The Project is responding to several broad-scale issues and through an open public process, is working to develop a new management strategy for public land administered by the two agencies in eastern Oregon and Washington, Idaho, western Wyoming, western Montana, and portions of northern Utah and northern Nevada.

Across parts of these seven states, management direction for Forest Service- and BLM-administered lands was re-examined and two draft environmental impact statements (EISs) were prepared for different portions of the area covered by the Interior Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Project.

The planning area for the Eastside EIS includes lands administered by the BLM or Forest Service in the interior Columbia River Basin, upper Klamath Basin, and northern Great Basin that lie east of the crest of the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington. The Eastside EIS covers approximately 30 million acres of agency-administered lands.

The planning area for the Upper Columbia River Basin EIS includes lands administered by the BLM or Forest Service in parts of Idaho, western Montana and Wyoming, and northern Nevada and Utah that are drained by the Columbia River system. The Upper Columbia River Basin EIS covers approximately 45 million acres of agency-administered lands.

If you have any questions, need additional information, or wish to speak to project personnel, please call (509) 522-4030 for the Walla Walla office or (208) 334-1770 for the Boise office.

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