Blue Mountain Ranger District

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Browsing Blue Mountain Ranger District by Subject "Forest thinning -- Oregon -- Malheur National Forest"

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    Balance thinning and fuels reduction project environmental assessment
    (2008-05) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to reduce hazardous fuels in a portion of the Wildlife Urban Interface designated by the Grant County Community Fire Protection Plan adjacent to County Road 20, an evacuation corridor from the at-risk communities of Austin and Bates. Includes a combination of thinning, timber harvesting, slash removal treatments, and prescribed burning.
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    Canyon Creek wildland-urban interface fuels reduction project environmental assessment and decision notice/finding of no significant impact
    (2006-07) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Environmental assessment proposes to reduce fire hazard for an at-risk community in Grant County through the use of timber harvest, precommercial thinning, machine and hand piling, pile burning, and prescribed burning on approximately 8000 acres within the 22,000 acre project area on the Blue Mountain Ranger District. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative 2 (prescribed burn) with revisions.
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    Crawford project: Timber harvest, fuel treatments, road closure activities draft environmental impact statement
    (2006-11-14) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to promote a change in species composition and structure, decommission and close roads, adjust old growth boundaries, capture the economic value of trees, develop wildlife habitats, reduce fire fuels, and implement the Highway 26 and 7 Viewshed Corridor Plans. Includes commercial timber harvest, prescribed burning, adjustments to dedicated old growth areas, and road closure and decommissioning activities within the project area.
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    Crawford project: Timber harvest, fuel treatments, road closure activities final environmental impact statement and record of decision
    (2008-04) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
    FEIS proposes four alternatives to promote a change in species composition and structure, decommission and close roads, adjust old growth boundaries, capture the economic value of trees, develop wildlife habitats, reduce fire fuels, and implement the Highway 26 and 7 Viewshed Corridor Plans. Includes commercial timber harvest, prescribed burning, adjustments to dedicated old growth areas, and road closure and decommissioning activities within the project area. ROD announces implementation of Alternative 2, with modification of the project FEIS, delineating specific treatments.
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    Dads Creek WUI fuels reduction project environmental assessment
    (2008-08) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Proposes that approximately 3890 acres would receive treatment, including 2,668 acres of mechanical treatment (1,811 acres of commercial harvest, 799 acres of precommercial thinning and 58 acres of old growth fire hazard reduction), followed by 2,668 acres of fuel treatment by piling and burning, and 2,532 acres of fuel treatment by underburning (1467 acres in harvest and thinning units and 1065 outside of treatment units).
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    Dads Creek WUI project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2008-12-18) Malheur National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Announces decision choosing Alternative 2 of project EA with modifications. Approximately 3890 acres would receive treatment, including 2,668 acres of mechanical treatment (1,811 acres of commercial harvest, 799 acres of precommercial thinning and 58 acres of old growth fire hazard reduction), followed by 2,668 acres of fuel treatment by piling and burning, and 2,532 acres of fuel treatment by underburning (1467 acres in harvest and thinning units and 1065 outside of treatment units).