Requests the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service to relinquish control of as much land in this state as possible to the State of Oregon.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Joint Memorial 14
Sponsored by Representative BREESE-IVERSON, Senator GIROD; Senator STARR
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Asks BLM and the U.S. Forest Service to give back control of as much land in this state
as possible to the State of Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1).
Requests the Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service to relinquish
control of as much land in this state as possible to the State of Oregon.
JOINT MEMORIAL
To the President of the United States, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the Chief
of the United States Forest Service, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress assembled:
We, your memorialists, the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, in legisla-
tive session assembled, respectfully represent as follows:
Whereas from forests to parklands, high deserts to coastal ranges, Oregon prides itself on its
land; and
Whereas 32 million of Oregon’s 61 million acres are controlled by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and the United States Forest Service; and
Whereas across wide swaths of federally controlled land, mismanagement by federal agencies
has resulted in significant destruction of both public and private resources, causing immeasurable
harm to struggling rural economies and putting Oregonians at risk of mortal danger throughout this
state; and
Whereas Oregon land controlled by federal agencies emits dangerous levels of greenhouse gases,
contributing substantially to climate change in this state; and
Whereas poor stewardship of Oregon land by federal agencies has played a major role in the
unprecedented rise in wildfires in this state, and wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 13
Oregonians, burned more than 2 million acres and destroyed thousands of homes since 2019; now,
therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
That we, the members of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly, respectfully request the Bureau
of Land Management and the United States Forest Service to relinquish control of as much land in
this state as possible to the State of Oregon so management of that land can be returned to the
counties situated on it; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of this memorial shall be sent to the President of the United States, to
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the Chief of the United States Forest Service,
to the Senate Majority Leader, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to each member
of the Oregon Congressional Delegation.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3517