Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
04/01/2016 to 06/30/2016
Deschutes National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Regionwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Region)
Aquatic Invasive Species order
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Completed
Actual: 03/28/2016
03/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: The purpose of this order is to prevent the spread or introduction of aquatic invasive plant or animal species on all
Forests in R6. Public involvement is targeted for the Umatilla, Willamette, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Gifford Pinchot,
and Colville NFs.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47350
Location:
Deschutes National Forest
Benham Fall Area Trail
Restoration
UNIT - R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units. STATE - Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Adams, Asotin,
Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island,
Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San
Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman,
Yakima, Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant,
Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow,
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, Yamhill. LEGAL
- Not Applicable. Order will apply to all Forests in Region 6, however targeted scoping is with the Umatilla, Gifford
Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Willamette and Colville NFs public scoping lists.
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Recreation management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Expected:10/2016
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
06/2017
Marvin Lang
541-383-4793
melang@fs.fed.us
Description: Restore and rehabilitate trails at Benham Falls to address drainage, vegetation, and tread width issues.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=49022
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
James Capurso
208-557-5780
jcapurso@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T 19S, R 11 E,
Section 9. Benham Falls.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Dilman Meadow Pond
Maintenance
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/11/2016
Expected:04/2016
07/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T17S R19E Sec.
31,32,33,34,35,36; T17S R10E Sec. 31; T18S R9E Sec. 1,2,3,
4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28; T18S R10E Sec. 5,6,7,8,17,18,19,20,30. The
Drink planning area is roughly bounded on the north by the 4061370 and 4601 roads, on the south the project
abuts Cascade Lakes Highway. To the west lies the Three Sisters Wilderness.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/26/2015
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
Richard Wesseler
541-383-4722
rwesseler@fs.fed.us
Description: This project consists of four small projects on recreational residences at Elk Lake.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47156
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - NW 1/4 of the NW
1/4 of Section 4, T22S, R9E. Dilman Meadow is located in Deschutes County, approximately 1.5 miles northwest
of Wickiup Dam, in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 4, T22S, R9E.
Beth Peer
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
Expected:06/2016
06/2016
541-383-4769
(other than forest products)
Scoping Start 03/28/2016
bpeer@fs.fed.us
- Watershed management
Description: Treatments are aimed reducing conifer encroachment in and around the edges of meadows by removing small
trees.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45694
Location:
Elk Lake Small Projects
Beth Peer
541-383-4769
bpeer@fs.fed.us
Description: In 2001, several open water areas were created within the Dilman meadow complex to provide suitable habitat to
relocate an Oregon spotted from population from habitat below Wicki-up. The project would maintain those open
water areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48225
Location:
Drink Meadow Restoration
Project
Project Contact
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Township 18S,
Range 8E, Sec 32. Elk Lake.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Fall River Restoration
CE
*UPDATED*
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
Expected:04/2016
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
06/2016
- Forest products
- Fuels management
Completed
Actual: 01/21/2016
05/2016
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Klamath, Lake. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Approximately 2 miles east of LaPine, Oregon and 30 miles south of Bend, Oregon.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/11/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
Beth Peer
541-383-4769
bpeer@fs.fed.us
Description: The project would remove lodgepole pine at 3 sites each about 1 acre at Katati Basin to create better moonwort
habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48229
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Anne Trapanese
541-383-4028
atrapanese@fs.fed.us
Description: Thinning in ponderosa pine, overstory removal in lodgepole, precommercial thinning and fuel treatments to
maintain and restore forest health to increase stand productivity, reduce threat of large scale wildfire, and
contribute wood products
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43289
Location:
Katati Basin Moonwort Habitat
Restoration
Beth Peer
541-383-4769
bpeer@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T 21S, R09 E,
Sections 1,2,10,11
. Fall River near the Fall River Campground; T 21S, R09 E, Sections 1,2,10,11
.
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Description: Recreational use along Fall River has resulted in degraded riparian vegetation and soil stability. The restoration
project proposes to utilize placement of downed wood, rocks, and boulders to discourage off-trail use and define
foot traffic patterns.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48231
Location:
Flat Vegetation Management
Project
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/11/2016
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Katati Basin in the area near Hwy31.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Kew Vegetation Management
EA
Project Purpose
EA
Decision
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Beth Peer
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:06/2017
10/2020
541-383-4769
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 11/17/2015
bpeer@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Est. Comment Period Public
- Fuels management
Notice 10/2016
- Road management
Description: Project includes about 6,500 acres of commercial harvest and fuels reduction for the purpose of restoring stand
structure and composition, resilience through increased vigor and fire hazard reduction. Predominantly mixed
conifer stand types.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47326
Location:
Lex Vegetation Management
Planning Status
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Township 18
South, Range 10 East, Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; Township 19 South, Range 10 East Sections 1-3, 9-16,
22-24, 26, 27, 34, 35. Willamette Meridian. West of Bend, Oregon and the Deschutes River, bordered on the north
by the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway.
- Forest products
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/25/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 05/2016
Expected:09/2016
11/2016
Anne Trapanese
541-383-4028
atrapanese@fs.fed.us
Description: Treat roughly 6,500 acres of lodgeopole and mixed conifer forests to restore historic species composition,
structure, and process. Treatments would include fuels reduction and prescribed burning.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47203
Location:
Midstate Substation to State
Rec Transmission Line
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T18S R9E sections
25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; T18S R10E sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; T19S R9E sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13; and
T19S R10E sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, and 19. The project lies roughly 10 miles west of the City of Bend
east of FS road 45 and south of Cascade Lakes Highway.
- Special use management
On Hold
EA
N/A
N/A
Lisa Dilley
541-383-4025
lldilley@fs.fed.us
Description: Midstate is proposing to install approximately 8 miles of overhead transmission line from the BPA Substation to the
State Rec Substation. The line will mostly parallel the BPA Transmission line on the east side.
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Township 21 South, Range 11East, Sections 8, 9, 16, 20, 29, &32; Township 22 South, Range 11East, Sections 5,
8, 27, 18 & 29 W.M.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Mountain Mahogany
Restoration
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:09/2016
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
09/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
The project area is located on the far southeast side of the District, approximately 26 to 4 miles southeast of the
City of Bend.
- Recreation management
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2016
Expected:06/2016
06/2016
Scott McBride
928-402-6231
semcbride@fs.fed.us
Description: Restore impacted riparian areas and improve barriers and signage where visitors have left the designated trail to
get closer to the falls.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=49023
Location:
Recreation Residence Cabin
Rebuild
Ben Hernandez
208-549-4295
benhernandez@fs.fed.u
s
Description: Project objectives are to restore mountain mahogany by thinning, planting seedlings and/or protecting natural
regeneration of mountain mahogany to improve habitat conditions for various high desert species on approximately
4,300 acres.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=49021
Location:
Paulina Falls Restoration
Project Contact
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T21S, R12E, Sec.
34. Paulina Falls.
- Facility management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 11/03/2014
CE
Expected:06/2016
07/2016
Richard Wesseler
541-383-4792
rwesseler@fs.fed.us
Description: Remove existing recreation residence cabin at Elk Lake and rebuild the foundation and cabin in the same location
and footprint. Special User Permit is for the use of the land for this private-owned improvement.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45733
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T. 18 S., R. 8 E.,
Section 29. Elk Lake, NW Corner, Tract J, Lot 10, located behind the Guard Station.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Recreation Special Use Permit
Re-Issuance 2016
- Recreation management
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/29/2015
Expected:05/2016
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
05/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Many locations across the Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District.
Anne Trapanese
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Expected:04/2016
06/2016
541-383-4028
- Vegetation management
Scoping Start 10/05/2015
atrapanese@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
Description: The goal of this project is to reduce the spread of insects and disease in developed recreation sites in the
Newberry Caldera, and provide safe egress in the event of a fire.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47385
Location:
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Newberry National Volcanic Monument - Caldera Zone.
Stearns Meter Station Upgrades - Special use management
Completed
CE
*UPDATED*
Actual: 02/23/2016
05/2016
Lisa Dilley
541-383-4025
lldilley@fs.fed.us
Description: CNGC is proposing to expand the existing fenced site from 18'X26' to 56' X 56' and install additional facilities.
CNGC is also proposing to clear brush and trees 10' around the proposed fenced perimeter.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46806
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Richard Wesseler
541-383-4722
rwesseler@fs.fed.us
Description: Re-Issuance of SUP for: Central Oregon River Adventures, Wanderlust Tours, Central Oregon Community
College, Lobo's Motorcycle Club, Central Oregon Masters Aquatics, Bend Bowman, Lay it Out Events, Lois Fox
Endurance Ride
Location:
Shield Insect and Disease
Project
Project Contact
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T.
20 S., R 11 E., Section 3-located along the TransCanada Gas Pipeline.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Upper Deschutes River Fuels
Reduction HFRA
- Fuels management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/10/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2016
Expected:08/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
08/2016
Alexander Enna
541-383-4732
aenna@fs.fed.us
Description: Ladder fuel reduction, commercial thinning, shrub mowing, and prescribed burning totaling about 1200 acres,
within the wildland-urban interface of several small communities in the Upper Deschutes River area.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45297
Location:
Ursus Vegetation Management
Project
EA
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T18S R11E, T19S
R11E, T20S R9E, T20S R10E, T20S R11E, T21S R9E, T21S R10E, T21S R11E, T33S R9E, T22S R11E.
Various sections in these townships, call for map or full legal description. Southwest of Bend in the following
subdivisions: Ponderosa Pines Estates; Haner Park Access; UDRC WUI.
Beth Peer
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:05/2016
05/2017
541-383-4769
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
bpeer@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
12/14/2015
- Fuels management
Description: About 4,000 acres of lodgepole pine and mixed conifer forest treated with salvage harvest, regeneration harvest,
and fuels reduction. Located between a large expanse of Roadless and Wilderness to west and privately-held
forest to the east.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43245
Location:
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
about 11 miles west of Bend, Oregon. This project is part of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project
landscape.
Beth Peer
541-383-4769
bpeer@fs.fed.us
Welcome Station Paved Path
Undercrossing and Reroute
Project
- Recreation management
EA
Description: The project would alter the design of the Welcome Station paved path rerouting the trail to cross the Cascade
Lakes Highway with an undercrossing near the new trailhead location and continue
on the northwest side of the highway about 1 mile west.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47482
*UPDATED*
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
01/28/2016
Expected:05/2016
06/2016
UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T18S, R11E,
Sections 14, 15. West of Bend, Oregon paralleling the Cascade Lake Highway (Hwy 46). The trail connects the
Bend Park and Recreation District Haul Road trail to the new Welcome Station Visitor Center.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
2015 Recreation Residence
Projects-Odell Lake
- Special area management
Completed
CE
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
09/2016
Meria Page
541-433-3230
mpage01@fs.fed.us
Description: Odell Lake recreation residents submitted applications for various repairs and alterations to their privately owned
structures to ensure safety, accessibility and compliance with regulations.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47046
Location:
Crescent Creek Wild and
Scenic River Management Plan
Actual: 03/15/2016
01/26/2016
07/20/2015
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Various
recreation residences around Odell Lake. T23S, R06E, Sections 7, 9, 15, 18, Willamette Meridian.
- Special area management
EA
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/15/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2016
Expected:09/2016
09/2016
Michelle King
541-433-3216
mdking02@fs.fed.us
Description: In 1988, the US Congress designated Crescent Creek as a Wild and Scenic River (WSR). This is the proposed
management plan associated with that designation. Plan will outline Outstanding Remarkable Values and how to
maintain them into the future.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47575
Location:
Crescent Lake Shoreline
Erosion
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. WSR
designation begins approximately at the Crescent Lake Dam and continues for ten river miles until approximately
the Crescent Lake Campground.
- Recreation management
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/02/2014
CE
*UPDATED*
08/2016
Kyle Wright
541-433-3262
kylewright@fs.fed.us
Description: Design of erosion control structure for use along the recreation residence tract at Crescent Lake to reduce the
recreation and natural resource impacts of large fluctuations (20 feet)in water level.
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Expected:04/2016
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T24S, R6E, S14, 15, 16 &
21; Willamette Meridian. Crescent Lake Recreation Residence Tract Shoreline.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Marsh
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Purpose
Decision
Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Fuels management
EIS
Completed
Actual: 01/21/2016
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
05/2016
Michelle King
541-433-3216
mdking02@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Odell Lake.
Michelle King
05/2017
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:02/2017
541-433-3216
- Forest products
NOI in Federal Register
mdking02@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
05/12/2015
(other than forest products)
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
- Fuels management
Register 05/2016
Description: To continue to provide values and services in the Ringo project area, the Forest Service proposes to reduce tree
density and surface fuels in order to restore and maintain a resilient, fire-adapted ecosystem.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46900
Location:
Deschutes National Forest
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Description: Remove fuels around Odell Lake including thinning, pruning, removal of ground fules and chipping material in
proximity to recreational residences.
Location:
Ringo
Project Contact
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T24,25,26S R6,6.5,7E.
Southwest portion of the Crescent Ranger District, including both upland and Marsh areas of the watershed.
CE
*UPDATED*
Expected
Implementation
Joseph Bowles
07/2016
- Recreation management
Completed
Actual: 03/14/2016
541-433-3209
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
jkbowles@fs.fed.us
- Vegetation management
(other than forest products)
- Fuels management
- Watershed management
Description: Ecosystem Services based-project designed to maintain and enhance a set of values unique to the planning area,
including hunting and recreation opportunities, wildlife and botanical resources, water quality, and scenic views.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40231
Location:
Odell Lake Hazardous Fuels
Reduction Project
Planning Status
UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 30,000
acres south of Wickiup Reservoir, encompassing Ringo Butte and Odell Butte, and directly west of the Forest
Service boundary with private land.
Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Green Ridge Landscape
Restoration
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Purpose
EA
*UPDATED*
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Completed
Actual: 02/25/2016
06/2016
Monty Gregg
541-549-7724
mgregg@fs.fed.us
Description: The project would provide facilities such as parking, trail access, and a defined birding area to support the annual
fall raptor migration bird count on Green Ridge.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48404
UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project
is located in T12S, R01E, section 12.
William Munro
- Forest products
In Progress:
Expected:08/2016
11/2016
541-549-7711
- Vegetation management
Comment Period Public Notice
wmunro@fs.fed.us
(other than forest products)
01/08/2016
- Fuels management
Description: Maintain and restore resiliency and forest health in stands that provide habitat for interior wildlife species and
present a potential risk of large scale wildfires in the Melvin Butte area. The project would generate about 5 MMBF
of timber.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44107
Location:
04/01/2016 04:09 am MT
Project Contact
UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project
area is located about 13 air miles north of Sisters, Oregon.
- Recreation management
Location:
Melvin Butte Vegetation
Management Project
Expected
Implementation
Michael Keown
- Forest products
Developing Proposal
Expected:02/2017
09/2017
541-549-7735
- Fuels management
Est. Scoping Start 05/2016
mkeown@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: The project would maintain and restore forest conditions closer to the historic range of variability and contribute to
the restoration of ecosystem process and function in the planning area. Timber products are an outcome of
restoration activities.
CE
*UPDATED*
Decision
Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Location:
Green Ridge Raptor Count
Citizen Science
Planning Status
UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project
area is about 10 air miles south of Sisters, Oregon. T16S, R09E and T17S, R09E.
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Deschutes National Forest
Project Name
Deschutes National Forest
Project Purpose
Decision
Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Whychus Watershed Road
Closure and Decommissioning
Project
- Watershed management
- Road management
EA
*NEW LISTING*
Planning Status
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/19/2016
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 04/2016
Expected:09/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
05/2017
Julie York
541-549-7709
jsyork@fs.fed.us
Description: The project would close and decommission roads as part of meeting the objectives in the Whychus Creek
Watershed Aquatic Habitat Restoration Action Plan. About 14 miles of road would be closed and about 39 miles of
road would be decommissioned.
Location:
UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project
area is about 5 miles southwest of the city of Sisters, Oregon.
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bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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