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Managing the river and the land around it
Published May 25, 2003
Bureau of Land Management releases draft management plan for Upper Klamath RiverBy DYLAN DARLING
H&N Staff Writer
With the designation of a stretch of Upper Klamath River as scenic in 1994, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management knew it would need to develop a plan to manage it and the river and land around it.
That plan is now available for the public to study and comment on. The plan presents management options the BLM and Pacificorp have with about 7,600 acres and about 7,100 acres respectively that buffer a 20-mile stretch of the river, said Larry Frazier, BLM project manager.
The plan has been a year in the making, and now the BLM wants to gauge the public's reaction to it.
"We are just waiting to hear from the public to see what they would like to have us do," he said.
The plan, which covers the stretch of Klamath River from J.C. Boyle Dam in Oregon to the slack water of Copco Reservoir in California, addresses issues including fish and wildlife habitat, fuel loading concerns, historic and prehistoric cultural management, recreation site development, recreational carrying capacity, land tenure, and off-highway vehicle use. The final plan will be out near the end of 2004.
The PacifiCorp land was included in the plan because the river runs through it and the power company is trying to decide what to do with it. The company's dams on the river are up for relicensing in 2006.
Frazier said Pacificorp asked the BLM to evaluate what the company could do with the land, including the possibilities for running its own wildlife restoration plans, selling the land to private parties or selling the land to the government. The company is going to wait until after relicensing to decide what to do.
Public meetings about the plan will be held in Oregon and California.
Meetings are set for:
n Klamath Falls: Klamath County Fairgrounds Office Building Conference Room B, Monday, June 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
n Copco, Calif.: Copco Community Center, June 10, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
n Yreka - Best Western Miners Inn Conference Center on June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The public comment period will close on August 13, 2003. Copies of the plan are available online and at the Lakeview Interagency Office and the Klamath Falls Resource Area Office.
For more information call the Klamath Falls office at 883-6916 or the Lakeview office at (541) 957-2177.
On the Web:
www.or.blm.gov/Lakeview
Bureau of Land Management releases draft management plan for Upper Klamath RiverBy DYLAN DARLING
H&N Staff Writer
With the designation of a stretch of Upper Klamath River as scenic in 1994, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management knew it would need to develop a plan to manage it and the river and land around it.
That plan is now available for the public to study and comment on. The plan presents management options the BLM and Pacificorp have with about 7,600 acres and about 7,100 acres respectively that buffer a 20-mile stretch of the river, said Larry Frazier, BLM project manager.
The plan has been a year in the making, and now the BLM wants to gauge the public's reaction to it.
"We are just waiting to hear from the public to see what they would like to have us do," he said.
The plan, which covers the stretch of Klamath River from J.C. Boyle Dam in Oregon to the slack water of Copco Reservoir in California, addresses issues including fish and wildlife habitat, fuel loading concerns, historic and prehistoric cultural management, recreation site development, recreational carrying capacity, land tenure, and off-highway vehicle use. The final plan will be out near the end of 2004.
The PacifiCorp land was included in the plan because the river runs through it and the power company is trying to decide what to do with it. The company's dams on the river are up for relicensing in 2006.
Frazier said Pacificorp asked the BLM to evaluate what the company could do with the land, including the possibilities for running its own wildlife restoration plans, selling the land to private parties or selling the land to the government. The company is going to wait until after relicensing to decide what to do.
Public meetings about the plan will be held in Oregon and California.
Meetings are set for:
n Klamath Falls: Klamath County Fairgrounds Office Building Conference Room B, Monday, June 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
n Copco, Calif.: Copco Community Center, June 10, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
n Yreka - Best Western Miners Inn Conference Center on June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The public comment period will close on August 13, 2003. Copies of the plan are available online and at the Lakeview Interagency Office and the Klamath Falls Resource Area Office.
For more information call the Klamath Falls office at 883-6916 or the Lakeview office at (541) 957-2177.
On the Web:
www.or.blm.gov/Lakeview
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