including interpretation and education to visitors. 

Manage environmental education areas to provide educational opportunities for the public. See Table 19 

(Environmental education areas, Eugene District) and Map 2A and Map 2b. 

Table 19. Environmental Education Areas, Eugene District 

Environmental Education Areas Acres 

Cottage Grove Old Growth 76 

McGowan Creek 79 

Total Acres 155 

Manage recreation sites authorized under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act according to their lease 

agreements. See Table 20 (Recreation and public purpose leases, Eugene District). 

Table 20. Recreation And Public Purpose Leases, Eugene District 

R&PP Leases Lessee Acres 

McKercher Park Linn County 2 

Willamette River Greenway Oregon State Parks 3 

Total Acres 5 

Areas listed in Table 21 (Areas closed to off-highway vehicle use, Eugene District) are designated as closed to 

off-highway vehicle use. 

Table 21. Areas Closed To Off-Highway Vehicle Use, Eugene District 

Areas Closed to Off-Highway Vehicle Use Acres 

Cannery Dune 40 

Collard Dune 36 

Cottage Grove Lake RFI ACEC 15 

Cottage Grove Old Growth EEA 80 

Cougar Mountain Yew Grove ACEC 8 

Dorena Prairie ACEC 8 

Esmond Lake ACEC 85 

Fox Hollow RNA/ACEC 159 

Grassy Mountain ACEC 29 

Heceta Sand Dunes ONA/ACEC 210 

Horse Rock Ridge RNA/ACEC 378 

Hult Marsh ACEC 177 

Lorane Ponderosa Pine ACEC 26 

McGowan Creek EEA 79 

McGowan Meadow ACEC 38 

Mohawk RNA/ACEC 290 

Oak Basin Prairies ACEC 37 

Row River Trail 171 

Shotgun Creek SRMA 414 

Upper Elk Meadows RNA/ACEC 217 

Willamette Valley Prairie, Oak, and Pine ACEC 780 

Total Acres 3,277 

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Areas not designated as closed to off-highway vehicle use are designated as limited to designated roads and 

trails. See Table 22 (Off-highway vehicle area designations, Eugene District). 

Table 22. Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designations, Eugene District 

Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designations Acres 

Open 0 

Limited to existing roads and trails 0 

Limited to designated roads and trails 321,138 

Closed 3,277 

Total 324,415 

Manage areas listed in Table 23 (Off-highway vehicle emphasis area, Eugene Districts) as off-highway vehicle 

emphasis areas. 

Table 23. Off-Highway Vehicle Emphasis Areas, Eugene District 

Off-Highway Vehicle Emphasis Area Acres 

Shotgun Creek 8,090 

Note: See Figure 9 for the location of this OHV emphasis area. 

See Figure 8 (Off-highway vehicle area designations, Eugene District) and Figure 9 (Off-highway vehicle 

emphasis areas, Eugene District). 

Manage off-highway vehicle areas and off-highway vehicle emphasis areas according to interim management 

guidelines until subsequent comprehensive travel management plans are completed. See Appendix G - Recreation. 

Research 

Management Objective 

Provide for research to support the management of lands and resources administered by the BLM in the 

Eugene BLM District. 

Management Direction 

Ongoing research projects will be continued according to current or updated study plans. Management 

directions on existing study sites that conflict with research objectives will be deferred until the research is 

complete. New research projects will require study plans that are consistent with the resource management 

plan or a plan amendment if they are not consistent with the resource management plan. 

Soils 

Management Objective 

Provide for long-term soil productivity. 

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Figure 8. Off-Highway Vehicle Area Designations, Eugene District 

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Figure 9. Off-Highway Vehicle Emphasis Areas, Eugene District Off-Highway Vehicle Emphasis Areas, Eugene District 

Management Direction 

Design management activities that affect soil productivity (such as prescribed burns, wildfire suppression, 

silviculture, timber harvesting, biomass removal, and grazing) to provide for long-term soil productivity. 

Special Forest Products 

Management Objective 

Provide for the harvest and collection of special forest products. 

Management Directions 

Restrict collection amounts and collection activities of special forest products in a manner that limits 

adverse impacts to other resources. 

Rotate areas for the collection of individual special forest products as needed to maintain the availability of 

special forest products. 

Timber 

Management objectives and management direction for timber are included under the Deferred Timber 

Management Area and Timber Management Area land use allocations. 

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Visual Resource Management 

Visual resource management classes are established as shown, in the map packet, on Map 3A (Siuslaw 

Resource Area) and Map 3B (Upper Willamette Resource Area). Acres of visual resource management 

classes are shown in Table 24. 

Management Objective 

Preserve the existing character of the landscape in Class I visual resource management areas. 

Management Direction 

Designated, suitable, and eligible wild and scenic rivers that are classified as wild will be managed as Class I 

visual resource management areas. 

Manage VRM I areas in accordance with natural ecological changes. Some very limited management 

activities will occur in these areas. The level of change to the characteristic landscape will be very low and 

will not attract attention. Changes will repeat the basic elements of form, line, color, texture, and scale found 

in the predominant natural features of the characteristic landscape. 

Management Objective 

Retain the existing character of the landscape in Class II visual resource management areas. 

Management Direction 

Designated, suitable, and eligible wild and scenic rivers that are classified as scenic will be managed as Class 

II visual resource management areas. 

Manage VRM II areas for low levels of change to the characteristic landscape. Management activities will be 

seen but will not attract the attention of the casual observer. Changes will repeat the basic elements of form, 

line, color, texture, and scale found in the predominant natural features of the characteristic landscape. 

Management Objective 

Partially retain the existing character of the landscape in Class III visual resource management areas. 

Management Direction 

Designated, suitable, and eligible wild and scenic rivers that are classified as recreational will be managed as 

Class III visual resource management areas. 

Manage VRM III areas for moderate levels of change to the characteristic landscape. Management 

activities will attract attention but will not dominate the view of the casual observer. Changes will repeat 

Table 24. Acres Of Visual Resource Management Classes, Eugene District 

Visual Resource Management (VRM) Classes Acres 

VRM Class I 0 

VRM Class II 0 

VRM Class III 8,294 

VRM Class IV 303,967 

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the basic elements of form, line, color, texture, and scale found in the predominant natural features of the 

characteristic landscape. 

Management Objective 

Allow for major modification of the existing character of the landscape in Class IV visual resource 

management areas. 

Management Direction 

All lands that are not designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III will be managed as Class IV visual resource 

management areas. 

Manage VRM IV areas for high levels of change to the characteristic landscape. Management activities will 

dominate the view and will be the major focus of viewer attention. 

Water 

Management Objective 

Maintain and restore water quality. 

Management Direction 

Implement road improvement, storm-proofing, maintenance, or decommissioning to reduce chronic 

sediment inputs to stream channels and waterbodies. 

Apply Best Management Practices as needed to maintain or restore water quality. See Appendix C – Best 

Management Practices. 

Wildlife 

Management Objective 

Provide for the conservation of BLM special status species. 

Management Direction 

Manage species that are listed under the Endangered Species Act consistent with recovery plans and 

designated critical habitat. Wildlife species with currently approved recovery plans include the marbled 

murrelet, and northern spotted owl. 

Manage BLM special status animal species to maintain or restore populations and habitat consistent with 

species conservation requirements. Protection measures will include altering the type, timing, extent, and 

intensity of actions; and other strategies designed to maintain populations of species. Restorative measures 

will include establishing new populations or augmenting existing populations. 

Restrict activities that would disrupt nesting during nesting season where northern spotted owls have been 

found to be currently nesting. 

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Prior to project implementation and using approved protocol standards, survey projects that are within 

the range of the marbled murrelet and that could degrade or remove suitable marbled murrelet habitat. 

The Pacific Seabird Groups’ Method for Surveying Marbled Murrelets in Forests: A Revised Protocol for Land 

Management and Research (Mack et al. 2003) is the currently approved protocol. If surveys indicate that 

habitat is occupied, all contiguous suitable habitat and recruitment habitat (i.e., stands that are capable of 

becoming marbled murrelet habitat within 25 years) within a 0.5-mile radius will be protected. 

Restrict activities that would disrupt nesting during nesting season where marbled murrelets have been 

found to be currently nesting. 

Bald eagle management areas are established as shown on Figure 10 and will be managed to protect bald 

eagle nest sites and winter roosting areas, and to develop replacement habitat for nesting and roosting. 

Additional bald eagle management areas will be established at a minimum of 20 acres to protect newly 

detected nest trees and adjacent roost areas. Management activities will include prescribed burns and other 

treatments (such as commercial thinning and density management) to reduce fuel loading and to accelerate 

growth and improve tree vigor. See Figure 10 (Habitat management areas for bald eagle). 

Management Objective 

Assist the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in meeting wildlife management goals on public domain 

lands and on O&C lands where the goals are consistent with the O&C Act. 

Management Direction 

Plant forage species along roadsides, skid trails, and on landings, or create forage plots when forage quality 

is determined to be a limiting factor in achieving the management goals of the Oregon Department of Fish 

and Wildlife. 

Include forage retention requirements for wildlife when implementing silvicultural treatments or habitat 

management activities. 

Administrative Actions 

Administrative actions are routine transactions and activities that are required to serve the public and to 

provide optimum management of resources. They will be applied in any land use allocation. 

Implement administrative actions including, but not limited to the following: 

• Recreation site maintenance 

• Recreation site improvement 

• Competitive and commercial recreation activities 

• Lands and realty actions (including the issuance and administration of grants, leases, and permits 

issued under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act) 

• Resolution of trespasses 

• Facility maintenance 

• Improvements to existing facilities 

• Road maintenance 

• Issuance and administration of O&C unilateral and reciprocal rights-of-way agreements 

• Hazardous and solid waste materials removal 

• Law enforcement 

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• Surveys to determine legal land or mineral estate ownership 

• Engineering support to assist in mapping 

• Design of projects including any needed surveys 

• Sampling (e.g., 3-P fall, buck, and scale sampling method) 

• Incidental removal of trees, snags, or logs for safety or operational reasons 

Figure 10. Habitat Management Areas for Bald Eagle 

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