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Item Open Access Clackamas side channel and culverts decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2007-06-18) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision approving project which reconnects a side channel of the Clackamas River (near mile post 35) using a back hoe to create a small channel connected to the river at both ends. Logs will be installed to add structure and pools. It also replaces two culverts with bridges that allow better passage of fish. One is at the junction of Bargfeld Creek and Fischers Mill Road and the other is at the junction of Spring Creek and Mattoon Road.Item Open Access Clackamas side channel and culverts environmental assessment(2007) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)The project would reconnect a side channel of the Clackamas River (near mile post 35) using a back hoe to create a small channel connected to the river at both ends. Logs would be installed to add structure and pools. It would also replace two culverts with bridges that allow better passage of fish. One is at the junction of Bargfeld Creek and Fischers Mill Road and the other is at the junction of Spring Creek and Mattoon Road.Item Open Access DB Cooper fuel reduction demonstration project decision memo(2008-04) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)The fuels reduction treatment would include removing smaller diameter trees and reducing the overlap of overstory trees to 45 percent canopy cover; reducing ladder fuels to lower the probability of torching and crowning; and either piling and burning or mechanically treating fuels with methods such as slash busting or grinding. A second entry of pile burning would reduce the fuel loadings to approximately 10 tons per acre and reduce the fire hazard to a moderate/low category.Item Open Access Middle Fork Irrigation District 2008 projects decision memo(2008-07-08) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision approving repair of pipeline, drain, stabilizing and replacing vaults at Laurance Lake.Item Open Access North Fork Mill Creek restoration opportunities decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2008-12-19) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposed Action proposes to treat approximately 2,800 acres. The purpose of the treatments is to improve forest health conditions (removing root rot pockets, removing diseased trees) and reduce hazardous fuels (removal of surface fuels, removal of ladder fuels, and opening of the canopy). The mechanical fuels reduction treatment methods would consist of tree thinning from below, machine piling, hand thinning, pruning by hand, machine mastication, and manual brush removal. Underburning (prescribed fire) would be used in combination with mechanical treatments (954 acres) or without any additional treatments (610 acres) to restore stand health and to restore fire to its historical role.Item Open Access North Fork Mill Creek restoration opportunities environmental assessment(2008-12) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposed Action proposes to treat approximately 2,800 acres. The purpose of the treatments is to improve forest health conditions (removing root rot pockets, removing diseased trees) and reduce hazardous fuels (removal of surface fuels, removal of ladder fuels, and opening of the canopy). The mechanical fuels reduction treatment methods would consist of tree thinning from below, machine piling, hand thinning, pruning by hand, machine mastication, and manual brush removal. Underburning (prescribed fire) would be used in combination with mechanical treatments (954 acres) or without any additional treatments (610 acres) to restore stand health and to restore fire to its historical role.Item Open Access Precommercial thinning decision memo(2008-03) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision proposing to precommercially thin approximately 5,774 acres of young, overstocked plantations. Approximately 1,028 acres are within riparian reserves. Within the riparian reserves, cut trees would be hand piled as needed, to help provide interim down woody structure. Units adjacent to streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, seeps and springs would have a 30-foot "no cut" buffer from the high water level.Item Open Access Road decommissioning for aquatic restoration decision record(2008-12) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Analyzes the environmental effects for decommissioning approximately 84 miles of road across the Forest. Road decommissioning activities are proposed to improve hydrologic function and aquatic habitat in several high priority sixth-field subwatersheds. This EA analyzes three alternatives.Item Open Access Robinhood Creek helicopter log deck decision memo(2008-06-12) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Approves action to temporarily store logs at a log deck in Nottingham Campground, and then transport them via helicopter to Robinhood Creek. The area of the proposed project is an open forest, predominantly lodgepole pine 20 to 40 feet tall, intermixed with conifers and hardwoods with an understory of grasses and low shrubs. Logs will be transported via log truck from existing log decks to the proposed log deck site adjacent to the main access road into Nottingham Campground.Item Open Access Site-specific invasive plant treatment for Mt. Hood National Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area decision record(2008-03) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Approves project by the Mt. Hood National Forest (Forest) and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon (Scenic Area) initiating invasive plant treatments on 208 sites (approximately 13,000 acres). The purpose of this project is to eradicate, contain and control invasive plant infestations, to reverse the negative impacts caused by invasive plants, and to restore healthy, native plant communities and functions at the impacted sites in a cost-effective manner that meets current management direction. The treatments include: 30 acres of herbicide only treatment; 50 acres of manual and mechanical treatments; 310 acres of herbicide plus mechanical treatments; 327 acres of herbicide plus manual treatments; 1510 acres of herbicide plus manual, mechanical, and cultural; 10,736 acres of herbicide plus manual and mechanical treatments. Additional acres would be added through an early detection / rapid response strategy (EDRR).Item Open Access Site-specific invasive plant treatment for Mt. Hood National Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area final environmental impact statement(2008-03) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)The Mt. Hood National Forest (Forest) and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon (Scenic Area) are proposing invasive plant treatments on 208 sites (approximately 13,000 acres). The purpose of this project is to eradicate, contain and control invasive plant infestations, to reverse the negative impacts caused by invasive plants, and to restore healthy, native plant communities and functions at the impacted sites in a cost-effective manner that meets current management direction. The Proposed Action would utilize integrated weed management treatments. The treatments include: 30 acres of herbicide only treatment; 50 acres of manual and mechanical treatments; 310 acres of herbicide plus mechanical treatments; 327 acres of herbicide plus manual treatments; 1510 acres of herbicide plus manual, mechanical, and cultural; 10,736 acres of herbicide plus manual and mechanical treatments. Additional acres would be added through an early detection / rapid response strategy (EDRR).Item Open Access South Fork thinning environmental assessment(2006) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposes a commercial thinning project in plantations. The project is located in the western portion of the Clackamas River Ranger District, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. The trees in the plantations are 40 to 60 years old. The purpose of this project is to thin young forest stands to achieve multiple objectives. The proposed action is to thin and harvest wood fiber from approximately 423 acres of matrix land and approximately 74 acres of riparian reserves.Item Open Access Upper Clack thinning decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2008-08-21) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision initiating a commercial thinning project in plantations ranging in age from 42 to 56 years old. The proposed action is to thin and harvest wood fiber from approximately 1094 acres of matrix land, late-successional reserves and riparian reserves. This action is proposed by the Forest Service in collaboration with the Clackamas Stewardship Partners.Item Open Access Upper Clack thinning environmental assessment(2008) Mt. Hood National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Proposes a commercial thinning project in plantations ranging in age from 42 to 56 years old. The proposed action is to thin and harvest wood fiber from approximately 1094 acres of matrix land, late-successional reserves and riparian reserves. This action is proposed by the Forest Service in collaboration with the Clackamas Stewardship Partners.