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Item Open Access Big Table and Lytle Creek cattle allotment decision memo(2008-09-30) Deschutes National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision to authorize continued livestock grazing use within the Big Table and Lytle Creek Cattle Allotments consistent with existing management to continue to meet or move resources toward desired conditions.Item Open Access Trout Creek fish habitat restoration project decision memo(2008-09-24) Deschutes National Forest (Agency : U.S.)Announces decision to implement the following activities to improve stream channel complexity and function, improve riparian habitat adjacent to the stream and to provide fish passage at culvert barriers: stream structures will be installed to increase the number of pools per mile on 1.1 miles of Trout Creek, 1.7 miles of Dick Creek, and 1.5 miles of Auger Creek; stream banks will be sloped back and reshaped to increase floodplain access in areas where channel incision has occurred; four undersized culverts will be replaced in the project area; access to user created vehicle fords on Auger and Dick creeks will be blocked with partially buried boulders, large wood or stream structures.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access Pick-up salvage harvest decision notice and finding of no significant impact(2001) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, salvage harvesting merchantable trees that were felled during fire suppression operations near existing roads in the Hash Rock Salvage area. Trees proposed for harvest are between 15 and 35 inches dbh, and the approximate volume is 150-200 thousand board feet.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access City of Mitchell municipal water system special use permit reissuance decision memo(2006-08-29) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to reissue a special use permit to the city for a municipal water system, including an 11, 263-foot transmission pipeline, 3 spring boxes, and their associated fencing. These facilities have been permitted since 1985, divert water from springs that are adjacent to tributaries to Bridge Creek, and no new facilities are authorized.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access Bandit Spring Well decision memo(2003-12-31) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to enhance the Bandit Spring Well rest area by installing an all-season potable water system to replace the one removed in 1994. Includes a well, cistern, submersible pump, pipe for the system, and a frost-free, self-closing faucet.Item Open Access Pick-up salvage harvest environmental assessment(2001-02) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to salvage harvest merchantable trees that were felled during fire suppression operations near existing roads in the Hash Rock Salvage area. Trees proposed for harvest are between 15 and 35 inches dbh, and the approximate volume is 150-200 thousand board feet.Item Open Access Maury Aspen reforestation decision memo(2005-08-03) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to thin small conifer trees in 14 aspen stands over about 100 acres to enhance vigor and growth. Includes thinning trees up to 12 inches dbh and spacing conifers to an average of 18-by-18 feet.Item Open Access North End plantations precommercial thinning project decision memo(2005-08-15) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to thin precommercially, lop, and scatter slash in 152 plantations over 3200 acres in Trout Creek, Bear Creek, McKay Creek, and Mill Creek watersheds. Includes thinning trees up to 9 inches in diameter dbh to an average 18-by-18 foot spacing.Item Open Access Cougar salvage decision memo(2006-01-17) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to salvage 600 dead trees in the Marks Creek Watershed to recover the economic value after destruction by bark beetle. Includes 630,000 board feet from mostly ponderosa pine over 60 acres, with resultant slash cut into pieces and scattered.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access Walton Lake Sno-Park groomer shed decision memo(2006-12-19) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to categorically exclude and authorize the construction of a groomer shed approximately 30 by 60 feet, located between Roads 2200-135 and 2200-140 across from the Walton Sno-Park.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access Meisner special use permit decision memo(2006-08-29) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Announces decision to issue a new special use permit for Kyle E. Meisner to occupy and use National Forest System land to collect and transport water for domestic use. Facilities include an enclosure fence, spring box, and water transmission line in the Drake Creek watershed, and the permittee can be expected to perform routine maintenance and repairs on the headworks, enclosure fence, and transmission line.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access Maury Mountains allotment management plan draft environmental impact statement(2006-06) Lookout Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to meet demand for livestock forage in allotments and improve stream shade and bank stability by improving resource conditions and livestock distribution. Includes reauthorizing livestock grazing and issuing term grazing permits, with the length of grazing depending on meeting utilization standards or thresholds for pastures moves. Existing water developments would continue to be maintained, and new ones implemented, including constructing a pond or installing a spring box, pipes, troughs, and fences.