BLM OR Mechanical Treatments: Completed Vegetation Management in Oregon and Washington

Mechanical treatments on Bureau of Land Management lands in Oregon and Washington. The dataset represents completed actions such as pulling, piling, chopping, grinding, mowing, and soil preparation to consolidate, reduce, or clear vegetation. It is provided by the Department of the Interior and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of completed mechanical treatments based on the geospatial polygon data.
• Analyze vegetation management strategies based on described treatment types like pulling, piling, or mowing.
• Assess land preparation activities for habitat restoration based on mentioned soil preparation methods like plowing or ripping.
• Monitor vegetation reduction efforts on public lands based on the described scope of treatments targeting grass, brush, and small trees.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly geospatial, representing treatments as polygons.
• Covers two U.S. states: Oregon and Washington.
• Includes multiple accessible file formats, including CSV, GEOJSON, and an ArcGIS REST API.
• Last updated on 2026-03-26, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational records of completed land management activities.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 12:42:20.983238

Geography

Bureau of Land Management lands in Oregon and Washington, USA