January 16, 2025 - A Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon/Washington and California will be published tomorrow in the Federal Register. You will also be able to view it in Documents.  In addition, a web-based interactive story map is available to view the BLM's approved plan. View the Story Map here: https://bit.ly/CSNMplanMAP

The BLM's Record of Decision/Approved RMP and other planning documents are available for viewing in Documents.  The CSNM Proposed RMP/Final EIS Protest Resolution Report can be accessed on the BLM Director's website here - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement Protest Resolution Report (December 2024) | Bureau of Land Management

Previous Updates:

January 7, 2025 - The Bureau of Land Management today issued its Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. This approved plan will guide management of the monument's 113,500 acres in southwestern Oregon and northern California to protect and restore the resources, objects, and values for which the area was designated. Presidential Proclamations 7318 and 9564 identified the monument as a landscape of ecological wonder with unmatched biological diversity that provides habitat connectivity, watershed protection, and landscape-scale resilience for the area's critically important natural resources.

December 13, 2024 - The BLM prepared a Biological Assessment (BA) for the CSNM Proposed RMP pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. The BA has been posted in the Documents tab under Background / Supporting Documents. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued a Biological Opinion on the CSNM Proposed RMP. Please reach out to the FWS Roseburg Field Office (541-957-3474) for a copy of their Biological Opinion.

October 10, 2024 - A Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon/Washington and California will be published tomorrow in the Federal Register. You will also be able to view it in Documents.  In addition, a web-based interactive story map is available to view the BLM's proposed plan. View the Story Map here: https://bit.ly/CSNMstorymap.

The Federal Register notice announces the opening of a 30-day protest period and the Governor's Consistency Review. All protests must be in writing and filed with the BLM Director, either electronically via BLM’s ePlanning website or as a hard copy by the close of the protest period. The only electronic protests the BLM will accept are those filed through ePlanning.  Additional instructions for filing a protest are available at the BLM's Filing a Plan Protest website. 

May 13, 2024 - The virtual public meeting recording and presentation slides are now available for viewing in the Documents tab.

April 5, 2024 - The Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon/Washington and California published in the Federal Register. You can also find it in Documents.  

The Federal Register notice announces the opening of a 90-day public comment period for the Draft RMP/EIS beginning with the date following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) publication of its Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft RMP/EIS in the FederalRegister. The EPA usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.

The BLM is seeking input on the Draft RMP/EIS which will revise the management plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and is designed to encompass all lands in the Monument under one plan to provide cohesive, long-range objectives and management direction. Comments must be received by July 5, 2024.

The BLM will host four public meetings to provide forums for the public to learn more about the Draft RMP/EIS and provide comments. Please refer to How to Get Involved for more information on public meetings and how to be involved in the planning process.

In addition to the public meetings, the BLM is providing a web-based interactive story map to help the public understand how the proposed plan addresses specific public land and natural resource topics. View the Story Map here: http:/bit.ly/CSNMstory.

August 15, 2023 - The public scoping period closed on August 8, 2023. The BLM is reviewing the comments provided and preparing a Public Scoping Report, which will be made available here on this site in the fall 2023. 

June 27, 2023 - The Analysis of the Management Situation (AMS) is now available. The AMS provides a brief description of the resource conditions within the planning area and how these resources are currently being managed. The AMS also includes the BLM's preliminary planning criteria, or the preliminary issues and their analytical frameworks, and is being made available for public review and comments per 43 CFR 1610.1-2(c)).

June 9, 2023 – The Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource Management Plan for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon/Washington and California and an Associated Environmental Impact Statement published in the Federal Register - see also in Documents.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input to inform the new resource management plan (RMP) for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM). The RMP is being developed to encompass all lands in the CSNM under one plan to provide cohesive, long-range management objectives and direction.

The BLM invites members of the public to attend public meetings to learn more about the project, speak with resource specialists, and to submit written comments. The BLM will hold four public meetings, three in-person open houses and one virtual, to gather input on resource management concerns, which can help determine the scope of the environmental analysis. Please refer to How to Get Involved for more information.