Crescent Ranger District

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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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2007 Big Marsh meadow rehabilitation project preliminary decision memo
(2007) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to categorically exclude and proceed with project to enhance the meadow through cutting and girdling encroaching lodgepole pine into the meadow, and prescribed burning. Includes cutting trees 15-25 years-old on about 100 acres and not larger than 6 inches (dbh), loosely piling the felled trees, and burning on approximately 900 acres.
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2007 Spruce Creek riparian rehabilitation decision memo
(2007-12-13) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to categorically exclude and proceed with project implementing a riparian meadow/hydrologic function restoration project on 100 acres of Spruce Creek and an adjacent stringer meadow. Includes thinning select lodgepole pine 3 inches or less in diameter, spot burning willow clumps, planting riparian-dependent vegetation, and putting in fence willow/plantings to protect from browse.
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2007 Spruce Creek riparian rehabilitation preliminary decision memo
(2007-09-12) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to categorically exclude and proceed with project implementing a riparian meadow/hydrologic function restoration project in Spruce Creek and an adjoining stringer meadow. Includes thinning select lodgepole pine 3 inches or less in diameter, spot burning willow clumps, planting riparian-dependent vegetation, and putting in fence willow/plantings to protect from browse.
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2008 small tree thinning preliminary decision memo
(2008-04-28) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to categorically exclude and proceed with project thinning small trees on approximately 2590 acres in 89 units to increase the growth and health of overcrowded stands not likely of commercial value. Includes thinning by hand with chain or brush saws of trees generally 15-25 years old and not larger than 6 inches in diameter leaving space of 18-20 feet, hand piling or removing with machines the resultant slash, and burning whatever cannot be chopped or utilized.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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Crescent Butte land conveyance project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2002-05-28) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision implementing Alternative 2 of project EA, authorizing the sale of a .8-acre parcel of National Forest land through a competitive bidding process.
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Crescent Butte land conveyance project environmental assessment
(2001-07) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to sell a .8-acre parcel of National Forest land through a competitive bidding process.
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Crescent Lake recreational residences special use permit reissuance decision memo
(2008-05-20) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to reissue the special use permit for the 72 privately-owned recreation residences along the shoreline of the Lake. Components include reissuing the permits, forbidding any additional lots beyond the 72 units of the tract, and providing any permit holder not in compliance with the terms a one-year permit to bring the site into compliance.
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Crescent Lake State Airport improvements decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2002-03-08) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, proceeding with the expansion of the clearing limits of 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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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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Crescent Lake wildland-urban interface fuels reduction project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2004-07-14) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 modified of project EA, reducing fuels by treating approximately 3900 acres to achieve sustainable vegetative conditions and lower the risk of stand replacement wildfire. Includes tree and small tree thinning, hand and machine piling and burning or utilizing piles, mechanized brush treatment, pruning of limbs, prescribed underburning, meadow edge treatments, and road relocation, decommissioning, and re-opening.
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Crescent Lake wildland-urban interface fuels reduction project environmental assessment
(2004-04) Crescent Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to reduce fuels by treating approximately 3900 acres to achieve sustainable vegetative conditions and lower the risk of stand replacement wildfire. Includes tree and small tree thinning, hand and machine piling and burning or utilizing piles, mechanized brush treatment, pruning of limbs, prescribed underburning, meadow edge treatments, and road relocation, decommissioning, and re-opening.
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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.