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Item Open Access 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).Item Open Access 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).Item Open Access Canyon Creek watershed analysis: Ecosystem analysis at the watershed scale(2003-06-20) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.); David Evans and Associates; Duck Creek AssociatesCharacterizes ecological and physical processes at multiple spatial scales by systematically uncovering the interactions of biological, physical, and human processes that have created current conditions. Identifies key questions and conditions, investigates and describes conditions, describes reference conditions, synthesizes and interprets the information, and provides recommendations and management options.Item Open Access Silvies Canyon Watershed restoration project final environmental impact statement and record of decision and Forest Plan amendment #55(2003-07) Emigrant Creek Ranger District (Or.); Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to conduct restoration activities in order to reduce road-related impacts, improve riparian conditions, adjust dedicated old growth areas, capture the economic value of surplus trees, and improve the health, vigor, and resiliency of vegetation to insects, disease, wildfire, and other disturbances. Actions include landscape-level fuels reduction treatments,; riparian restoration of spring sites; manual treatment of noxious weed sites; closure, decommissioning, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads; and commercial, precommercial, and intermediate thinning, juniper reduction, and restoration of aspen and cottonwood.Item Open Access Thorn fire salvage recovery project final environmental impact statement, record of decision and finding of non-significant Forest Plan amendment #63(2008-02) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)FEIS proposes to salvage dead and dying trees in approximately 3,668 acres and remove potential danger trees for public safety for about 24.3 miles along haul routes and open forest travel routes. Also includes planting 4,669 acres with conifer seedlings, and Forest Plan amendments related to modifications of East Side Screens to define live and dead trees, old growth replacement, visual quality standards, and development of long-range wildlife plans. Record of Decision announces implementation of Alternative 3 of the FEIS, to realize economic benefits from burned timber whilst still protecting the majority of the burned area from disturbance.Item Open Access Shaketable Research Natural Area environmental assessment, establishment order, and decision notice/designation order and finding of no significant impact(2008-04-24) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Environmental assessment proposes to amend Malheur Management Plan, changing the status of the proposed Shaketable Research Natural Area (RNA) on the Blue Mountain RD to an established RNA status. Would contribute to the network of RNAs by providing an example of Western juniper/low sagebrush/bunchgrass, low sagebrush/Idaho fescue, rigid sagebrush/Sandberg's bluegrass, and bitterbrush/bunchgrass woodland identified by the Oregon Natural Heritage Advisory Council. Establishment record states that the new RNA will serve as a reference area for study, as a baseline area for determining long-term ecological changes, and as a monitoring area to determine effects of management techniques and practices applied to similar ecosystems. Decision notice announces implementation of the new 385-acre Shaketable RNA.Item Open Access Galena Watershed analysis--Supplement 2002(2003-01-03) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Provides a mid-scale review of 7 subwatersheds in the Middle Fork of the John Day River in supplement to Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale--Galena Watershed Analysis (1999). Describes the five alternatives of recommended actions for the Southeast Galena Restoration. Early season peak flows have been exacerbated by wildfire adjacent to the area, and has caused elevated stream temperatures during dry months when threatened species of fish depend upon cool water to spawn. Also, the habitat for wildlife has been deteriorating because overstocked, dense stands of trees have inhibited vegetation in the understory that once provided high quality forage for deer and elk. Actions considered include using heavy equipment within stream channels reversing adverse hydraulic and vegetation trends, riparian planting, prescribed harvest and fire, and road decommisioning, closing, and reconstruction.Item Open Access Middle Fork John Day range planning project draft environmental impact statement and proposed forest plan amendment(2005-06) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.); Prairie City Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to provide grazing while assuring that livestock management is consistent with Malheur Forest plan and moves toward meeting aquatic and other standards. Includes combining 8 allotments into 6 and continuing authorization of livestock grazing, implementing deferred or rest rotational grazing, minimize duration of hot-season grazing, adjusted grazing based on monitoring, and the continuation of other activities such as recreational use and fire protection.Item Open Access Thorn fire salvage recovery project draft environmental impact statement(2007-06) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Proposes to salvage dead and dying trees in approximately 3,907 acres and remove potential danger trees for public safety for about 43.4 miles along haul routes and open forest travel routes. Also includes reforestation of big game habitat, riparian shade, visual quality, old growth habitat, stand structural development and timber production. Salvage harvest would cut and remove merchantable logs from dead and dying trees at least 9 inches in diameter at breast height.Item Open Access Starr Rock Pit project final environmental assessment, decision notice/forest plan amendment 60 and finding of no significant impact(2006-11-06) Blue Mountain Ranger District (Or.)Environmental assessment proposes the expansion of the Pit to provide a long-term, economical, and readily accessible source of aggregate material that meets quality standards for transportation standards. The Oregon Department of Transportation is requesting a 10-year permit to utilize the rock for a variety of projects, including a US Highway 395 overlay, and the Pit is expected to be used for such actions as graveling and pothole filling by the Forest Service and local road departments. Decision notice announces implementation of Alternative B of project EA, expanding the Pit by 2.7 acres, making available 275,000 cubic yards of material, and issuing a permit allowing the temporary use of crushing, screening, and batch plant equipment.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.Item Open Access 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.