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Item Open Access 2008 Non-Commercial thinning and fuels reduction project decision memo and categorical exclusion(2008-06-09) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Approximately 500 acres per year will be treated during a five year period beginning in 2008 for a total of 2,500 acres. Of the 500 acres treated each year, approximately 300 acres will be non-commercially thinned and 200 acres will be treated for fuels reduction using either hand or mechanical methods. Access will be restricted to existing roads.Item Open Access Ajax/Magnolia project(2002-12) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.); North Fork John Day Ranger District (Or.); EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.; Millennium Science and Engineering, Inc.Contains several documents, including abbreviated preliminary assessments of each of the Ajax and Magnolia mines, a site inspection of the two mines, a public participation plan, and an engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA of the mines, as well as earlier material on clay mineralogy and a sample data summary package. After screening of the waste piles with the Niton XRF unit, the proximity to Lucas Gulch and EPA's APA checklist, both Ajax and Magnolia were recommended for Site Inspection (SI) in the Abbreviated Preliminary Assessments. The SI found high concentrations of metals in the adits and retention ponds of both mines, with rock piles and soil contaminated from AMD, with arsenic migrating downstream from the Magnolia site to the onsite stream station at Ajax Mine. After an EE/CA was recommended, a Public Participation Plan was created and a list of recipients drawn up. Finally, an EE/CA was performed for a proposed CERCLA removal action for the two inactive gold mines. Seventeen metals were found to be ecological threats, some of which threatened spawning and rearing and the migratory pathways of federally-listed bull trout and steelhead, and arsenic created a threat to child recreationists and adult workers. Proposed alternatives include excavation and onsite disposal and adit discharge treatment.Item Open Access Blue Mountain land exchange -- Oregon final environmental impact statement(2006-09) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.); Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.); Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Analyzes proposed assembled land exchange between Clearwater Land Exchange-Oregon and the Forest Service, involving acquiring and conveying within the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. Plans to provide for more efficient cost effective management of Forest lands through consolidation, and to acquire and protect habitat for Threatened and Endangered species and lands within Congressionally Designated Areas. Concerns include exercise of American Indian treaty rights and cultural uses, water quality, fisheries, old growth associated species, and social and economic environment.Item Open Access Cobbler timber sale and fuels reduction project draft environmental assessment(2009-01) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposes to harvest commercially approximately 2500 acres and exercise 60 acres of fuels treatment.Item Open Access Desolation ecosystem analysis and Upland Forest vegetation analysis(1999-07-02) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Upland analysis identifies ecological processes of greatest concern, establishes how well these processes are functioning, and then determines the conditions or circumstances under which restoration and other management activities could occur in the watershed. Findings of ecosystem analysis for Desolation watershed include: available target maximum standard water temperature for tributaries should be 55-60 degrees F, the watershed has a high concentration of Botrychium; non-native seeded grasses occupy a high proportion of meadow cover; riparian obligate plant species are underrepresented; current noxious weed infestation is low; opportunities for use of natural fuels treatment are limited; old forest structure is much below historic levels; existing C1/C2 old growth network contains no old forest; and reproductive habitat for pileated woodpeckers and American martin has become rare.Item Open Access Farley vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement(2008-07) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)The purpose and need for the proposed project are to conduct timber harvest, commercial and non-commercial thinning, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, and reforestation on Umatilla National Forest lands in the Desolation Creek watershed in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.Item Open Access Monument fire salvage recovery project decision memo(2008-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.Item Open Access North South OHV trail project decision memo(2009-03-02) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision initiating project developing a designated OHV trail by using existing roads, existing areas of past disturbance (skid trails, temporary logging roads, and firelines), and minimal new trail construction (5.5 miles) along road corridors of FRs 40, 43, and 44. This trail will move ATV and motorcycle traffic from approximately 12.7 miles of motorized mixed-use traffic on FR 40 to approximately 11.9 miles of newly designated ATV trail that parallels the road. The entire trail will be approximately 30 miles long and will provide ATV access from Stevens Ridge to Big Butte. It will be designed and designated for use by ATVs and motorcycles.Item Open Access Otter fire salvage project decision memo(2008-07-14) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.Item Open Access Sugarbowl fire salvage project decision memo(2008-06-30) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.Item Open Access Umatilla and Meacham ecosystem analysis and Upland forest vegetation analysis: Umatilla and Meacham watersheds(2001-04) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.); Powell, David C.Ecosystem analysis finds the watersheds are a critical source of relatively cool water for the entire Umatilla Subbasin, the Umatilla River and Meacham Creek provide some areas of relatively high quality conditions for remnant and recovering fish populations, bull trout populations are at risk because of their small population and limited satisfactory habitat with less than ideal water temperature conditions, coldwater source protection may conflict with high priority vegetation management activities, overstocked stands with dense understories invite wildfires, a high risk of infestation exists from western spruce budworm and Douglas-fir tussock moth, and ten native plant species are at risk. Vegetation analysis describes the potential vegetation, cover types, size classes, structural stages, density (canopy cover), and disturbance processes. Also includes the historical range of variability for forest structural stages, consideration of limited vegetation components, and an assessment of and suggestions for stocking levels for various tree species.Item Open Access Umatilla National Forest invasive plants treatment project draft environmental impact statement(2007-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposes to fight increase of fire hazards, fish and wildlife habitat degradation, the elimination of rare and endangered plants, water quality and watershed impairment, and adverse affects on scenery and recreational opportunities, by controlling, containing or eradicating invasive plants on nearly 25,000 acres. Among the 24 different invasive plant species are spotted and diffuse knapweed, yellow starthistle, leafy spurge, dalmation and yellow toadflax, scotch thistle, and rush skeletonweed. Alternatives include bans on broadcast spraying of herbicide in riparian areas and for aerial applications.Item Open Access Umatilla National Forest road analysis report(2004-03) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Analysis is based on the 1999 Forest Service Miscellaneous Report FS-643, Roads Analysis: Informing Decisions About Managing the National Forest Transportation System, and is intended to identify prioritized opportunities that address watershed health or road maintenance. Includes identification of needed and unneeded roads, identification of road-associated environmental and public safety risks, identification of site-specific priorities and opportunities for road improvements and decommissioning, identification of areas of special sensitivity and/or unique resource values, and any other specific information that may be needed to support project-level decisions that would be completed at the watershed or project scale rather than the forest scale.Item Open Access West End OHV project area draft environmental assessment(2008-12) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)The Proposed Action identifies a designated system of roads and trails that would be available for OHV use. There would be a total of 290 miles of roads and trails available as motorized trails for OHV use. Existing open and closed roads would be designated as an OHV system. New trails would be added to provide connections to other trail systems on the Forest and to the Morrow/Grant County OHV Park.Item Open Access Wildcat fuels reduction and vegetation management project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2009-03-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces approval of project initiating commercial thinning on 1943 acres, non-commercial thinning on 2878 acres, 40 acres of aspen restoration, mechanical fuels treatment, and landscape burning.Item Open Access Wildcat fuels reduction and vegetation management project environmental assessment(2009-03) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposed action includes commercial thinning on 2218 acres, non-commercial thinning on 3286 acres, 40 acres of aspen restoration, mechanical fuels treatment, and landscape burning.