{"id":8953,"date":"2023-06-18T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8953"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:12","slug":"400000-acres-protected-in-the-owyhee-canyonlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8953","title":{"rendered":"400,000+ acres protected in the Owyhee Canyonlands!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today\u00a0we are celebrating a major conservation win for Oregon\u2019s Owyhee Canyonlands!<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Bureau of Land Management\u2019s\u00a0newly released plan for this wild, remote and iconic expanse of Oregon\u2019s high desert<\/a> establishes new protections for more than 400,000 acres of the region\u2019s most ecologically important habitats.\u00a0\u00a0The Owyhee Canyonlands are a national treasure, featuring miles upon miles of deep, rugged canyons, supporting a rich diversity of wildlife and preserving some of the darkest night skies in the country. The Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan Amendment is the BLM\u2019s blueprint for managing this far-flung corner of the state.<\/div>\n
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The new plan addresses everything from conservation of wildlands and cultural resources to livestock grazing, off-road vehicle use and the increasing impacts of climate change on public lands. And its decision to protect more than 417,190 acres of \u201cLands with Wilderness Characteristics\u201d is precedential: the BLM has never before proposed to protect so many acres of \u201cLWCs\u201d for wilderness values in a single BLM district.This achievement is a direct result of your efforts conducting wilderness inventories, advocating for conservation and pressing for strong, science-based decision-making for public lands.<\/div>\n
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New and stronger conservation management of this landscape will promote climate resilience, support the recovery of key species like the greater sage-grouse, and provide for abundant backcountry recreation in one of Oregon\u2019s most remote landscapes. In the coming weeks, we\u2019ll continue to review this plan, delving into its management prescriptions, charts, maps and appendices.<\/div>\n
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We look forward to updating you on all that we discover. All the while we will continue pressing forward on Senator Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley\u2019s\u00a0recently-introduced legislation<\/a>\u00a0that would establish more than 1 million acres of wilderness protections in the Owyhee Canyonlands. In the meantime, we\u2019re glad to share this news and take a moment with our community to enjoy this remarkable conservation outcome for eastern Oregon. Thank you for your abiding support for conserving the Owyhee Canyonlands and Oregon\u2019s high desert!<\/div>\n
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Ryan Houston
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Today\u00a0we are celebrating a major conservation win for Oregon\u2019s Owyhee Canyonlands! The Bureau of Land Management\u2019s\u00a0newly released plan for this wild, remote and iconic expanse of Oregon\u2019s high desert establishes new protections for more than 400,000 acres of the region\u2019s most ecologically important habitats.\u00a0\u00a0The Owyhee Canyonlands are a national treasure, featuring miles upon miles of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8956,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8953\/revisions\/8956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}