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Item Open Access Yachats roadwork project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2005-09-09) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of the project EA, closing about 34.8 miles and decommissioning 8.3 miles of non-key forest roads in the Yachats River watershed that are not connected to the Yachats Terrestrial Restoration Project. Includes removal of about 3,400 cubic yards of fill material from 32 stream crossings along with four barriers to fish passages.Item Open Access Drift Creek knotwood eradication project environmental assessment(2005-09) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to eradicate giant knotweed (polygonum sachalinense), an invasive plant and noxious weed, by injecting the herbicide glyphosphate into individual plant stems.Item Open Access Drift Creek knotwood eradication project environmental assessment(2005-09) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of the project EA, eradicating the colonies of giant knotweed by injecting stems of individual plants with glyphosate.Item Open Access Indian Creek aquatic restoration project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2005-06) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, enhancing the watershed function and recovery of cold-water species such as coho salmon by placing up to 410 large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout six sub-watersheds in the Indian Creek fifth-field watershed on about 13,000 acres.Item Open Access Yachats terrestrial restoration project environmental assessment(2005-03-14) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes package of associated terrestrial and watershed restoration actions, and key forest road maintenance activities. Includes commercially thinning about 2,039 acres to speed the development of late-successional habitat in plantations now 25 to 50 years-old, non-comercially thinning about 2,381 acres to speed the development of other (generally younger) plantations, decommissioning about 8.5 miles of road to help restore watershed health, and performing maintenance on 38.4 miles of key Forest roads.Item Open Access Yachats terrestrial restoration project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2005-02) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 5 (maintain and repair key forest roads) of the project EA. Includes commercially thinning about 2,039 acres to speed the development of late-successional habitat in plantations now 25 to 50 years-old, non-commercially thinning about 2,381 acres to speed the development of other (generally younger) plantations, decommissioning about 8.5 miles of road to help restore watershed health, and performing maintenance on 38.4 miles of key Forest roads.Item Open Access OHV-Sand camping project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2005-01-04) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of the project EA, proposing to restore the semi-primitive motorized recreation experience and to increase developed day-use staging capacity on the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Includes adding 138 dispersed campsites, prohibiting camping outside designated areas, increasing the capacity of Horsfall staging area from 42 to 70 sites, and building a new staging area to the north of Horsfall to accomodate 70 parking spaces.Item Open Access Indian Creek aquatic restoration project environmental assessment -- preliminary analysis(2005) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to enhance the watershed function and recovery of cold-water species such as coho salmon by placing up to 410 large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout six sub-watersheds in the Indian Creek fifth-field watershed on about 13,000 acres.Item Open Access Yachats roadwork project environmental assessment(2005) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to close about 34.8 miles and decommission 8.3 miles of non-key forest roads in the Yachats River watershed that are not connected to the Yachats Terrestrial Restoration Project. Includes removal of about 3,410 cubic yards of fill material from 32 stream crossings along with four barriers to fish passage.Item Open Access Drift Creek (Alsea River) restoration project decision memo(2005) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to restore terrestrial and aquatic habitat in the Lower Drift Creek area by: restoring tidal flows by breaching levees and recreating stream channels; reducing the effects of past land reclamation projects and activities on hydrologic processes by road improvement and wood replacement; reducing the effects of the road system by removing road fill, installing a gate, seasonally closing a road and temporarily shutting another; reducing the effects of non-native or invasive plant species on hydrologic and ecologic function by mowing, burning and creating artificial topographical features; and improving recreation by bettering roads and the parking area.Item Open Access Indian Creek aquatic restoration project environmental assessment(2005) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to enhance the watershed function and recovery of cold-water species such as coho salmon by placing up to 410 large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout six sub-watersheds in the Indian Creek fifth-field watershed on about 13,000 acres.Item Open Access Yachats aquatic restoration project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2004-07) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 (placing large wood in four streams) of the project EA. Includes placing large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout the Yachats watershed, removing culverts and fills from two abandoned roads; and, in the Beamer Creek area, noncommercial thinning two acres of a conifer plantation, releasing 5 acres of conifer from alder competition and removing landing fill.Item Open Access Yachats aquatic restoration project environmental assessment(2004-05-14) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to place up to 640 large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout the Yachats watershed, removing culverts and fills from two abandoned roads; and in the Beamer Creek area, noncommercial thinning two acres of a conifer plantation, releasing 5 acres of conifer from alder competition, and removing landing fill.Item Open Access OHV-Sand camping project environmental assessment(2004) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to restore the semi-primitive motorized recreation experience and increase developed day-use staging capacity on the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Includes creating 138 dispersed campsites, prohibiting camping outside of designated sites, increasing the Horsfall staging area capacity from 42 to 70 sites, and buiding a new staging area to the north of Horsfall to accomodate 70 parking spaces.Item Open Access Yachats aquatic restoration project preliminary analysis(2003-06-26) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to place up to 750 large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams throughout the Yachats watershed, removing culverts and fills from two abandoned roads; and in the Beaver Creek area, noncommercial thinning two acres of a conifer plantation, releasing 5 acres of conifer from alder competition, and removing landfill.Item Open Access Five Rivers landscape management project record of decision(2003-05) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement all the terrestrial and aquatic restoration actions described under Alternative 1 of the project FEIS that are connected with commercial thinning and associated actions.Item Open Access Lower Siuslaw landscape management project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2002-09) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 1 of the project EA, except for adding large wood to Sweet and Walker Creeks. Includes package of two separate restoration actions: one, focusing on terrestrial restoration by maintaining stand health and growth enhancing stand structure and diversity in plantations now 25 to 51 years-old; the second focusing on watershed restoration by closing and decommissioning roads, placing large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams, and thinning and planting trees in riparian areas.Item Open Access Sparrow blowdown salvage environmental assessment(2002-06-20) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes a temporary non-significant amendment to the Oregon Dunes Management Plan to authorize and implement the sale and harvest of about 45 acres of blow down timber using skyline and ground based or helicopter logging system.Item Open Access Lower Siuslaw landscape management project environmental assessment(2002) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes a package of two separate restoration actions: one, focusing on terrestrial restoration by maintaining stand health and growth, enhancing stand structure and diversity in plantations now 25 to 51 years-old; the second focusing on watershed restoration by closing and decommissioning roads, placing large conifer trees up to 36 inches in diameter at breast height in streams, and thinning and planting trees in riparian areas.Item Open Access Karnowsky Creek stream restoration project environmental assessment(2002) South Zone Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to restore natural hydrology, sediment regime and wetland conditions by reconstructing the historical meandering channel, adding large wood, decommissioning an adjacent road, and planting riparian trees and shrubs.