John Day Basin proposed resource management plan and final environmental impact statement

Analyzes five alternatives for managing approximately 456,000 acres of public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in central and eastern Oregon. The BLM-managed public lands within the planning area are located in Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco, Jefferson, Umatilla, and Morrow counties. Each of the Action Alternatives would revise management guidance for lands managed under the 1985 John Day Resource Management Plan (JDRMP), the eastern portion of lands managed under the 1986 Two Rivers Resource Management Plan (RMP), and the southwestern portion of lands managed under the Baker RMP. The five alternative combinations of land use allocations and allowable uses respond to the significant issues identified during scoping: Landscape health, access and travel management, and management of public lands near the North Fork John Day River (NFJDR). Much of this land was acquired as a result of the Oregon Land Exchange Act of 2000. Alternative 2 has been identified as the Preferred Alternative.