The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Proposed Revised Land Management Plan (commonly known as the Forest Plan) for the Malheur, Umatilla, Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, and a portion of the Ochoco National Forest (Blue Mountains National Forests) is scheduled to be released to the public on March 14, 2014, for a 90-day comment period.
On March 17, 2014, the first of twelve public meetings will be held to share information about the DEIS and Proposed Revised Forest Plan, to explain the commenting process, and to listen to the public.
The following is the schedule for the public meetings, which begin on March 17th. All of the meetings are scheduled from 5:30- 8:30pm:
| Date | Location | Address |
| 3/17/14 (Mon) | Malheur National Forest Federal Building, Juniper Hall | 431 Patterson John Day, OR |
| 3/18/14 (Tues) | Malheur National Forest Chamber of Commerce Community Center | 484 N. Broadway Center Burns, OR |
| 3/19/14 (Weds) | Malheur National Forest Long Creek Community Center | 201 W. 2nd Street Long Creek, OR |
| 3/20/14 (Thurs) | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Cloverleaf Hall | 668 NW 1st St. (Hwy 3) Enterprise, OR |
| 3/25/14 (Tues) | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Baker County Fairgrounds (Event Center) | 2600 East Street. Baker City, OR |
| 3/26/14 (Weds) | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Blue Mountain Conference Center | 404 12th Street La Grande, OR |
| 3/27/14 (Thurs) | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Lions Hall | 235 Lion Street Halfway, OR |
| 3/31/14 (Mon) | Blue Mountains National Forests Red Lion Convention Center | 1021 NE Grand Avenue Portland, OR |
| 4/1/14 (Tues) | Umatilla National Forest Pendleton Convention Center, West Rooms 3 & 4 | 1601 Westgate Pendleton, OR |
| 4/2/14 (Weds) | Umatilla National Forest Heppner City Hall | 111 North Main Heppner, OR |
| 4/3/14 (Thurs) | Umatilla National Forest Fair Grounds Youth Building Columbia Co. Engineer’s Office | 1 North Pine Dayton. WA |
| 4/4/14 (Fri) | Umatilla National Forest Benton PUD Auditorium | 2721 West 10th Avenue Kennewick, WA |
If you would like to be on the mailing list to receive Newsletters and other information, please send an email to: bluemtnplanrevision@fs.fed.us or contact Jodi Kramer at 541-523-1246.
If you are interested in a public meeting in your community, please contact Jodi Kramer as well. Additional information about the Blue Mountain Revision project can be found on the web at:http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/BlueMtnsPlanRevision.
