BLM Forest Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the largest landowner in the Oregon Coast Range. The agency has major forest holdings in Tillamook, Benton, Lane, Douglas and Coos Counties. Important portions of large coastal watersheds are Managed by the BLM. In total, the BLM owns 2.5 million acres of Western Oregon forest.

Here is a map of BLM & other significant public or tribal lands in Western Oregon:

The BLM’s current forest plan was adopted in August of 2016, these plans are called the ROD/RMP.

During the almost fourteen years it took for the BLM to finish the forest plan, the CRA’s work was unrelenting to ensure the big trees were protected and the Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) remained whole. The CRA’s input into BLM planning took the form of clarifying the Best Available Science regarding the aquatic issues. Our work produced two major reports, sponsored a major science panel of the Northwest’s best aquatic scientists and provided vast input into the BLM’s planning process.