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Browsing NEPA Documents by Author "Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)"

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    Allison Guard Station improvement project environmental assessment, decision notice, and finding of no significant impact
    (2004-10-05) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Environmental assessment proposes to improve Guard Station built by Civilian Conservation Corps, planning to 1) convert an existing warehouse/bunkhouse into more bunkhouse space, 2) reconstruct building foundations that are deteriorating, 3) construct a new vehicle storage shed in a manner that is consistent with the site’s historic character, 4) remove or modify the generator building and move the generator to the vehicle shed, 5) replace and upgrade an above ground fuel tank to meet spill standards and fire codes, 6) improve access to the cookhouse to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements (ADA) and 7) improve the water system by fixing the current spring box or drilling a well. Decision Notice announces implementation of the project, which will meet requirements for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
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    Dads Creek WUI fuels reduction project environmental assessment
    (2008-08) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Proposes that approximately 3890 acres would receive treatment, including 2,668 acres of mechanical treatment (1,811 acres of commercial harvest, 799 acres of precommercial thinning and 58 acres of old growth fire hazard reduction), followed by 2,668 acres of fuel treatment by piling and burning, and 2,532 acres of fuel treatment by underburning (1467 acres in harvest and thinning units and 1065 outside of treatment units).
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    Dads Creek WUI project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2008-12-18) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Announces decision choosing Alternative 2 of project EA with modifications. Approximately 3890 acres would receive treatment, including 2,668 acres of mechanical treatment (1,811 acres of commercial harvest, 799 acres of precommercial thinning and 58 acres of old growth fire hazard reduction), followed by 2,668 acres of fuel treatment by piling and burning, and 2,532 acres of fuel treatment by underburning (1467 acres in harvest and thinning units and 1065 outside of treatment units).
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    Knox hazardous fuels/Forest health project environmental assessment
    (2008-09) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    The project would involve approximately 7,230 acres of forest management treatments and integrated design elements. Proposed treatment and harvest operations would include: harvest activities (commercial thinning, precommercial thinning, biomass utilization), fuel treatment (prescribed burning, hand-piling, machine slash treatments, whole tree yarding), and aspen restoration (release with lop and scatter, commercial thin, or caging). Transportation system activities include use of temporary roads, road maintenance, road closures, and road decommissioning. Integrated project design elements provide for protection of cultural or historical sites, soil, water, fish, wildlife, range, native plants and trees, scenery, and recreation resources.
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    Van allotment preliminary environmental assessment
    (2008-08) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Proposed project provides continued grazing while assuring that livestock management is consistent with the Malheur National Forest Plan and/or moves toward meeting aquatic and other resource Forest Plan standards, as amended, including INFISH Riparian Management Objectives (RMO) at a near natural rate of recovery. Includes resting the entire allotment for 3-5 consecutive years, establishing a maximum of 441 AUMs, establishing a season no earlier than May 15 and no later than September 30, and creating riparian management pastures.