Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act

The Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act creates a grazing management program on Federal lands in Malheur County, Oregon, allowing grazing permittees to adjust seasonal grazing schedules and water placements with written notice to improve long-term ecological health. It establishes the Malheur C.E.O. Group with specific membership representing livestock interests, environmental groups, tribes, and government agencies to propose and approve projects for ecological restoration, recreation, and economic development. The bill designates approximately 1.1 million acres of Federal land as wilderness areas with provisions for continued grazing and management consistent with existing authorities. It also includes economic development provisions for tourism routes (loop roads) and conveys specific lands to the Burns Paiute Tribe while establishing a co-stewardship area for cultural resource protection.