Predator Damage Management in Oregon

5 organizations filed 6 public comments on Predator Damage Management in Oregon, at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The comment window closed 1302d ago.

Abstract

Wildlife Services (WS), a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) titled “Predator Damage Management (PDM) in Oregon.” On September 1, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of availability in the Federal Register (88 FR 60451, Docket No. 2023-18938) of the WS-Oregon FEIS. After the required 30-day review period, WS signed the ROD on October 3, 2023. The FEIS analyzed the potential environmental impacts of six alternatives for WS-Oregon’s involvement in activities in the state. The ROD documents WS-Oregon’s selection of the preferred alternative (Alternative 2) to continue current predator damage management activities with provisions for WS-Oregon’s involvement in managing gray wolf damage and threats under Phases I-III of the 2019 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. The ROD concluded that none of the alternatives were likely to result in significant impacts to the environment, and that Alternative 2 best meets the Purpose and Need and Objectives. Alternative 2 allows WS-Oregon to respond to the greatest number of requests for PDM assistance using an integrated approach that includes education, technical assistance, non-lethal and lethal methods, while giving preference to non-lethal methods when they are appropriate and effective.

Commenters (5)

• Animal Welfare Institutetrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Defenders of Wildlife

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Nina Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• NPT Executive Committeetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Oregon Hunters Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%