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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-ORWA-M060-2019-0005-EA
Project Name: Anderson Butte Safety Project

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NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-ORWA-M060-2019-0005-EA
Project Name

Anderson Butte Safety Project
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Ashland Field Office
Last Updated

Project Description

The Anderson Butte area has a long history of local community residents frequently enjoying public lands for a wide variety of uses, including hiking, horseback riding, hunting, riding off-highway vehicles and recreational target shooting. As the Rogue Valley''s population has continued to increase, so has the recreational use of the Anderson Butte area, as well as an increase in home construction in close proximity to the public lands that lie within it. These increasing pressures have resulted in a number of public safety issues and recreational user conflicts from public land visitors participating in a variety of recreational target shooting activities. There have been reported instances of these activities resulting in bullets hitting nearby private residences, other private property and bullets passing over hikers heads while on designated Bureau of Land Management (BLM) trails. The development of this EA will assist the BLM in the development of alternatives to address the issues identified above.

What's New

On September 20, 2022 the Federal Register Notice was published for the Anderson Butte Safety Project. The 11 sites described in the notice will be temporarily closed to recreational target shooting for 2 years from 12:01 a.m., October 20, 2022.

Please see the ‘Federal Register Notice’ tab under the Documents section of this site to see the notice and map of the closed sites.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Jacksonville	Oregon	97530

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Project Dates

Start Date

6/10/2019
End Date

3/9/2022
FONSI Date

3/10/2022

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Ashland Field Office
Offices

Ashland FO, Medford DO
Cooperating Agencies

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