Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
01/01/2016 to 03/31/2016
Siuslaw 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
EA
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
08/12/2015
Expected:11/2015
01/2016
James Capurso
208-557-5780
jcapurso@fs.fed.us
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:
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.
Siuslaw National Forest Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (excluding Projects
occurring in more than one District)
2013 Special Use Authorization
Projects (Camp Cleawox
Amendment)
- Special use management
On Hold
CE
*UPDATED*
N/A
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
N/A
John Harper
541-271-6023 or 541271-6000
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawcentralcoast@fs.fed.us
Description: Amend for two new kayak storage buildings at existing Girl Scout camp under an existing authorization.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42932
Location:
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UNIT - Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY Lane. LEGAL - T19S, R12W, Section 10, W.M., Lane County, Oregon. within existing authorized Camp Cleawox,
south of Florence, Oregon.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Siuslaw National Forest Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (excluding Projects
occurring in more than one District)
2013 Special Use Authorization
Projects (Conger Road)
- Special use management
- Road management
Completed
Actual: 12/17/2015
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
03/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
John Harper
541-271-6023 or 541271-6000
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawcentralcoast@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a new authorization for proposed road access to private land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42934
Location:
Archie Knowles
CE
UNIT - Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY Douglas. LEGAL - T21S, R11W, Section 28, W.M., Douglas County, Oregon. From Forest Road 41 a short
distance accross section line onto private land in section 29.
- Recreation management
- Facility management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/12/2015
Expected:12/2015
*UPDATED*
01/2016
Angela Morris
541-271-6040
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawcentralcoast@fs.fed.us
Description: Rehabilitation and operation of an existing campground
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47484
Location:
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UNIT - Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY Lane. LEGAL - T18S, R9S, Section 8, Willamette Meridian, Lane County. Highway 126, near Mapleton, Oregon.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Siuslaw National Forest Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (excluding Projects
occurring in more than one District)
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Donni Vogel
07/2017
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Expected:02/2017
541-563-8416
- Forest products
Scoping Start 12/30/2015
comments- Vegetation management
Est. Comment Period Public
pacificnorthwest(other than forest products)
Notice 09/2016
siuslaw- Fuels management
centralcoast@fs.fed.us
- Watershed management
- Road management
Description: This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the Indian Creek watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning,
fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48438
Indian Creek Landscape
Management Project
EA
*NEW LISTING*
Location:
Riparian Restoration Project
EA
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY Lane. LEGAL - T17S, R9&10W; T16S, R9,10,&11W; Willamette Meridan. Indian Creek watershed about 14 air
miles northeast of Florence, Oregon.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/12/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 02/2016
Expected:05/2016
08/2016
Christine Hirsch
541-750-7034
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslaw@fs.fed.us
Description: Thin about 22 acres within 6 stands of less than 80 year old Douglas-fir plantations to evaluate the effects of
thinning plantations in riparian areas, with a particular focus on wood recruitment to streams, coho salmon and its
habitat.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47455
Location:
Siuslaw National Forest
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UNIT - Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY Lane. LEGAL - T17S, R10W, Sections 5-7, Willamette Meridian, Lane County, Oregon. North Fork Siuslaw
watershed basin on the Central Oregon coast, approximately 40 miles southwest of Corvallis.
Hebo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Siuslaw National Forest
Project Name
Siuslaw National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Hebo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
1136 and 8100-112 Road
Easement Exchange
- Land ownership management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/18/2015
Expected:01/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
02/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
Susan Beall
541-750-7059
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawhebo@fs.fed.us
Description: Reciprocal easements across Forest Service and private land to improve access and reduce road impacts.
Location:
2016 East Beaver LWD Project
CE
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Tillamook. LEGAL - T3S, R10W, S6; T3S, R9W,
S11. Sand creek area, 1136 road, off Sand Lake/Cape Lookout Road and 8100-112 in East Beaver Creek area.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
Expected:03/2016
04/2016
*NEW LISTING*
David Skelton
503-392-5113
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawhebo@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hebo Ranger District proposes to remove up to 40 conifer trees for placement into East Beaver Creek for
aquatic habitat restoration. Trees from 24-32 inches DBH and at least 90 feet tall would removed with rootwads
intact.
Location:
2282 and 2210 Road Easement
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Tillamook. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Trees cut in
the vicinity of Forest Road 1004 would be placed in East Beaver Creek.
- Land management planning
- Land ownership management
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
Expected:02/2016
03/2016
Susan Beall
541-750-7059
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawhebo@fs.fed.us
Description: Convey a road easement totaling approximately 1.52 miles to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde to
access tribal land adjacent to National Forest System lands (including 800-900 feet of new road construction).
Location:
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UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Yamhill. LEGAL - T5S, R9W, Sec. 12. Forest
Service Roads 2282, 2282-121, 2282-123, and 2210; Hebo Ranger District.
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Project Name
Siuslaw National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Hebo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Cascade Head Alder Tree
Removal
- Road management
On Hold
N/A
Expected
Implementation
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
N/A
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Lincoln, Tillamook. LEGAL - T6S, R10W, Section
19, Lincoln County; T6S, R10W, Sections 6, 7, 18; T6S, R11W, Section 1; T5S, R11W, Section 36, Tillamook
County. Along Highway US 101, from approximately MP 99 to 104. Three Rocks Road intersects with 101 at the
south end of the project; Neskowin Creek crosses the highway close to the north end.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
Expected:02/2016
02/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Section 16, T.8S, R.10W., Willamette Meridian.
- Recreation management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Debra Hobbs
760-788-0250x3327
dshobbs@fs.fed.us
Description: Consumers Power, Inc., requests authorization to construct, operate, and maintain an underground power
distribution system in a 20-foot right of way, 10-30 feet from an existing road, over approximately 510 linear feet
of National Forest System land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48230
Location:
Hebo Lake Picnic Shelter
Improvement Project
Nancy Craft
503-392-5122
ncraft@fs.fed.us
Description: Project would authorize Oregon Dept. of Transportation to reduce safety hazard of falling trees and limbs, by falling
and removing red alder trees within 66 feet of the center of the highway. Trees leaning away from the highway
would not be treated.
Location:
Consumers Power Special Use
Authorization
Project Contact
Expected:02/2016
06/2016
Debra Hobbs
760-788-0250x3327
dshobbs@fs.fed.us
Description: Up to 9 trees (10 inch dbh) will be removed from the campground and used to make improvements to the existing
picnic shelter.
Location:
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Tillamook. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Hebo Lake
Campground.
Teresa Campbell
Hebo Special Use Authorization - Land ownership management
12/2015
Completed
Actual: 12/08/2015
Renewal 2015
503-392-5124
- Special use management
tccampbell@fs.fed.us
CE
Description: Renewal of existing special use authorizations. Uses include operation and maintenance of utility lines, use of a
*UPDATED*
trail and primitive campsites, use of roads to access private land, and a recreational event.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47762
Location:
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UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Lincoln, Tillamook, Yamhill. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Locations throughout the Hebo Ranger District.
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Project Name
Siuslaw National Forest
LTEP Thinning
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Project Purpose
CE
Decision
Hebo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Wayne Patterson
03/2016
- Vegetation management
In Progress:
Expected:02/2016
503-392-5136
(other than forest products)
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
wpatterson@fs.fed.us
- Research and Development
Description: Non-commercial thinning in Long Term Ecosystem Productivity (LTEP) plots. Trees will be cut and left as down
wood in treated plots.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48241
Location:
North Creek Culvert
Planning Status
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Tillamook, Yamhill. LEGAL - Not Applicable. LTEP
plots adjacent to Forest Service Roads 1431-111 and 1432-112.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Road management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2015
Expected:02/2016
04/2017
*NEW LISTING*
Joe Acosta
541-563-8405
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawhebo@fs.fed.us
Description: Replace existing undersized 11ft culvert that is currently a passage barrier to upstream migration of fish and other
aquatic organisms with an all aquatic organism passage structure.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=48240
Location:
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 7 miles west of
Lincoln City, on Lincoln Co. Rd. 109, FS Roads 17 and 1790.
Rocky Bend and Castle Rock
- Recreation management
Campground Decommissioning - Watershed management
- Facility management
EA
*UPDATED*
On Hold
N/A
N/A
Joseph Cleveland
503-392-5118
commentspacificnorthwestsiuslawhebo@fs.fed.us
Description: The Hebo District Ranger is proposing to decommission Rocky Bend and Castle Rock Campgrounds. All
infrastructure will be removed. Rocky Bend Campground is located on Upper Nestucca River Road, and Castle
Rock is located on Oregon Highway 22.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42651
Location:
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UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Tillamook. LEGAL - 4S,7W Section 7 & 4S,
9W Section 32. Rocky Bend Campground is located on Blaine Road east of Beaver. Castle Rock Campground is
located on Highway 22 about 6 miles east of Hebo.
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Project Name
Siuslaw National Forest
Project Purpose
*UPDATED*
Decision
Hebo Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Schooner-Rock Restoration
Project
EA
Planning Status
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
Lorena Wisehart
- Land management planning
In Progress:
Expected:07/2016
08/2016
503-392-5119
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Scoping Start 02/25/2015
comments- Vegetation management
Est. Comment Period Public
pacificnorthwest(other than forest products)
Notice 03/2016
siuslaw- Watershed management
hebo@fs.fed.us
- Road management
Description: Project would thin young conifer plantations in the Drift (Siletz) watershed to promote development of latesuccessional forest habitat and improve fish habitat by adding large woody debris to streams.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44852
Location:
UNIT - Hebo Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Lincoln. LEGAL - T 6 and 7 S, R 10 and 11 W;
Willamette Meridian. Hebo Ranger District about 80 miles NW of Corvallis.
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This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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