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Please visit our online action center by January 10th and tell the Bureau of Land Management in western Oregon that its draft Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR) does not go far enough to protect vital fish and game habitat on public lands.
WHY WE CARE
The WOPR would allow for a significant reduction in streamside buffers-- a potentially damaging move that would most certainly impact our struggling, but recovering, salmon and steelhead runs in western Oregon. Additionally, the plan would allow the conversion of our oak savanna country—prime blacktail deer and Roosevelt elk winter range—into conifer timber plantations. What's more, the plan would open thousands of acres of habitat important to hunters and anglers to Off Highway Vehicle use, potentially trashing irreplaceable fish and wildlife habitat for thousands of sportsmen.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
< span>As a hunter or angler in western Oregon, you can help. Simply visit our online action center by January 10th, review the details of the plan, and share your concerns over the BLM's plans that could seriously impact fish and game habitat and, by extension, hunting and angling in western Oregon.
Thank You,
--
Mike Beagle
Western Field Coordinator
Medford, Oregon
Trout Unlimited
Please visit our online action center by January 10th and tell the Bureau of Land Management in western Oregon that its draft Western Oregon Plan Revisions (WOPR) does not go far enough to protect vital fish and game habitat on public lands.
WHY WE CARE
The WOPR would allow for a significant reduction in streamside buffers-- a potentially damaging move that would most certainly impact our struggling, but recovering, salmon and steelhead runs in western Oregon. Additionally, the plan would allow the conversion of our oak savanna country—prime blacktail deer and Roosevelt elk winter range—into conifer timber plantations. What's more, the plan would open thousands of acres of habitat important to hunters and anglers to Off Highway Vehicle use, potentially trashing irreplaceable fish and wildlife habitat for thousands of sportsmen.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
< span>As a hunter or angler in western Oregon, you can help. Simply visit our online action center by January 10th, review the details of the plan, and share your concerns over the BLM's plans that could seriously impact fish and game habitat and, by extension, hunting and angling in western Oregon.
Thank You,
--
Mike Beagle
Western Field Coordinator
Medford, Oregon
Trout Unlimited
