Umatilla National Forest

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Cobbler timber sale and fuels reduction project draft environmental assessment
(2009-01) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Proposes to harvest commercially approximately 2500 acres and exercise 60 acres of fuels treatment.
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West End OHV project area draft environmental assessment
(2008-12) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
The Proposed Action identifies a designated system of roads and trails that would be available for OHV use. There would be a total of 290 miles of roads and trails available as motorized trails for OHV use. Existing open and closed roads would be designated as an OHV system. New trails would be added to provide connections to other trail systems on the Forest and to the Morrow/Grant County OHV Park.
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Farley vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement
(2008-07) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
The purpose and need for the proposed project are to conduct timber harvest, commercial and non-commercial thinning, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, and reforestation on Umatilla National Forest lands in the Desolation Creek watershed in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.
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Wildcat fuels reduction and vegetation management project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2009-03-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Announces approval of project initiating commercial thinning on 1943 acres, non-commercial thinning on 2878 acres, 40 acres of aspen restoration, mechanical fuels treatment, and landscape burning.
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Wildcat fuels reduction and vegetation management project environmental assessment
(2009-03) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Proposed action includes commercial thinning on 2218 acres, non-commercial thinning on 3286 acres, 40 acres of aspen restoration, mechanical fuels treatment, and landscape burning.
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2008 Non-Commercial thinning and fuels reduction project decision memo and categorical exclusion
(2008-06-09) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Approximately 500 acres per year will be treated during a five year period beginning in 2008 for a total of 2,500 acres. Of the 500 acres treated each year, approximately 300 acres will be non-commercially thinned and 200 acres will be treated for fuels reduction using either hand or mechanical methods. Access will be restricted to existing roads.
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Monument fire salvage recovery project decision memo
(2008-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.
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Sugarbowl fire salvage project decision memo
(2008-06-30) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.
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Otter fire salvage project decision memo
(2008-07-14) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Announces decision implementing project, including salvaging dead trees, activity fuel treatment, and temporary road construction.
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North South OHV trail project decision memo
(2009-03-02) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Announces decision initiating project developing a designated OHV trail by using existing roads, existing areas of past disturbance (skid trails, temporary logging roads, and firelines), and minimal new trail construction (5.5 miles) along road corridors of FRs 40, 43, and 44. This trail will move ATV and motorcycle traffic from approximately 12.7 miles of motorized mixed-use traffic on FR 40 to approximately 11.9 miles of newly designated ATV trail that parallels the road. The entire trail will be approximately 30 miles long and will provide ATV access from Stevens Ridge to Big Butte. It will be designed and designated for use by ATVs and motorcycles.
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Umatilla National Forest land and resource management plan and record of decision
(1990-06-11) United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
Plan discusses management of the recreation, roadless, wildlife, big game, fish, riparian, water, minerals, and timber resources. Record of decision is to approve, adopt, and implement the Forest Plan which accompanies the FEIS and to adopt its preferred alternative. In addition to multiple-use goals and desired future conditions, other objectives implemented include: maintaining roadless areas, maintaining potential big game populations through habitat, providing timber harvest at 1979-88 levels, providing livestock production at or near current levels, provide for a high level of anadromous fish production as well as riparian protection, provide old growth/mature tree habitat above required levels, increase developed recreation opportunities, manage Wild and Scenic Rivers and provide for scenic and special areas, and provide for a mix of unroaded, roaded, and closed road dispersed recreation and a moderate level of off-highway vehicle (OHV) opportunities.
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Umatilla and Meacham ecosystem analysis and Upland forest vegetation analysis: Umatilla and Meacham watersheds
(2001-04) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.); Powell, David C.
Ecosystem analysis finds the watersheds are a critical source of relatively cool water for the entire Umatilla Subbasin, the Umatilla River and Meacham Creek provide some areas of relatively high quality conditions for remnant and recovering fish populations, bull trout populations are at risk because of their small population and limited satisfactory habitat with less than ideal water temperature conditions, coldwater source protection may conflict with high priority vegetation management activities, overstocked stands with dense understories invite wildfires, a high risk of infestation exists from western spruce budworm and Douglas-fir tussock moth, and ten native plant species are at risk. Vegetation analysis describes the potential vegetation, cover types, size classes, structural stages, density (canopy cover), and disturbance processes. Also includes the historical range of variability for forest structural stages, consideration of limited vegetation components, and an assessment of and suggestions for stocking levels for various tree species.
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Tower Fire ecosystem analysis forest vegetation report and forest vegetation BAER report
(1997-01) North Fork John Day Ranger District (Or.); Powell, David C.; Erickson, Vicky
Vegetation report analyzes impact of fire on pre-fire forest cover types and examines potential natural vegetation and current conditions. Recommendations consider free salvage, natural regeneration, artificial reforestation, thinning, understory removals, prescribed burning, fertilization, and pruning. BAER (burned area emergency rehabilitation) report is designed to alleviate emergency watershed conditions following wildfire to help stabilize soil, control water, sediment, and debris movement, and prevent threats to life, property, and other downstream values, both on-site and off-site. Recommends that the District acquire high-resolution (2-meter) color infrared (CIR) photography for the fire area, that the burned plantations be replanted as quickly as possible, that the remaining areas with a high amount of stand mortality be rescheduled for planting, that all plantings emphasize establishment of early-seral conifers on upland sites, and that future stand densities by maintained at levels which minimize the potential for crown fires.
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School fire salvage recovery project final supplemental environmental impact statement and record of decision for forest plan amendment
(2007-05) Pomeroy Ranger District (Or. and Wash.)
Proposes to amend the forest plan to modify the Eastside screens to include definitions of live and dead trees only for the duration of the project. Decision notice selects Alternative B amending the Umatilla National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan Eastside Screens' wildlife standard at 6d. (2)a., including said definitions.
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Upper Charley Subwatershed ecosystem restoration projects
(2000-04) Pomeroy Ranger District (Or. and Wash.)
Documents include draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) summary, response to comments, the abstract of the final environmental impact statement, an errata page with changes to the DEIS (all of which constitute the FEIS), and a record of decision with appendices. DEIS responds to past fire suppression, selective harvest, and recent drought conditions that have contributed to the degradation of forest ecosystem sustainability in the watershed by proposing long-term vegetation management, wildlife improvements, and maintenance or improvements to the sustainability of fish habitat. Includes reduction of tree stocking densities and reestablishment of vegetation composition to those of 100 years ago, reduction of fuel accumulations, and reduction of overload sediment flow with closure of some roads and reduction of overall road density. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternative B of DEIS, with modifications to protect the Canada lynx and to avoid, minimize, or otherwise offset any potential adverse effects to channel stability.
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Sunflower Bacon project environmental assessment, decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2006-06) Heppner Ranger District (Or.)
EA proposes vegetation and fuels management on about 10,000 acres to improve the health and vigor of the upland forest, and reduce the potential for future fires of uncharacteristic effects in upland forests. Includes commercial thinning of about 2400 acres, treatment of 40 acres of dead and downed woody material resulting from the 2000/2001 tussock moth outbreak, precommercial thinning of about 700 acres, treatment of surface fuels on about 10,000 acres, and reconstruction and maintenance of existing roads and construction of about 4 miles of temporary roads. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative 4 with minor modifications, reducing big game vulnerability by not treating the existing satisfactory wildlife cover.
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Umatilla National Forest road analysis report
(2004-03) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Analysis is based on the 1999 Forest Service Miscellaneous Report FS-643, Roads Analysis: Informing Decisions About Managing the National Forest Transportation System, and is intended to identify prioritized opportunities that address watershed health or road maintenance. Includes identification of needed and unneeded roads, identification of road-associated environmental and public safety risks, identification of site-specific priorities and opportunities for road improvements and decommissioning, identification of areas of special sensitivity and/or unique resource values, and any other specific information that may be needed to support project-level decisions that would be completed at the watershed or project scale rather than the forest scale.
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Upper Charley Subwatershed ecosystem restoration projects final supplemental environmental impact statement and record of decision
(2005-12) Pomeroy Ranger District (Or. and Wash.)
Contains documents including final supplemental environmental impact statement (FSEIS) abstract, public and agency letters with comments, Forest Service response to comments, errata, and draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) (all considered portions of the FSEIS), the record of decision, and an amendment regarding lynx management. Abstract proposes to amend the Umatilla Forest Plan to incorporate management direction for Canada lynx on the Subwatershed. The DSEIS provides background and issues, and the record of decision approves said incorporation.
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Umatilla National Forest invasive plants treatment project draft environmental impact statement
(2007-06) Umatilla National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
Proposes to fight increase of fire hazards, fish and wildlife habitat degradation, the elimination of rare and endangered plants, water quality and watershed impairment, and adverse affects on scenery and recreational opportunities, by controlling, containing or eradicating invasive plants on nearly 25,000 acres. Among the 24 different invasive plant species are spotted and diffuse knapweed, yellow starthistle, leafy spurge, dalmation and yellow toadflax, scotch thistle, and rush skeletonweed. Alternatives include bans on broadcast spraying of herbicide in riparian areas and for aerial applications.
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School fire salvage recovery project final environmental impact statement, record of decision and finding of non-significant forest plan amendment
(2006-07-10) Pomeroy Ranger District (Or. and Wash.)
EA proposes to salvage harvest, reforest salvage units, treat activity fuels, and remove potential danger trees within area damaged by the August 2005 fire. Includes salvaging fire-killed (dead) and fire-damaged (dying) trees from an estimated 9432 acres, reforestation by hand planting on 9432 acres, treating activity fuels created by salvage harvest by lopping and scattering on about 7579 acres, and using approximately 45 miles of open system roads and 26 miles of closed system roads to facilitate haul. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative B of project EA.