Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests

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18 Fire recovery project draft environmental impact statement
(2004-06) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Describes the effects of implementing 3 alternatives for the recovery of Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District lands that burned 3810 acres in the 18 Fire of 2003. Seeks to recover commercial value, expedite the establishment and restoration of a dry ponderosa pine forest following a stand replacing fire, and reduce future fuel loadings to lessen the political effects of future fire behavior potential. Includes salvage harvesting, fuels reduction, conifer planting, and road closing and decommissioning.
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18 Fire recovery project final environmental impact statement
(2004-10) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Describes the effects of implementing 3 alternatives for the recovery of Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District lands that burned 3810 acres in the 18 Fire of 2003. Seeks to recover commercial value, expedite the establishment and restoration of a dry ponderosa pine forest following a stand replacing fire, and reduce future fuel loadings to lessen the potential effects of future fire behavior potential. Includes salvage harvesting, fuels reduction, conifer planting, and road closing and decommissioning.
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18 Fire recovery project record of decision
(2004-11) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project FEIS, regarding Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District Fire 18 that burned 3810 acres in 2003. Seeks to recover commercial value, expedite the establishment and restoration of a dry ponderosa pine forest following a stand replacing fire, and reduce future fuel loadings to lessen the potential effects of future fire behavior potential. Includes salvage harvesting, fuels reduction, conifer planting, and road closing and decommissioning.
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18-Fire competing vegetation control project decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2006-02-17) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of the project EA, providing for an economic and affordable means of controlling competing vegetation so that planted ponderosa pine seedlings can become established after the deforestation by the 18-Fire. Includes carrying out up to two applications of a pelletized formulation of the herbicide hexazinone over the next five years within a 3-5 foot radius of seedlings.
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18-Fire competing vegetation control project environmental assessment
(2006-02) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to provide for an economical and affordable means of controlling competing vegetation so that planted ponderosa pine seedlings can become established after the deforestation caused by the 18-Fire. Includes carrying out up to two applications of a pelletized formulation of the herbicide hexazinone over the next five years within a 3-5 foot radius of seedlings.
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18-Fire competing vegetation control project environmental assessment 30-day comment period
(2005-12) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to provide for an economical and affordable means of controlling competing competition so that planted ponderosa pine seedlings can become established after the deforestation caused by the 18-Fire. Includes carrying out up to two applications of a pelletized formulation of the herbicide hexazinone over the next five years within a 3-5 foot radius of seedlings.
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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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Aspen planning area vegetation management decision notice and finding of no significant impact
(2005) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of project EA, improving and protecting deer winter range by reducing the risk of insect outbreaks, the spread of disease pathogens and high intensity wildfire that could further jeopardize critical deer habitat, which is lacking desirable vegetative shrub and tree composition and structure, and is substantially fragmented by roads. Thinning and fuel treatments include non-commercial thinning of conifers, mowing shrubs, underburning, burning under late and old structure ponderosa pine, and juniper removal with clumps of old-growth juniper left behind.
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Aspen planning area vegetation management environmental assessment
(2004-04) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to improve and protect deer winter range by reducing the risk of insect outbreaks, the spread of disease pathogens and high intensity wildfire that could further jeopardize critical deer habitat, which presently lacks desirable vegetative shrub and tree composition and structure, and is substantially fragmented by roads. Thinning and fuel treatments include non-commercial thinning of conifers, mowing shrubs, underburning, burning under late and old structure ponderosa pine, and juniper removal with clumps of old-growth juniper left behind.
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Aspen planning area vegetation management final environmental assessment
(2005-03) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to improve and protect deer winter range by reducing the risk of insect outbreaks, the spread of disease pathogens and high intensity wildfire that could further jeopardize critical deer habitat, which is lacking desirable vegetative shrub and tree composition and structure, and is substantially fragmented by roads. Thinning and fuel treatments include non-commercial thinning of conifers, mowing shrubs, underburning, burning under late and old structure ponderosa pine, and juniper removal with clumps of old-growth juniper left behind.
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B&B Fire recovery project draft environmental impact statement
(2005-03) Sisters Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to harvest fire-killed and damaged trees, reduce fuels, plant trees, remove trees that are hazardous to public safety, and reduce unneeded roads. Includes salvage harvesting on 6803 acres, removal or cutting of dangerous trees along 146 miles of road, defensible space fuels treatment on 20 acres, ground-based yarding on 5847 acres, helicopter yarding on 955 acres, with 29.7 MMBF of timber harvested and 71 miles of roads decommissioned or inactivated.
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B&B Fire recovery project final environmental impact statement
(2005-06-30) Sisters Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to harvest fire-killed and damaged trees, reduce fuels, plant trees, remove trees that are hazardous to public safety, and reduce unneeded roads. Includes salvage harvest, fuels reduction and reforestation on approximately 6823 acres, yielding about 29.7 MMBF by both ground-based and helicopter yarding.
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B&B Fire recovery project record of decision
(2005-08-02) Sisters Ranger District (Or.)
Announces decision implementing Alternative 2 of project FEIS, harvesting fire-killed and damaged trees, reducing fuels, planting trees, removing trees that are hazardous to public safety, and reducing unneeded roads. Includes salvage harvest, fuels reduction and reforestation on approximately 6823 acres, yielding about 29.7 MMBF with both ground-based and helicopter yarding.
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Badger Creek culvert and road closure project environmental assessment
(2002-06) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)
Proposes to replace the existing culvert that obstructs fish passage with an aluminum box culvert with a natural bottom substrate. The fill removed would be used to close Forest Road 22-800, and a bypass road 128 feet long and 12 feet wide would be constructed in the east side of the existing culvert in Badger Creek.
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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.