(Boise, ID; Portland, OR) -- The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and
proposed decision for the management of federal lands in eastern Oregon and
Washington, Idaho and western Montana on December 15, 2000. The release of the Final EIS initiated a public protest process in which
participants in the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
planning process, who may be adversely affected by the proposed decision,
can request that the proposed decision be reviewed by the BLM Director and Chief
of the Forest Service. Protests on the Final EIS can be mailed to: Director,
Bureau of Land Management, and Chief, Forest Service; ICBEMP Protests; P.O. Box
65480; Washington, D.C. 20035.
The Project, initiated in 1993, addresses the landscape health issues facing
the Columbia River Basin such as the threat of wildfire, noxious weeds, and the
protection and restoration of habitat for fish and wildlife species. The Project
also addresses the socio-economic effects of federal land management
decisions. Copies of the Final EIS and Proposed Decision are available in a printed
version, on CD, or can be downloaded from our wesbsite, www.icbemp.gov. If you would like a
printed or CD copy, please contact the Project Office in Boise, Idaho at
208-334-1770.