The BLM will provide updates about the status of the Western Oregon Resource Management Plan Revision on this ePlanning site.

A press release was published announcing this effort on February 18, 2026 and can be found here: BLM launches public comment on western Oregon timber plan to advance Trump administration priorities | Bureau of Land Management. A Notice of Intent was published in the Federal Register on February 19, 2026 that formally announced the beginning of the scoping period for this effort which closed on March 23, 2026.

Detailed information on existing ACECs, including the location, area, relevant and important values, and special management needs, is available in Appendix F of the Northwestern and Coastal Oregon Resource Management Plan (RMP) and in Appendix F of the Southwestern Oregon RMP, which are available on the ePlanning Project page for the Resource Management Plans for Western Oregon at:  https://eplanning.blm.gov/Documents/?id=7250f38d-a7f2-f011-8407-001dd803d067&spid=b1575748-a8f2-f011-8407-001dd803d067

Errata for the 2/19/2026 Notice of Intent:
 

• Linn County was omitted from the list of counties in the planning area.

• The following is a corrected list of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern currently designated in the planning area:

  • Baker Cypress, Bear Gulch, Beatty Creek, Bobby Creek, Brewer Spruce, Brownson Ridge, Bumpheads, Bushnell-Irwin Rocks, Callahan Meadows, Camas Swale, Cherry Creek, China Wall, Cobleigh Road, Cottage Grove Old Growth, Cougar Mountain Yew Grove, Crabtree Complex, Dakubetede, Deer Creek, Dorena Prairie, East Fork Whiskey Creek, Eight Dollar Mountain, Elk Creek, Esmond Lake, Euphoria Ridge, Ferguson Creek, Forest Peak, Fox Hollow, French Flat, Garoutte Prairie, Grandmother's Grove, Grass Mountain, Grassy Mountain, Grayback Glades, Heceta Sand Dunes, High Peak - Moon Creek, Hole-In-The-Rock, Holton Creek, Horse Rock Ridge, Hunter Creek Bog, Jordan Creek, King Mountain Rock Garden, Lake Creek Falls, Little North Fork Wilson River, Little Sink, Lorane Ponderosa Pine, Lost Prairie, Low Elevation Headwaters of the McKenzie River, Lower Scappoose Eagle, Marys Peak, McCully Mountain, McGowan Meadow, Middle Santiam Terrace, Mill Creek Ridge, Mohawk, Myrtle Island, Nails Creek, Nestucca River, New River, North Bank, North Fork Chetco, North Fork Coquille River, North Fork Hunter Creek, North Fork Silver Creek, North Myrtle Creek, North Spit, Oak Basin Prairies, Pickett Creek, Pipe Fork, Poverty Flat, Red Pond, Reeves Creek, Rickreall Ridge, Rocky Peak, Roman Nose, Rough and Ready, Round Top Butte, Saddle Bag Mountain, Sandy River, Silt Creek, Snow Peak, Soosap Meadows, Sterling Mine Ditch, Table Rocks, Tater Hill, The Butte, Tioga Creek, Upper Elk Meadows, Upper Klamath River, Upper Klamath River Addition, Upper Rock Creek, Upper Willamette Valley Margin, Valley of the Giants, Waldo-Takilma, Walker Flat, Wassen Creek, Waterloo, West Fork Illinois River, White Rock Fen, Wilhoit Springs, Willamette Valley Prairie Oak and Pine Area, Woodcock Bog, Yainax Butte, Yellowstone Creek.

*The initial scheduled dates listed on this page for document publication represent the tentative schedule and may change as the BLM proceeds through the planning process.