Illegal Dumping on Public Lands Database Project

Project ID: HAF043F13

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: University of Oregon

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $20,275

Total Funding: $61,100

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Social

Principal Investigator: Mital, Steve

Agreement Technical Representative: Shapiro, Steven

Abstract: This project will analyze illegal trash dumping on public lands. Implementation of this agreement will provide and educational component to the illegal household trash clean-up project currently underway on Eugene District lands located in the Mohawk area of the district. The end product of an internet interface for the illegal dumpsite database will allow access to the data for BLM staff and the public for reporting of dumpsites, volunteer clean-up events and location information. Project funded at $20,275. (In 2009 BLM changed the project number to L06AC13472. BLM also notes that this project is associated with L07AC14736, Evaluation of Influences of Salvage and Salvage Intensity on Wildlife, Medford District, funded at $40,825.)