Lookout Mountain Ranger District

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Browsing Lookout Mountain Ranger District by Subject "Prescribed burning -- Oregon -- Ochoco National Forest"

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    Bandit II decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2003-03-11) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces implementation of Alternative 4 of project EA, conducting forest vegetation management activities on approximately 11,300 acres, including commercial timber harvest (1945 acres), precommercial thinning (5118 acres), natural fuels underburning (5181 acres), and riparian and hardwood enhancement (53 acres). Also includes the construction of new permanent and temporary roads, reconstruction of existing roads, and decommissioning and closure of other roads.
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    Bandit II Environmental assessment
    (2002-05) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to conduct forest vegetation management activities on approximately 11,300 acres, including commercial timber harvest (2375 acres), precommercial thinning (5395 acres), natural fuels underburning (5450 acres), activity fuels underburning (4573 acres), hand piling (410 acres), and riparian and hardwood enhancement (149) acres). Also includes 4.8 MMBF of commercial timber harvest, the construction of new permanent and temporary roads, reconstruction of existing roads, and decommissioning and closure of other roads.
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    East Maury fuels and vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement
    (2008-04) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to use commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Includes approximately 7058 acres of commercial harvest including aspen treatments on 207 acres, noncommercial thinning on 11,038 acres, underburning on 7927 acres, grapple piling on 3433 acres, and 15 acres of hand piling.
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    East Maury fuels and vegetation management project final environmental impact statement
    (2008-07) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to use commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Includes approximately 7058 acres of commercial harvest including aspen treatments on 207 acres, noncommercial thinning on 11,038 acres, underburning on 7927 acres, grapple piling on 3433 acres, and 15 acres of hand piling.
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    East Maury fuels and vegetation management project record of decision
    (2008-07-08) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision implementing modified version of Alternative 2 of FEIS, using commercial timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, grapple piling, hand piling, and prescribed fire in the eastern half of the Maury Mountains for the treatment of fuels and vegetation management. Revised figures include 1295 acres of commercial thinning, 108 acres of noncommercial thinning, 328 acres of grapple piling, and 308 acres of prescribed burning.
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    Ochoco Valley fuels reduction project decision memo
    (2006-06-22) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces implementation of the use of prescribed fire on approximately 2700 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on approximately 800 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings by undertaking low intensity underburns, burning of hand piles, and noncommercial thinning activities using hand tools.
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    Ochoco Valley project (2008) decision memo
    (2008-05-19) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision to implement prescribed fire treatment on approximately 2500 acres and noncommercial mechanical thinning on about 600 acres within the wildland-urban interface in the Upper Ochoco Creek Watershed. Aims to reduce hazardous fuel loadings and to improve tree vigor by low density underburning, burning of hand piles, noncommercial thinning to remove small trees to a specified density using hand tools, and hand piling or lopping resultant slash before burning.
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    Spears vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement
    (2007-04) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to harvest commercially approximately 6172 acres of commercial harvest, 11,160 acres of precommercial thinning, and 196 acres of thinning in hardwood stands. Includes some 15,464 acres of prescribed fire, 3015 acres of grapple piling, 718 acres of hand piling, and commercial harvesting using tractor, skyline, and helicopter logging systems.
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    Spears vegetation management project record of decision and final environmental impact statement
    (2007-07) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    FEIS proposes to harvest commercially on 6172 acres, precommercial thinning on 11,160 acres, and 196 acres of thinning in hardwood stands. Includes some 15,464 acres of prescribed fire, 3015 acres of grapple piling, 718 acres of hand piling, and commercial harvesting using tractor, skyline, and helicopter logging systems. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternate 4 of FEIS, altering the figures to 4935 acres of commercial timber harvest, 10,935 acres of precommercial thinning, 196 acres of hardwood thinning, 15,162 acres of prescribed fire, 2490 acres of grapple piling, and 793 acres of hand piling.
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    West Maurys fuels and vegetation management project draft environmental impact statement
    (2004-08) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to use prescribed fire, commercial thinning, noncommercial thinning, grapple piling, and hard piling in the west half of the Maury Mountains to maintain and increase current and future late and old structure forest habitat, increase forested stands resiliency to insect and disease attack, seeking to maintain and increase the acreage of low intensity fire conditions and reduce current fuel loadings to near historic levels. Includes 7763 acres of commercial thinning, 13,974 acres of prescribed fire, 11,728 acres of noncommercial thinning, and 3833 acres of grapple piling.
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    West Maurys fuels and vegetation management project record of decision and final environmental impact statement
    (2005-04) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    FEIS proposes to use prescribed fire, commercial thinning, noncommercial thinning, grapple piling, and hard piling in the west half of the Maury Mountains to maintain and increase current and future late and old structure forest habitat, increase forested stands resiliency to insect and disease attack, seeking to maintain and increase the acreage of low intensity fire conditions and reduce current fuel loadings to near historic levels. Includes 7763 acres of commercial thinning, 13,974 acres of prescribed fire, 11,728 acres of noncommercial thinning, and 3833 acres of grapple piling. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternative 2 with some modifications to reduce adverse effects to goshawk habitat and water quality, and to reduce the amount of commercial timber harvest by 767 acres, noncommercial thinning by 524 acres, underburning by 311 acres, and grapple piling by 280 acres.