Crescent Ranger District

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Walker Mountain communication site and forest plan amendment environmental assessment
(2009-02) Deschutes National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Walker Mountain is a designated electronic site located on the Crescent Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest. The Deschutes National Forest proposes to issue a special use permit to Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) authorizing the construction of a co-locatable communications tower and building to be located on the Walker Mountain Communication Site. In addition, BPA will remove two aged Forest Service towers and one building on the south end of the electronic site where historically significant buildings are located. Midstate Electric would remove the associated overhead powerline to those structures. All areas where removal takes place would be rehabilitated to a condition as close to the surrounding character of the site, as reasonable. The proposed action would require an amendment to the Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan and the Walker Mountain Communications Site 1995 Revised Management and Development Plan.
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Crescent Lake State Airport improvements environmental assessment
(2002-01) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to expand the clearing limits at the airport by clearing trees lining the runway to a distance of 75 feet from each side of the existing runway. The total width of the cleared area would total approximately 300 feet, while trees in an area at the northwest end of the runway will also be cleared within about 600 feet.
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Baja 58 project (fiscal year 1998 portion) decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(1998-09-30) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement modified version of Alternative 3 of project EA, understory thinning 5570 acres, harvesting 2.1 MMBF of salvage and 12.4 MMBF, and construction/reconstruction of 10.2 miles of road.
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Baja 58 project (fiscal year 2000 portion) decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2000-02-28) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to include further vegetation management activities with those of Alternative 3 of September 1998. Includes understory thinning of 2762 acres, prescribe burning of 904 acres of fire-tolerant stands to reduce density, and harvesting total green volume of approximately 5.4 MMBF and .3 MMBF of salvage.
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Baja 58 project (fiscal year 2002 portion in northern spotted owl range) decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2001-11-01) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces, based on the original EA, a plant survey result, and an amended biological assessment, implementation of the remaining portion of the modified Alternative 3 within the range of the northern spotted owl. Includes understory thinning of 810 acres, creating early seral lodgepole stands using either commercial harvest or prescribed fire, and harvesting a total value of 2.5 million board feet.
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Baja 58 project (fiscal year 2001 portion) decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2001-02-23) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement remaining portions of Alternate 3 of September 1998, including understory thinning, prescribed burning of fire-tolerant stands to relieve density, and harvesting of timber and salvage.
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Icy/Toast decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(1998-07-06) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces the decision to implement the proposed action, with a modification to add 6 acres of aspen enhancement. Includes prescribed underburning of 533 acres, salvaging of 407 acres of dead and down lodgepole pine, commercial thinning of 41 acres of ponderosa and lodgepole pine, precommercial thinning of 308 acres, tractor mowing of 36 acres, closing 11 miles of roads, and seed tree cutting/enhancing of about 10 acres of aspen. Also includes the development of a long term monitoring plan for prescribed underburning and tractor mowing treatments within pumice grape fern (Botrychium pumicola) study plots, and monitoring of aspen rejuvenation projects.
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Big Marsh Creek and Little Deschutes River Wild and Scenic River plans decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2001-04-04) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of the project EA, amending the Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to incorporate management direction changes. Changes emphasis on monitoring of trends through specific indicators rather than imposing restrictions now, and if acceptable levels of use patterns and impacts are exceeded, use restrictions may be applied later.
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Trapper Creek restoration project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2001-01-12) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement a modified form version of Alternative 4 of project EA, constructing a new channel and re-routing the Creek to avoid impacting the campground as much as possible. Modifications include continued use of the mouth of the river, closing two campsites, and making the weir structure movable.
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Seven Buttes return vegetation management project environmental assessment
(2001-07) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to address opportunities for restoring ecosystems identified during the Odell Watershed Analysis (1999), Big Marsh Watershed Analysis (1997), and to implement the management strategy defined for the Davis Late Successional Reserve (1995), by reducing stand density to a level that substantially changes the risk of mortality caused by overcrowding and competition for resources. Includes thinning of smaller species to promote large pine and Douglas-fir habitats for bald eagles and northern spotted owls, culturing of large trees, prescribed fire and/or mowing, salvaging excess dead and dying trees, and thinning of understory to favor overstory replacement trees.
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Seven Buttes return vegetation managment project part A decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2001-07-23) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to restore ecosystems identified during the Odell Watershed Analysis (1999), Big Marsh Watershed Analysis (1997), and to implement the management strategy defined for the Davis Late Successional Reserve (1995), by reducing stand density to a level that substantially changes the risk of mortality caused by overcrowding and competition for resources. Includes thinning of smaller species to promote large pine and Douglas-fir habitats for bald eagles and northern spotted owls, culturing of large trees, prescribed fire and/or mowing, salvaging excess dead and dying trees, and thinning of understory to favor overstory replacement trees. Some treatment units will be included in a separate decision.
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Big Marsh Creek 6020 Road crossing replacement decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2002-11-05) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to replace the current 4-culvert structure with a single, open-bottom arch structure. Includes removal of existing structure to streambed elevation, with embankment materials conserved and culverts removed from Forest land, dewatering of footing sites, bolting the culvert together and backfilling to create the new crossing, which would be paved.
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Big Marsh Creek 6020 Road crossing replacement environmental assessment
(2002-09) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to replace the current 4-culvert structure with a single, open-bottom arch structure. Includes removal of existing structure to streambed elevation, with embankment materials conserved and culverts removed from Forest land, dewatering of footing sites, bolting the culvert together and backfilling to create the new crossing, which would be paved.
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Thaw (Long Prairie) wildland-urban interface project categorical exclusion review and approval
(2003-08) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces categorical exclusion of project implementing hazardous fuel treatments on 825 acres of BLM-managed lands and 38 acres of Forest Service lands. Includes actions against shrub and lodgepole pine seedlings overgrowth, as well as small tree thinning.
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Five Buttes project record of decision
(2007-06) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative C modified from project EIS, initiating vegetation management on 5522 acres involving commercial and small tree thinning of forested stands, harvesting 18.9 million board feet of timber. Includes salvage of dead lodgepole pine, prescribed burning, piling and dispersal of activity-generated slash, and construction of 6.4 miles of temporary roads.
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Five Buttes project draft environmental impact statement
(2007-01) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes vegetation management on 5522 acres involving commercial and small tree thinning of forested stands, harvesting 18.9 million board feet of timber. Includes salvage of dead lodgepole pine, prescribed burning, piling and disposal of activity-generated slash, and construction of 6.4 miles of temporary roads.
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Davis Fire recovery project record of decision
(2004-09-14) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative B of project FEIS, implementing salvage harvest and subsequent fuels treatments on 6355 acres on the Davis Fire area, 10 miles west of La Pine. Includes ground-based logging methods (3785 acres), aerial harvest systems on steeper slopes, and planting and natural regeneration reforestation.
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Crescent Lake wildland-urban interface project area roads analysis report
(2003-05) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Provides analysis at the project level, and is limited in scope to the Crescent Lake WUI area, some 12, 030 acres. Includes setting up the analysis, describing the situation, identifying the issues, assessing benefits, problems, and risks, and describing opportunities and setting priorities.
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2006 small tree thinning decision memo
(2006-01-11) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to categorically exclude and proceed with project thinning small trees on approximately 151 acres in 7 units to relieve overcrowding. Includes thinning 15-20 year-old trees not larger than 7 inches in diameter by hand chain or brush saws, leaving spaces between 18-20 feet, and hand piling slash that will be chipped, utilized in another way, or burned.
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Davis Fire recovery project final environmental impact statement
(2004-08) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to implement salvage harvest and subsequent fuel treatments on 6355 acres on the Davis Fire area, 10 miles west of La Pine. Includes ground-based logging methods (3785 acres), aerial harvest systems on steeper slopes, and planting and natural regeneration reforestation.