Middle Fork Ranger District

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Browsing Middle Fork Ranger District by Subject "Forest roads -- Oregon -- Willamette National Forest"

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    Batatavilla environmental assessment for Fall Creek/Little Fall Creek road closure project
    (2004-02) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to close 36 roads (approximately 27 miles) for the next five years to achieve hydrologic stability in portions of the Fall Creek and Little Fall Creek watersheds. Includes moving some trail signs and some culverts and restoring stream to a natural stream course.
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    Batatavilla Fall Creek road closures decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2004-05-27) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision to implement Alternative B of project EA, closing 36 roads, approximately 27 miles, on the Middle Fork district. Four roads would have eight culverts completely removed from the road fill and hauled from the site, with the stream restored to a natural stream course.
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    Echo Staley Road Storage and Illegal Household Trash Site Management Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact
    (2007-07-02) Willamette National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, to close up to 23 miles of roads in the Echo, Staley, Simpson, and Noisy Creek drainages within the Upper Middle Fork watershed to motorized traffic, and place about 21 miles of these roads into maintenance storage condition for 10 or more years. Also agrees to close up to 33 miles of road and two dispersed sites within the Middle Fork Willamette River/Lookout Point, North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, and Salmon Creek watersheds year-round or seasonally with boulders or gates to reduce illegal household trash dumping.
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    Hehe LSR Thin Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact
    (2007-10-31) Willamette National Forest (Agency : U.S.)
    Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of the project EA to thin commercially about 3,762 acres of 35-60 year-old second-growth stands to accelerate the development of late-successional forest conditions and habitat structure. Includes maintenance and reconstruction of existing roads, construction of temporary roads, fuel treatments, and funding for various wildlife habitat enhancements.
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    Hehe LSR thin project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2007-10-31) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of the project EA, to thin commercially about 3762 acres of 35-60 year-old second-growth stands to accelerate the development of late-successional forest conditions and habitat structure. Includes maintenance and reconstruction of existing roads and possible construction of temporary roads, fuel treatments, and funding for various wildlife habitat enhancements.
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    Hehe LSR thin project environmental assessment
    (2007-06) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes commercial thinning on about 3800 acres of older plantations (35-60 years-old) located in the Hehe Creek subwatershed of the Fall Creek Late-successional Reserve. Includes maintenance and reconstruction of various wildlife habitat enhancements.
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    Niner project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
    (2007-01-19) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision to implement a modified Alternative A of the project EA, while deferring decision on units #15, 15A, 15C, and 16, the four units in stands which are greater than 80 years old. About 3223 acres of 60-79 year-old stands yielding 50 MMBF will be thinned, using a combination of log yarding systems with an emphasis towards low cost ground-based yarding systems.
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    Niner project decision notice and finding of no significant impact for Units 15, 15A, 15C, and 16
    (2008-03-28) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Announces decision to implement commercial thinning of Units #15, 15A, 15C, and 16 of Alternative A of the project EA, which was deferred in the previous decision notice owing to ongoing litigation involving survey requirements and management of rare and uncommon species on federal lands. The remaining four units will be thinned, yielding about 1.4 MMBF using the same combination of log yarding systems with an emphasis towards low cost ground-based yarding systems.
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    Niner project environmental assessment
    (2006-10) Middle Fork Ranger District (Or.)
    Proposes to thin commercially 60-80 year-old timber stands on 3328 acres of the Huckleberry Flats area and sell the 50 million board feet over the next 3-5 years. Other activities include maintaining existing roads, constructing temporary roads to access units, improving water quality, make fuels reduction treatments, and begin rehabilitation and mitigation of compacted soils by soil tillage or sub-soiling treatments.