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Item Open Access Badger Creek culvert and road closure project environmental assessment(2002-06) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to replace the existing culvert that obstructs fish passage with an aluminum box culvert with a natural bottom substrate. The fill removed would be used to close Forest Road 22-800, and a bypass road 128 feet long and 12 feet wide would be constructed in the east side of the existing culvert in Badger Creek.Item Open Access Bandit II decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2003-03-11) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces implementation of Alternative 4 of project EA, conducting forest vegetation management activities on approximately 11,300 acres, including commercial timber harvest (1945 acres), precommercial thinning (5118 acres), natural fuels underburning (5181 acres), and riparian and hardwood enhancement (53 acres). Also includes the construction of new permanent and temporary roads, reconstruction of existing roads, and decommissioning and closure of other roads.Item Open Access Bandit II Environmental assessment(2002-05) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to conduct forest vegetation management activities on approximately 11,300 acres, including commercial timber harvest (2375 acres), precommercial thinning (5395 acres), natural fuels underburning (5450 acres), activity fuels underburning (4573 acres), hand piling (410 acres), and riparian and hardwood enhancement (149) acres). Also includes 4.8 MMBF of commercial timber harvest, the construction of new permanent and temporary roads, reconstruction of existing roads, and decommissioning and closure of other roads.Item Open Access Bandit Spring Well decision memo(2003-12-31) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to enhance the Bandit Spring Well rest area by installing an all-season potable water system to replace the one removed in 1994. Includes a well, cistern, submersible pump, pipe for the system, and a frost-free, self-closing faucet.Item Open Access Burn and Crystal Springs allotment management plan environmental assessment(2008-08) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to reauthorize grazing and issue grazing permits for the Crystal Springs and Burn allotments, addressing the demand for livestock forage, and also the concerns over increased water temperature, decreased bank stability and modifications to riparian vegetation. Includes an early on/early off, deferred rotation grazing system and active management of livestock to facilitate desired distribution.Item Open Access Canyon Creek and Reservoir allotments decision memo(2007-09-27) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to reauthorize livestock grazing under the same terms and conditions as the current grazing management, which is for 1100 ewe/lamb pairs from June 16 to September 30 for a total of 1177 Animal Unit Months (AUMs). The "turn on" date may be adjusted annually based on range conditions.Item Open Access City of Mitchell municipal water system special use permit reissuance decision memo(2006-08-29) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to reissue a special use permit to the city for a municipal water system, including an 11, 263-foot transmission pipeline, 3 spring boxes, and their associated fencing. These facilities have been permitted since 1985, divert water from springs that are adjacent to tributaries to Bridge Creek, and no new facilities are authorized.Item Open Access Cougar salvage decision memo(2006-01-17) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to salvage 600 dead trees in the Marks Creek Watershed to recover the economic value after destruction by bark beetle. Includes 630,000 board feet from mostly ponderosa pine over 60 acres, with resultant slash cut into pieces and scattered.Item Open Access East Maury fuels and vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement(2008-04) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to use commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Includes approximately 7058 acres of commercial harvest including aspen treatments on 207 acres, noncommercial thinning on 11,038 acres, underburning on 7927 acres, grapple piling on 3433 acres, and 15 acres of hand piling.Item Open Access East Maury fuels and vegetation management project final environmental impact statement(2008-07) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to use commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Includes approximately 7058 acres of commercial harvest including aspen treatments on 207 acres, noncommercial thinning on 11,038 acres, underburning on 7927 acres, grapple piling on 3433 acres, and 15 acres of hand piling.Item Open Access East Maury fuels and vegetation management project record of decision(2008-07-08) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision implementing modified version of Alternative 2 of FEIS, using commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Revised figures include 1295 acres of commercial thinning, 108 acres of noncommercial thinning, 328 acres of grapple piling, and 308 acres of prescribed burning.Item Open Access Harvey salvage timber sale decision memo(2007-06-15) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement salvage harvest to recover the economic value of approximately 100 MBF of blown down timber. Most of the down trees are ponderosa pine and will be harvested using tractor logging methods.Item Open Access Lower Crooked fuels reduction project decision memo(2004-04-06) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement the use of prescribed fire on approximately 3900 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning treatments on about 990 acres within the Lower Crooked River Watershed.Item Open Access Maury Aspen reforestation decision memo(2005-08-03) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to thin small conifer trees in 14 aspen stands over about 100 acres to enhance vigor and growth. Includes thinning trees up to 12 inches dbh and spacing conifers to an average of 18-by-18 feet.Item Open Access Maury Mountains allotment management plan draft environmental impact statement(2006-06) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to meet demand for livestock forage in allotments and improve stream shade and bank stability by improving resource conditions and livestock distribution. Includes reauthorizing livestock grazing and issuing term grazing permits, with the length of grazing depending on meeting utilization standards or thresholds for pastures moves. Existing water developments would continue to be maintained, and new ones implemented, including constructing a pond or installing a spring box, pipes, troughs, and fences.Item Open Access Maury Mountains allotment management plan record of decision and final environmental impact statement(2006-09) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)FEIS proposes to meet demand for livestock forage in allotments and improve stream shade and bank stability by improving resource conditions and livestock distribution. Includes reauthorizing livestock grazing and issuing term grazing permits, with the length of grazing depending on meeting utilization standards or thresholds for pastures moves. Existing water developments would continue to be maintained, and new ones including constructing a pond or installing a spring box, pipes, troughs, and fences. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternative 2 for the Shotgun Allotment and Alternative 4 for the Double Cabin, East Maury, Klootchman, and Sherwood Allotments.Item Open Access Meisner special use permit decision memo(2006-08-29) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to issue a new special use permit for Kyle E. Meisner to occupy and use National Forest System land to collect and transport water for domestic use. Facilities include an enclosure fence, spring box, and water transmission line in the Drake Creek watershed, and the permittee can be expected to perform routine maintenance and repairs on the headworks, enclosure fence, and transmission line.Item Open Access North End plantations precommercial thinning project decision memo(2005-08-15) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to thin precommercially, lop, and scatter slash in 152 plantations over 3200 acres in Trout Creek, Bear Creek, McKay Creek, and Mill Creek watersheds. Includes thinning trees up to 9 inches in diameter dbh to an average 18-by-18 foot spacing.Item Open Access Ochoco Valley fuels reduction project decision memo(2006-06-22) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces implementation of the use of prescribed fire on approximately 2700 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on approximately 800 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings by undertaking low intensity underburns, burning of hand piles, and noncommercial thinning activities using hand tools.Item Open Access Ochoco Valley project (2008) decision memo(2008-05-19) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement prescribed fire treatment on approximately 2500 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on about 600 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings and to improve tree vigor by low density underburning, burning of hand piles, noncommercial thinning to remove small trees to a specified density using hand tools, and hand piling or lopping resultant slash before burning.