Resources & Info

The Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision proposes to triple logging across three National Forests, while concurrently removing protections for ecosystems, wildlife, clean water, and the climate.

Here are some helpful resources and information relevant to the agency’s proposed Forest Plan Revisions:

• Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s action alert on the draft Forest Plan Revision;
• The Wild Blue Mountains webpage, which includes great summaries of key issues, background, and opportunities to help people comment on the Forest Plan Revision;
• The Capitol Chronicle article notifying the public about the Forest Plan Revision 90-day public comment period, which is open until September 30th, 2026;
• OPB article introducing the Forest Plan Revisions;
• Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project’s (BMBP’s) scoping comments on the early draft plan of the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision;
• BMBP’s comments on the Forest Service’s previous attempt to revise their Forest Plans in 2018;
• BMBP’s comments on the agency’s attempt to rollback protections for large trees in 2020;
• BMBP webinar in 2025 for the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision scoping comment period. It provides background & info that remain relevant to the current comment period;
• BMBP’s ‘Logging is a False Solution to Wildfire and Community Safety’ webpage;
• BMBP’s roads are a widespread threat to streams and waterquality webpage;
• BMBP’s ‘Logging is Not Restoration’ webpage;
• BMBP’s post-fire logging webpage;
• This Grand fir Fact Sheet by the Eastside Forest Coalition;
• ‘Wildfire in the age of climate change: a messaging guide for climate and forest activists’ by the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance;
• The peer-reviewed publication Law et al. in 2022 Strategic Reserves in Oregon’s Forests for water, biodiversity, and carbon to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
• This Columbia Insight article about Dr. David Mildrexler’s work. Dr. Mildrexler is a co-author on the Law et al. 2022 paper above, and has done extensive work on forest reserves in the Blue Mountains;
• The Camas to Condors project, an effort led by the Nez Perce Tribe, which highlights landscape connectivity, on their website;
• This video (below) highlights the majesty and uniqueness of the Blue Mountains, and includes information about the Forest Plan Revisions. It features Karen Coulter (BMBP’s Director), Dr. David Mildrexler (Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands), and Rob Klavins (Oregon Wild).

 

You can submit comments on the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision on Forest Service’s online portal at: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=301397.