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Item Open Access Empire Stone decorative stone project draft decision memo(2005-12) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to be made will be to issue a special use permit for prospecting to Empire Stone Company to explore for decorative stone material. Includes digging up to 10 holes approximately 5'x 5' in size in preselected locations to determine the depth and range of the desired material, which will be hand-drilled to test for quality, and a backhoe or excavator and pickup truck will haul the drill equipment and generator to power the drill.Item Open Access User created road closures decision memo(2003-05) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to categorically exclude project closing 5 user created roads adjacent to Newberry National Volcanic Monument. The approximately 1/4 mile of road, which leads to user created dispersed campsites along Paulina Creek, are contributing to resource damage through erosion, trampling, and soil displacement, and the dispersed campsites will be modified by shrinking them and using barriers to protect riparian areas.Item Open Access Nordic trail reconstruction decision memo(2003-05) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to categorically exclude project reconstructing approximately 9 miles and relocating .75 miles of Nordic ski trails located in or adjacent to Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Includes using chainsaw and hand tools to remove bushy undergrowth and blow downs, prune limbs, fell dead trees that could fall into the trail, fix drainage problems, and resign the trails with reassurance markers and directional signing.Item Open Access Seventh Mountain rock pit expansion environmental assessment(2000-07-10) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to expand the Pit to access sand, gravel and aggregate material for use on the Forest for about the next 20 years. Includes using dozers with push blades, loaders and rock crushers, clearing trees from about 7 acres, removing 2-3 feet of topsoil excavating underlying material to a depth of 4-8 feet below the current high point for use.Item Open Access Hosmer Lake environmental assessment revision to the Cascade Lakes environmental assessment and decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2001-05) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to take remedial action against ecosystem degradation of Hosmer lake, after it was withdrawn as a portion of the Cascade Lakes restoration environmental assessment. Includes construction of a new 11 vehicle parking area near the boat ramp access road, replacing the boat ramp toilet with one meeting ADA standards, implementing 3 dispersed camping zones on the Lake and reducing the number of camps from 13 to 8, providing international and interpretative signing at the parking areas, closing the northernmost island to human use for at least 5 years to determine effectiveness for nesting waterfowl, shore birds, and neotropical migrant birds, and seasonally closing the remaining two islands to mitigate damage to nesting eagles. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative 4 of the project EA.Item Open Access South Bend weigh and safety station final environmental impact statement and record of decision(2001-05) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)FEIS proposes to authorize special use permit for construction, maintenance and operation of a permanent vehicle weigh and safety station on the northbound land of US Highway 97 south of Bend, between mileposts 145 and 148 adjacent to the Newberry National Monument. Includes vegetation clearing such as fuel reduction on 100 feet, thinning of trees to a 12-15 foot spacing, mechanical cutting of shrubs and grasses, installation of gate and signs, barriers, monitoring and maintenance, and construction of building, parking and work areas. Record of decision announces implementation of Alternative 2 of the project EA.Item Open Access South Bend weigh and safety station draft environmental impact statement summary(2000-11) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to authorize a special use permit for construction, maintenance and operation of a permanent vehicle weigh and safety station on the northbound land of US Highway 97 south of Bend, between mileposts 145 and 148 adjacent to the Newberry National Monument. Includes vegetation clearing such as fuel reduction on 100 feet, thinning of trees to a 12-15 foot spacing, mechanical cutting of shrubs and grasses, installation of gate and signs, barriers, monitoring and maintenance, and construction of building, parking and work areas.Item Open Access OMSI Cascade Science School expansion project environmental assessment(2001-06) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to authorize the issuance of a long-term special use permit for operation of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's Cascade Science School, and the adoption of the Master Development Plan which modernizes its facilities at Skyliner Lodge. Improvements include a new water delivery system, three restroom and shower buildings, and a storage and maintenance structure, a utility corridor to a new septic system, and a new set of fire suppression tanks.Item Open Access Crane Prairie complex decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2002-01-11) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to recover commercial timber value from fires caused by the Crane complex fire by salvaging dead and dying trees, reforesting burned areas, reducing fuel accumulations resulting from the fire, and restoring wildfire habitat and site productivity by re-establishing vegetation. Includes salvaging 547 acres of the 720 fire-affected acreage and hand planting of the seedlings on 208 acres.Item Open Access Devil's Garden planning area Hole-in-the-ground subunit decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2001-09-25) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of project EA, deferring the decision to close the vacant Gebhardt Flat Range Allotment, and treating 4520 acres with vegetation and/or fuel treatments. Includes prescribed burning and/or mechanical treatment of shrubs on 4430 acres, commercial thinning of lodgepole pine on 77 acres, noncommercial mechanical thinning on 300 acres, hazard tree removal, and road closings and decommissionings.Item Open Access Road 18 caves project decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2001-08-30) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to preserve and protect cave resources of the eight caves located within the Arnold lava tube system and Skeleton Cave by making adjustments designed to reduce or eliminate impacts to caves and cave resources from human use. Includes instituting a self-issuing parking permit program to collect information about visitors and to communicate cave rules, improve the parking area and trail and add an information kiosk at Boyd Cave, relocate the parking area and enforce a seasonal closure for bat winter hibernation at Skeleton Cave, and install bat gates at Wind Cave, Bat Cave, and Charlie-the-Cave.Item Open Access Road 18 cave project environmental assessment(2001-06) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to preserve and protect cave resources of the eight caves located within the Arnold lava tube system and Skeleton Cave by making adjustments designed to reduce or eliminate impacts to caves and cave resources from human use. Includes instituting a self-issuing parking permit program to collect information about visitors and to communicate cave rules, improve the parking area and trail and add an information kiosk at Boyd Cave, relocate the parking area and enforce a seasonal closure for bat winter hibernation at Skeleton Cave, and install bat gates at Wind Cave, Bat Cave, and Charlie-the-Cave. Also includes request for comments and response to comments.Item Open Access Dilman notice of decision(2001-12-26) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of project EA, authorizing vegetation management activities on approximately 5283 acres. Includes closing 63 miles of road, resurfacing 12 miles of roads, designating 32 dispersed camp sites, prescibe burning or mowing of 3845 acres, thinning and removing 18,320 hundred cubic feet of fiber from 2320 acres and non-commercially thinning 831 acres.Item Open Access Crane Prairie complex environmental assessment(2001-12-04) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to recover commercial timber value from the Crane complex fire by salvaging dead and dying trees, reforesting burned areas, reducing fuel accumulations resulting from the fire, and restoring wildfire habitat and site productivity by re-establishing vegetation. Includes salvaging 547 acres of the 720 fire-affected acres and hand planting of the seedlings on 208 acres.Item Open Access Charlie Brown decision notice, Forest Plan amendment, and finding of no significant impact(2002-01-07) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to respond to problematic conditions for the area surrounding Crane Prairie and Wickiup Reservoirs such as high stand densities, insect and disease infestations, and shifts in species compositions within the dry forest types, as well as to problems from recreational activities such as dispersed camping that cause loss of vegetation, soil compaction, erosion and inappropriate disposal of human waste. Actions include commercial thinning, dwarf mistletoe removal, salvage harvesting on diseased and insect-damaged trees on 230 acres, mechanical treatment of shrubs and prescribed fire to reduce risk of wildfire. Also includes boat ramp reconstruction, prohibition of pit toilets within 150 feet of the high water mark of either reservoir, closure and rehabilitation of 15 dispersed camping sites, and reconstruction, improvement and closing of various roads.Item Open Access Charlie Brown environmental assessment(2001-11-21) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to respond to problematic conditions in the area surrounding Crane Prairie and Wickiup Reservoirs such as high stand densities, insect and disease infestations, and shifts in species compositions within the dry forest types, as well as to problems from recreational activities such as dispersed camping that cause loss of vegetation, soil compaction, erosions, and inappropriate disposal of human waste. Actions include commercial thinning, dwarf mistletoe removal, salvage harvesting on diseased and insect-damaged trees on 230 acres, mechanical treatment of shrubs and prescribed fire to reduce risk of wildfire. Also includes boat ramp reconstruction, prohibition of pit toilets within 150 feet of the high water mark of either reservoir, closure and rehabilitation of 15 dispersed camping sites, and reconstruction, improvement and closing of various roads.Item Open Access Washington Oregon Wireless communications site environmental assessment(2002-01-31) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to construct a 100-foot steel lattice tower up to 3 available platforms to house radio transmitting antennas and/or similar equipment to collocate additional users to be utilized for a broadband PCS facility. Also includes 12 six-foot tall panel antennas and microwave dish antennas, as well as a fence, generator, and underground power line.Item Open Access Paulina Falls overlook decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2002-04-10) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative B of project EA, providing accessibility, safety, and positive aesthetics for the visiting public along the north rim of the Paulina Creek. Includes constructing a rock overlook on the north side of the creek with a metal railing on top, relocating the existing trail away from the north rim edge of the creek, obliterating and revegetating the existing trail along the north rim, constructing an additional trail to access the rim overlook from the relocated trail, constructing a juniper split-rail fence along either side of the rim overlook trail, and removing the existing chain link fence.Item Open Access Paulina Falls overlook environmental assessment(2002-03-06) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to provide accessibility, safety, and positive aesthetics for the visiting public along the north rim of Pauline Creek. Includes constructing a rock overlook on the north side of the Creek with a metal railing on top, relocating the existing trail away from the north rim edge of the Creek, obliterating and revegetating the existing trail along the north rim, constructing an additional trail to access the rim overlook from the relocated trail, constructing a juniper split-rail fence along either side of the rim overlook trail and removing the existing chain link fence.Item Open Access Sanitation environmental assessment decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2002-01-31) Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.); Sisters Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative B of project EA, with mitigation measures, to remove 13 existing toilets at 11 different recreational sites, install 14 toilets at the same 11 recreational sites, install 4 new toilets at 4 other recreational sites, and replace 3 drainfields and replace/relocate 1 drainfield.