The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a revision to how much logging is allowed on O&C Lands. That proposal is causing excitement and criticism. The Bureau of Land Management has filed a notice of intent to revise the resource management plan for nearly 2.5 million acres of forests in Oregon, potentially quadrupling the amount of timber open to logging on O&C Lands (Oregon and California Railroad Lands). The agency is seeking to increase its sustained yield timber harvest to around 1 billion board feet annually, an amount matching levels prior to conservation restrictions in the 1990s. Last year, logging on those lands only yielded around 250 million board feet. In its notice, the BLM says the proposed changes are needed because of wildfire, barred owl management and reduced revenue. The agency also cites an executive order from President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to issue new guidance aimed at increasing timber production.