Browsing Bend - Fort Rock Ranger District by Title
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (September 18, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to issue a special use permit to allow Davenport Energy, LLC to conduct geophysical exploration activities involving exploiting geothermal energy as a commercial source. Includes conducting magneto-telluric survey gathering information on both the electric and magnetic currents of the earth, involving burying sensors horizontally in trenches four feet long and about six inches deep, and another buried vertically up to four feet deep using a post hole digger. Description: 6 pp. Township 20 South, Range 12 East, Sections 25, 26, 32 and 36; Range 13 East, Section 31; Township 21 South, Range 11 East Sections 12, 13, 23-26, and 36; Range 12 East, Sections 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14-23, 25, 28-30, 32 and 34; Range 13 East, Sections 6, and 18; Township 22 South, Range 11 East, Sections 1, 2, 12- 14, and 24; Range 12 East, Sections 2, 4-9, 11, 12, 14-23, 25, 28 and 29; and Range 13 East, Section 6. Captured May 16, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6847 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (July , 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, improving access and habitat available to fish, and to restore the natural sediment regime to the stream segment by removing the dam and the accumulated sand and salt, grading the stream bottom to the same slope upstream and downstream of the dam, relocating up to 2 onsite downed trees upstream to provide hiding cover for fish, and replanting the area with native vegetation where necessary. Description: 6 pp. T20S R7E, Section 35 NW 1/4. Captured May 21, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6952 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (January , 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to improve access and habitat available to fish, and to restore the natural sediment regime to the stream segment by removing the dam and the accumulated sand and salt, grading the stream bottom to the same slope upstream and downstream of the dam, relocating up to 2 onsite downed trees upstream to provide hiding cover for fish, and replanting the area with native vegetation where necessary. Description: 15 pp. Maps, tables, references. T20S R7E, Section 35 NW 1/4. Captured May 17, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6951 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (August , 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to proceed with fuels reduction project, treating 142 subdivision lots on approximately 100 acres of Deschutes County owned land. Includes reducing stand density and fuel loading through the use of precommercial thinning, slash removal (chipping), and hauling away by hand and truck. Description: 4 pp. Map. Location shown on map, pp. 3-4. Captured May 21, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6943 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (August 29, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to issue a special use permit to allow the Deschutes County Road Department to construct, operate and maintain a road sanding material storage site on National Forest System lands. After the completion of Road 45, the county will construct a site where traction cinders and equipment can be stored for maintenance and snow plowing purposes. Description: 6 pp. Township 20 South, Range 10 East, Section 11. Captured July 17, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6902 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (May , 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to issue a special use permit to allow the Deschutes County Road Department to construct, operate and maintain a road sanding material storage site on National Forest System lands. After the completion of Road 45, the county will construct a site where traction cinders and equipment can be stored for maintenance and snow plowing purposes. Description: 7 pp. Township 20 South, Range 10 East, Section 11. Captured July 17, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6883 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (February , 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to authorize the placement of approximately 110 cubic yards of spawning gravel into the Deschutes River to enhance redband and brown trout habitat. The project, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will be implemented during the low flow period in the fall of 2006, and is designed to restore instream gravel for spawning that had become depleted below Wickiup Dam. Description: 7 pp. Map. T. 22 S., R. 9 E., S. 7. Captured May 16, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6905 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (September 25, 2001)[more][less]
Abstract: 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. Description: 7 pp. T.24S., R.12E., Sections 23-27, 34-36; T.24S., R.13E., Section 31; T.25S., R.12E., Sections 1-3, 10-14, 23-26, 35, 36; T.25S., R.13E., Sections 6-9, 17-20, 29-31. Captured May 22, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6970 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (December 26, 2001)[more][less]
Abstract: 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. Description: 1 p. The project area is located outside of the range of the northern spotted owl approximately 13 miles southwest of Bend, Oregon between La Pine State Recreation Area and Wickiup Dam. Captured May 22, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6967 Files in this item: 1
Dilman_Decision_Notice.pdf (8.511Kb) -
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (July , 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland-urban interface around and adjacent to Sunriver, the Inn of the 7th Mountain, and the Highland subdivision area of Bend, and to provide obvious, safe access and evacuation routes. Includes treating 4211 acres either by thinning, prescribed burning or mowing, along with 13 miles of roadside thinning, mowing and underburning. Approximately 11.9 miles of undesignated evacuation routes would be closed to public use and 26.5 miles decommissioned. Description: 198 pp. Tables, maps. T 18 S, R 11 E, Sections 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 27, 28, 33; T 19 S, R 11 E, Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16-20, 30, 31; T 20 S, R 11 E, Sections 6, 7; T 19 S, R 10 E, Sections 24, 25, 36; T 20S, R 10 E, Section 1. Captured July 16, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6920 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (July , 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to reduce hazardous fuels in the wildfire-urban interface around and adjacent to Sunriver, the Inn of the 7th Mountain, and the Highlands subdivision area of Bend, and to provide obvious, safe access and evacuation routes. Includes treating 4211 acres by either thinning, prescribed burning or mowing, along with 13 miles of roadside thinning, mowing and underburning. Approximately 11.9 miles of undesignated evacuation routes would be closed to public use and 26.5 miles decommissioned. Description: 6 pp. T 18 S, R 11 E, Sections 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 27, 28, 33; T 19 S, R 11 E, Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16-20, 30, 31; T 20 S, R 11 E, Sections 6, 7; T 19 S, R 10 E, Sections 24, 25, 36; T 20S, R 10 E, Section 1. Captured July 16, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6888 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (February 13, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision 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. Description: 7 pp. Township 18 South, Range 12 East, Section 6. Captured May 17, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6882 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (December , 2005)[more][less]
Abstract: 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. Description: 7 pp. Township 18 South, Range 12 East, Section 6. Captured May 17, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/7136 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to construct a new office and associated structures and infrastructure at the Bend Pine Work Center (BPWC), thus locating all Forest Service administrative functions near the city of Bend at one site. Costs and commuting time would be saved by constructing a new office, work center, and crew quarters at one site, and upgrading Deschutes Market Road. Description: 34 pp. Maps. T17S, R12E, Sections 22 and 23. Captured January 15, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6825 Files in this item: 1
New_Office_EA.pdf (853.3Kb) -
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (January 17, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to implement Alternative 2 of project EA, constructing a new office and associated structures and infrastructure at the Bend Pine Work Center (BPWC), thus locating all Forest Service administrative functions near the city of Bend at one site. Administrative costs and commuting time would be saved by constructing a new office, work center, and crew quarters at one site, and upgrading Deschutes Market Road. Description: 8 pp. T17S, R12E, Sections 22 and 23. Captured July 9, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6828 Files in this item: 1
New_Office_Decision_Notice_and_FONSI.pdf (40.45Kb) -
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (May 18, 2004)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to implement Alternative 3 of the project EA with minor modifications, harvesting some commercial fiber on an estimated 3103 acres, including about 13,640 hundred cubic feet of firmwood fiber and cords. Includes prescribed burning or mowing 3100 acres to reduce wildfire risk, closing 23.4 miles of road to increase wildlife habitat effectiveness and non-commercially thin 3297 acres. Description: 8 pp. T.20S., R.10E., Sections 15, 16, 19-22, 25-33; T.21S., R.10E., Sections 4, 5; T.20S., R.9E., Sections 23-27, 34-36; T.21S., R.9E., Sections 2-5, 7- 11, 15-22, 30; T.21S., R.8E., Sections 13, 23, 24, 25. Captured May 18, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6911 Files in this item: 1
Fall_Project_Decision_Notice.pdf (64.39Kb) -
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (March , 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to implement the use of prescribed burning and mechanical shrub treatment (MST, mowing) to reduce surface fuels and shrub continuity, primarily beneath large open grown, ponderosa pine tree canopies. Description: 10 pp. Tables, maps. T. 24 S., R. 12, 13, 14 E. and T. 25 S., R 13 E. Captured May 16, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6887 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (January 22, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to proceed with project thinning and using prescribed fire to reduce crown fire susceptibility and fire behavior, improve public safety and facilities protection, help restore a dry mixed conifer forest dominated by ponderosa pine, and be economically efficient by providing some commercial forest product revenue to offset the costs associated with vegetation management. Includes thinning from below while retaining 50-70 square feet of pine basal area, followed by mowing of the shrub layer and underburning. Description: 6 pp. Map. T. 18 S., R. 11 E., Sec. 6. Captured July 9, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6827 Files in this item: 1
Fry_Thinning_Project_Decision_Memo.pdf (148.6Kb) -
Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (February 28, 2008)[more][less]
Abstract: Announces decision to authorize implementation of Alternative 2 of project EA, bettering recreational infrastructure, public safety and satisfaction by improving the boat ramps at Gull Point and North Wickiup. Includes replacing existing ramp to provide safe boat launching facilities for boaters during a wide range of reservoir elevations and putting boarding floats on the new ramp at Gull Point, and providing additional parking for ramps and replacing them with those designed to provide safe boat launching facilities during a wide range of reservoir elevations at North Wickiup. Description: 5 pp. T. 21 S., R. 8 E. Captured July 9, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6837 Files in this item: 1
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District (Or.) (November , 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Proposes to better recreation infrastructure, public safety and satisfaction by improving the boat ramps at Gull Point and North Wickiup. Includes replacing existing ramp to provide safe boat launching facilities for boaters during a wide range of reservoir elevations and putting boarding floats on the new ramp at Gull Point, and providing additional parking and replacing existing ramps with one designed to provide safe boat launching facilities during a wide range of reservoir elevations at North Wickiup. Description: 34 pp. Tables, maps. T. 21 S., R. 8 E. Captured July 9, 2008. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/6831 Files in this item: 1