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Baker resource management plan record of decision and rangeland program summary
(1989-07) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Announces decision approving plan. The selected Resource Management Plan is derived essentially from the Preferred Alternative, but includes desirable components of the other alternatives set forth in the draft RMP/EIS. It emphasizes production on a sustained yield basis, and use of renewable resources on the majority of public lands in the Baker Planning Area. It also provides for protection, maintenance or enhancement of riparian, soil, water, cultural and paleontological, botanical and recreational resource values as well as wildlife habitat. This alternative is the environmentally preferable alternative. This Resource Management Plan best meets national guidance, best satisfies the planning criteria, including consistency with other Federal, state, and local plans and best resolves issues while contributing to the local economy.
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Burnt River geographic unit environmental assessment
(2005-09-15) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Proposes to issue new grazing permits in the Burnt River Geographic Unit, modifying these permits to help meet Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management. The grazing permits would be for a period of 10 years, except when base property leases are less than 10 years the BLM permits would coincide with the terms of the base property leases.
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Fenwick Ranch Road bridge replacement decision record
(2008-04-07) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Announces decision approving project replacing the North Fork Owyhee River (Fenwick Ranch Road) Bridge with a new single-span bridge to be located adjacent to the existing bridge on the downstream side. The existing bridge would remain in place during construction and would serve as a detour bridge. The new single-span bridge would span the entire river. The only in-water work would be removal of the existing bridge pier after construction of the new bridge. Malheur County has made application to the BLM for a Right-of-Way/Temporary Use Permit for the construction equipment staging area and the actual bridge project.
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Fenwick Ranch Road bridge replacement environmental assessment
(2007-12) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The Proposed Action is replacement of the North Fork Owyhee River (Fenwick Ranch Road) Bridge with a new single-span bridge to be located adjacent to the existing bridge on the downstream side. The existing bridge would remain in place during construction and would serve as a detour bridge. The new single-span bridge would span the entire river. The only in-water work would be removal of the existing bridge pier after construction of the new bridge. Malheur County has made application to the BLM for a Right-of-Way/Temporary Use Permit for the construction equipment staging area and the actual bridge project.
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Fenwick Ranch Road bridge replacement finding of no significant impact
(2008-02-26) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Finds no further environmental study is needed on project replacing the North Fork Owyhee River (Fenwick Ranch Road) Bridge with a new single-span bridge to be located adjacent to the existing bridge on the downstream side. The existing bridge would remain in place during construction and would serve as a detour bridge. The new single-span bridge would span the entire river. The only in-water work would be removal of the existing bridge pier after construction of the new bridge. Malheur County has made application to the BLM for a Right-of-Way/Temporary Use Permit for the construction equipment staging area and the actual bridge project.
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Homestead, Sheep Mountain and Unity Reservoir-Bald Eagle Habitat environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
(2008-01-24) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Proposes to issue new grazing permits in the Homestead, Sheep Mountain and Unity Reservoir-Bald Eagle Habitat Geographic Units, modifying these permits to help meet Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management.
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Jackies Butte herd management area gather environmental assessment
(2008-01-24) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The proposed action would be to remove approximately 114 horses from the Jackies Butte HMA in the fall of 2007. At least 75 horses would be returned to the Jackies Butte HMA, which is the minimum population of the range associated with the AML recommended in the SEORMP.
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Jackies Butte Reservoir water release environmental assessment
(2008-07-08) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Proposes that nineteen BLM stock-water reservoirs in Dry Creek and Indian Fort Creek drainages would either be retrofitted with a pipe and valve or have a diversion structure installed to reroute water around the off-channel pit, or would otherwise be abandoned with associated reclamation.
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Kleinhoff Old Auburn Road right-of-way environmental assessment
(2008-08-11) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The proposed action is to grant the applicant a right-of-way authorizing him the right to construct, operate, maintain, and terminate a road across public land. The requested right-of-way width is 40 feet and the length is approximately 710 feet, encumbering 0.65 acres, more or less. Approximately 552 feet of the existing road would continued to be used, however approximately 165 feet would be abandoned and about 158 feet of new road would be constructed.
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Leslie Gulch ACEC project environmental assessment
(2009-02) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Proposes in response to a request from representatives of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS), BLM will install certain fence and water development projects to protect California bighorn sheep habitat quality within the Leslie Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area (WSA) OR-3-77A. Bighorn sheep water quality improvement and protection of Leslie Gulch ACEC values impacted by wild horses constitute the principle issues needing resolution.
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Lime wind energy project environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
(2008-10-20) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Proposes to issue the applicant, Joseph Millworks Inc. of Baker City Oregon, a right-of-way (ROW) grant authorizing the right to install, operate, and maintain a wind development project on public lands. This ROW will include twelve wind turbines, six transformers, two electrical collectors, access roads, buried utility corridor and electrical line extension.
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North Fork Malheur geographic management area environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, and decision record
(2007-08) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
EA proposes and decision record approves Alternative II, the proposed action which would implement the recommendations as described in EA # OR-030-006-007, Appendix E, including construction of new recreation sites, western juniper treatment, exotic annual grass treatment, brush mowing, rangeland seeding, prescribed fire treatments, aspen and mountain mahogany treatments, best management practices (BMPs), project design and construction elements, and mitigating measures.
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Ontario to Quartz transmission line project environmental assessment
(2007-08) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The Proposed Action would be to amend the current ROW OR-01469 to recognize and authorize the Ontario-Huntington portion of the transmission line under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 as amended (43 USC 1761) and the regulations found in 43 CFR 2800. This portion of the line is approximately 6.2 miles in length, 100 feet wide, encumbering approximately 75.14 acres of public land. With the amendment the entire length of the Ontario to Quartz line would be 13.13 miles in length, 100 feet wide, encumbering 159.17 acres, more or less. Further, the Proposed Action would amend ROW OR-01469 to allow IPC to grade a portion of an existing road and establish three new short service roads to access the existing 138 kV transmission line from Ontario to the Quartz Junction Substation (line 423). This work would improve access to five structures. The ROW grant would also authorize future O&M activities on the new service roads that would be created outside the current 100-ft ROW.
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Pritchard Creek geographic unit grazing permit renewal 3606115 decision record
(2008-11-18) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Approves plan renewing the grazing lease for ten years. The changes made in the final EA (11/18/08) ensure BLM compliance with the sage-grouse guidelines, and defer grazing in the lek areas by preventing livestock concentrations two out of three years.
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Pritchard Creek geographic unit grazing permit renewal 3606224 decision record
(2008-11-18) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Approves plan renewing the grazing lease for ten years. The changes made in the final EA (11/18/08) ensure BLM compliance with the sage-grouse guidelines, and defer grazing in the lek areas by preventing livestock concentrations two out of three years.
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Pritchard Creek geographic unit grazing permit renewal 3606243 decision record
(2008-11-18) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Approves plan renewing the grazing lease for ten years. In response to the protests, BLM initiated additional coordination with ODFW to verify sage-grouse lek protection and management actions.
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Pritchard Creek geographic unit grazing permit renewal 3606260 decision record
(2008-11-18) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Approves plan renewing the grazing lease for ten years. In response to the protests, BLM initiated additional coordination with ODFW to verify sage-grouse lek protection and management actions.
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Pritchard Creek geographic unit grazing permit renewal November 2008 environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
(2008-11-18) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew four 10-year grazing permits for livestock producers located in the Baker Resource Area, Vale District BLM. BLM has been directed to renew and reissue all 10-year public land livestock grazing permits by October of 2009. The purpose of this environmental assessment (EA) is to analyze the environmental and socio-economic impacts of four different management alternatives, including continuation of current management, on the Pritchard Creek BLM allotment described in the "Rangeland Standards Assessment, Evaluation, and Determination: Pritchard Creek Geographic Unit" (USDI 2007).
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Sand Springs herd management area gather environmental assessment
(2006-08-07) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
The proposed action would be to remove all of the horses from the Sand Springs HMA in the fall of 2006 for a period of two growing seasons. The proposed action would include eventual return of all freeze branded fertility control mares in the Sand Springs HMA as they cannot be placed in the adoption program. At least twenty mares treated with the fertility control drug, PZP, would be retained in short term holding to be returned to the HMA after two growing seasons. 100 horses would be returned to the Sand Springs HMA, which is the minimum population of the range associated with the AML recommended in the SEORMP. Other criteria for returning horses to the HMA would be to maintain herd characteristics.
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Sand Springs herd management area gather finding of no significant impact
(2006-08-23) United States. Bureau of Land Management. Vale District
Finds no further environmental study is needed for project removing all of the horses from the Sand Springs HMA in the fall of 2006 for a period of two growing seasons. The proposed action would include eventual return of all freeze branded fertility control mares in the Sand Springs HMA as they cannot be placed in the adoption program. At least twenty mares treated with the fertility control drug, PZP, would be retained in short term holding to be returned to the HMA after two growing seasons. 100 horses would be returned to the Sand Springs HMA, which is the minimum population of the range associated with the AML recommended in the SEORMP. Other criteria for returning horses to the HMA would be to maintain herd characteristics.