Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA) 04/01/2017 to 06/30/2017 Deschutes National Forest This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact. Expected Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Implementation Project Contact
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide) Central Cascades Wilderness - Recreation management Developing Proposal Expected:07/2018 07/2019 Beth Peer Strategies 2017 Est. Scoping Start 05/2017 541-383-4761 EA [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests are considering visitor use management strategies for five wilderness areas in the central Cascades in order to reduce resource impacts caused by increasing recreation use.
Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50578 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, Sisters Ranger District, Middle Fork Ranger District, Detroit Ranger District, McKenzie River Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Jefferson, Klamath, Lane, Linn. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Project addresses five Central Cascades Wildernesses. Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Three Sisters, Waldo Lake, and Diamond Peak.
Deschutes National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Scenic Views Roadside Fuels - Land management planning In Progress: Expected:03/2018 03/2018 Anne Trapanese Forest Plan Amendments - Fuels management Scoping Start 11/22/2016 541-383-4012 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 06/2017 Description: This project will amend 4 S&Gs in the Deschutes Land and Resource Management Plan (1990) to better meet the goals and objectives of the Scenic Views in fire-adapted forests along roadsides. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50602 Location: UNIT - Deschutes National Forest All Units. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Deschutes National Forest.
Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region 2017 Reissuance of Outfitter - Recreation management Completed Actual: 02/10/2017 03/2017 Richard Wesseler and Guide Special Use Permtis - Special use management 541-383-4722 CE [email protected] *NEW LISTING* Description: Renew several outfitter and guide special use permits. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51074 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Across the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District. Benham Falls Area Trail - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:04/2017 06/2017 Marvin Lang Restoration Scoping Start 06/06/2016 541-383-4793 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Restore and rehabilitate trails at Benham Falls to address drainage, vegetation, and tread width issues. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49022 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T 19S, R 11 E, Section 9. Benham Falls. Blackrock Trail Reroute - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 06/2017 Lauren DuRocher CE Scoping Start 12/21/2016 541-383-4721 [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Reroute the Blackrock trail to an approved, safer railroad crossing. Users would be routed on primitive road to cross the railroad on the Sun-Lava trail. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50773 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Blackrock trail near Benham Falls. Caretaker Cabin Permit - Special use management Completed Actual: 02/06/2017 02/2017 Lisa Dilley Issuance for a New Term 541-383-4025 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Issuance of a new authorization for a new term of the special use permit for the City of Bend Caretaker Cabin and various other service buildings near Tumalo Falls and a garage storage building near Skyliner Road. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50125 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T.18S, R.10E., Section 7 & T.18S, R11E., Section 27. Near Tumalo Falls and Skyliner Road.
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region City of Bend Stream Flow - Special use management Developing Proposal Expected:11/2017 02/2018 Lisa Dilley Monitoring Est. Scoping Start 09/2017 541-383-4025 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: City of Bend is requesting the issuance of an authorization for a new term to operate and maintain pressure transducers and staff gauges located at two locations along Tumalo Creek. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50664 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T. 18 S., R. 10 E., Section 7. Devil's Lake Trail Reroute - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 08/2017 Lauren DuRocher CE Scoping Start 09/19/2016 509-852-1049 [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Reroute South Sister Climber Trail section from Devil's Lake Trailhead to use the existing undercrossing with the Elk's Devil Lake Trail. This will replace the surface crossing on the Cascade Lake Highway. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49620 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located at trails leaving Devil's Lake Trailhead on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway west of Bend, Oregon. Dilman Meadow Pond - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:09/2017 11/2017 Beth Peer Maintenance Scoping Start 01/11/2016 541-383-4769 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: In 2001, several open water areas were created within the Dilman meadow complex to provide suitable habitat to relocate an Oregon spotted from population from habitat below Wicki-up. The project would maintain those open water areas. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48225 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 4, T22S, R9E. Dilman Meadow is located in Deschutes County, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Wickiup Dam, in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 4, T22S, R9E.
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Drink Meadow Restoration - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:03/2017 06/2017 Beth Peer Project (other than forest products) Scoping Start 03/28/2016 541-383-4769 CE - Watershed management [email protected] Description: Treatments are aimed reducing conifer encroachment in and around the edges of meadows by removing small trees. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45694 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T17S R19E Sec. 31,32,33,34,35,36; T17S R10E Sec. 31; T18S R9E Sec. 1,2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28; T18S R10E Sec. 5,6,7,8,17,18,19,20,30. The Drink planning area is roughly bounded on the north by the 4061370 and 4601 roads, on the south the project abuts Cascade Lakes Highway. To the west lies the Three Sisters Wilderness. Four Rivers Vector Control - Special use management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 06/2017 Lisa Dilley Permit Re-issuance Scoping Start 10/25/2016 541-383-4025 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Issue a new authorization for a new term for the existing authorized treatment of mosquitoes through TPA registered bacterial pesticide. BTL is a microbial larvicide attacking the larvai before they emerge as adult mosquitos. April 1st - Sept. 15. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49782 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T. 19 S., R 11 E., Sections 1-20, 29 & 31; T 20 S., R 10 E, Sectiona 2, 26, & 35; T 20 S, R 11 E, Sections 6 & 18, WM. Kelsey Butte Seed Orchard - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 06/2017 Lauren DuRocher Thinning (other than forest products) Scoping Start 12/19/2016 541-383-4721 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Kelsey Butte ponderosa pine seed orchard (about 25 acres) has reach 23 years old and needs thinning for optimal cone production. The orchard provides reforestation seed for the Eastside of the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50811 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Near Kelsey Butte. T19S, R13E, Se 26.
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Kew Vegetation Management - Forest products In Progress: Expected:10/2017 10/2020 Beth Peer EA - Vegetation management Scoping Start 11/17/2015 541-383-4769 [email protected] *UPDATED* (other than forest products) Est. Comment Period Public - Fuels management Notice 06/2017 - Road management Description: Project includes about 6,500 acres of commercial harvest and fuels reduction for the purpose of restoring stand structure and composition, resilience through increased vigor and fire hazard reduction. Predominantly mixed conifer stand types. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47326 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Township 18 South, Range 10 East, Sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; Township 19 South, Range 10 East Sections 1-3, 9-16, 22-24, 26, 27, 34, 35. Willamette Meridian. West of Bend, Oregon and the Deschutes River, bordered on the north by the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway. Lex Vegetation Management - Forest products In Progress: Expected:11/2017 04/2019 Anne Trapanese EA - Fuels management Scoping Start 06/25/2015 541-383-4028 [email protected] *UPDATED* Est. Comment Period Public Notice 06/2017 Description: Treat roughly 6,500 acres of lodgeopole and mixed conifer forests to restore historic species composition, structure, and process. Treatments would include fuels reduction and prescribed burning. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47203 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T18S R9E sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; T18S R10E sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; T19S R9E sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13; and T19S R10E sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, and 19. The project lies roughly 10 miles west of the City of Bend east of FS road 45 and south of Cascade Lakes Highway. Midstate Substation to State - Special use management In Progress: Expected:10/2017 10/2017 Lisa Dilley Rec Transmission Line Scoping Start 11/15/2016 541-383-4025 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] *UPDATED* Notice 05/2017 Description: Midstate is proposing to install approximately 8 miles of overhead transmission line from the BPA Substation to the State Rec Substation. The line will mostly parallel the BPA Transmission line on the east side. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46803 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Township 21 South, Range 11East, Sections 8, 9, 16, 20, 29, &32; Township 22 South, Range 11East, Sections 5, 8, 27, 18 & 29 W.M.
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Midstate Wildriver Pole - Special use management Completed Actual: 12/20/2016 01/2017 Lisa Dilley Replacement Project 541-383-4025 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: MEC is proposing to replace existing 36 poles stretching 15,719 ft to 48 poles stretching 15,719 ft (averaging 330 ft per span). This project will improve the reliability of the power delivered to the 118 members in the Wildriver subdivision as well Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50659 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. T 19 S., R 9 E., Sections 23 & 24 and T 21 S., R 10 E., Sections 19 & 20, WM. Phil's Trail System Adjustments - Recreation management Completed Actual: 01/18/2017 05/2017 Lauren DuRocher CE 509-852-1049 [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Project would add small sections of trail to the FS trail system and obliterate sections of user created trail in the Phil's Trail area. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49622 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Trails are part of Phil's Trail System, located just south of Skyliner Road(FS RD 4601. Recreation Residence Cabin - Facility management In Progress: Expected:04/2017 05/2017 Richard Wesseler Rebuild Scoping Start 11/03/2014 541-383-4792 CE [email protected] Description: Remove existing recreation residence cabin at Elk Lake and rebuild the foundation and cabin in the same location and footprint. Special User Permit is for the use of the land for this private-owned improvement. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=45733 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - T. 18 S., R. 8 E., Section 29. Elk Lake, NW Corner, Tract J, Lot 10, located behind the Guard Station. Tumalo Overflow Parking Trail - Recreation management Completed Actual: 02/16/2017 05/2017 Scott McBride Connection 928-402-6231 CE [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: Build approximately 1/4 to 1/2 mile of trail to bike standards to connect overflow parking at Tumalo to the main trail. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49666 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Tumalo Fall Trailhead, west of Bend, Oregon.
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Deschutes National Forest Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Twin Restoration Project - Recreation management Developing Proposal Expected:05/2019 06/2019 Alicia Underhill EIS - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Est. NOI in Federal Register 541-383-4028 [email protected] *NEW LISTING* - Forest products 09/2017 - Vegetation management (other than forest products) - Fuels management Description: The Twin project area is evaluating opportunities for landscape forest management, fuels reduction, habitat improvement and recreation management. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50983 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West and southwest of Bend, OR encompasses the area surrounding the Wickiup and Crane Prairie Reservoirs, North and South Twin Lakes, and Browns Mountain and Round Mountain Late Successional Reserves. Wanoga Winter Trail Additions - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 12/2017 Lauren DuRocher CE Scoping Start 12/21/2016 541-383-4721 [email protected] Description: Adding over snow non-motorized trails near Wanoga Sno-Park for fat tire snow bikes and ski trails (with off leash dogs). Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=50806 Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Near Wanoga Sno-Park on the Cascade Lakes Highway, west of Bend, Oregon.
Deschutes National Forest Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region 2017 BPA Utility Corridor - Vegetation management In Progress: Expected:05/2017 05/2017 Meria Page Maintenance and Danger Tree (other than forest products) Scoping Start 03/27/2017 541-433-3230 Project - Special use management [email protected] CE Description: The Crescent Ranger District is considering a BPA proposal to clear unwanted vegetation/danger trees in and *NEW LISTING* adjacent to the transmission corridors and access roads (current right-of-way) of the 230-kV LaPine-Chiloquin line where it crosses CrescentRD Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51471 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. FS Road 9751012 and FS Road 9756267 and the electrical powerline as it crosses Forest Service Lands on the Crescent RD.
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Deschutes National Forest Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region 2017 Shelter Cove Resort - Recreation management Completed Actual: 03/13/2017 06/2017 Katherine Smith Electrical Line Replacement 541-416-6405 CE [email protected] *NEW LISTING* Description: The Crescent Ranger District is considering Shelter Cove Resorts request to replace and upgrade all their existing electrical lines and pedestals around the Resort campground and replace the existing electrical lines along the roads due to age Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51081 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Located on the southwest side of Odell Lake near the summit of Willamette Pass eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, Klamath Co, Crescent Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest. 2017 Trapper Creek - Recreation management Completed Actual: 02/07/2017 02/2017 William Kujawa Campground Hazard Tree 541-433-3221 Abatement [email protected] CE Description: The Crescent Ranger District is proposing to fell approximately 86 hazard trees within the 20 acres of Trapper *NEW LISTING* Creek Campground. Approximately 48 will be left on-site and 38 will be sold. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51080 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Trapper Creek Campground is located near Willamette Pass on State Highway 58 in the northwest corner of Klamath County, OR, within the Crescent Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest. Crescent Creek Wild and - Special area management In Progress: Expected:04/2018 04/2018 Anne Trapanese Scenic River Management Plan Scoping Start 12/15/2015 541-383-4012 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] Notice 07/2017 Description: In 1988, the US Congress designated Crescent Creek as a Wild and Scenic River (WSR). This is the proposed management plan associated with that designation. Plan will outline Outstanding Remarkable Values and how to maintain them into the future. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=47575 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. WSR designation begins approximately at the Crescent Lake Dam and continues for ten river miles until approximately the Crescent Lake Campground.
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Deschutes National Forest Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Ringo - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants In Progress: Expected:09/2017 11/2017 Michelle King EIS - Forest products DEIS NOA in Federal Register 541-433-3216 [email protected] *UPDATED* - Vegetation management 03/17/2017 (other than forest products) Est. FEIS NOA in Federal - Fuels management Register 07/2017 Description: To continue to provide values and services in the Ringo project area, the Forest Service proposes to reduce tree density and surface fuels in order to restore and maintain a resilient, fire-adapted ecosystem. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46900 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Not Applicable. 30,000 acres south of Wickiup Reservoir, encompassing Ringo Butte and Odell Butte, and directly west of the Forest Service boundary with private land. Upper Little Deschutes - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:03/2018 05/2018 Joan Kittrell Restoration Project - Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants Scoping Start 02/01/2017 541-433-3237 EA Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] *NEW LISTING* Notice 09/2017 Description: This project is restoration related: 1) maintaining or restoring the existing values and ecosystem services that a riparian environment provides through improving the hydrological function of the Little Deschutes River to benefit the unique habitats. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51024 Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - The legal descriptions are: Northern Section- T.24 S., R.8 E., Sections 26, 32, 33, 34, and 35; T25S, R08E Sections 4 and 5. Southern Portion: T25S, R08E, Sections 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 29 Willamette Meridian. The two sections of the project area are both located Between County Road 61 (Crescent cut-off) and Highway 58 in the Crescent Ranger District, Klamath County, Oregon.
Deschutes National Forest Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region
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Deschutes National Forest Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Green Ridge Landscape - Forest products Developing Proposal Expected:02/2018 06/2018 Michael Keown Restoration - Fuels management Est. Scoping Start 04/2017 541-549-7735 EA - Road management [email protected] *UPDATED* Description: The project would maintain and restore forest conditions closer to the historic range of variability and contribute to the restoration of ecosystem process and function in the planning area. Timber products are an outcome of restoration activities. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48454 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is located about 13 air miles north of Sisters, Oregon. Lower Canyon Creek Riparian - Recreation management Completed Actual: 02/02/2017 04/2018 Mike Riehle Restoration Project - Watershed management 541-549-7702 CE [email protected] *NEW LISTING* Description: The project would address degraded water quality, hydrologic function, scenic quality and critical habitat for the Threatened Bull trout at the Lower Canyon Creek Campground. The project would reconfigure the campground and construct a new trailhead. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51137 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located at the Lower Canyon Creek Campground: T12S, R09E, section 27. Melvin Butte Vegetation - Forest products Completed Actual: 12/21/2016 05/2017 William Munro Management Project - Vegetation management 541-549-7711 EA (other than forest products) [email protected] *UPDATED* - Fuels management Description: Maintain and restore resiliency and forest health in stands that provide habitat for interior wildlife species and present a potential risk of large scale wildfires in the Melvin Butte area. The project would generate about 5 MMBF of timber. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=44107 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is about 10 air miles south of Sisters, Oregon. T16S, R09E and T17S, R09E.
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Deschutes National Forest Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District) R6 - Pacific Northwest Region Mt. Jefferson and Mt. - Recreation management In Progress: Expected:05/2018 09/2018 Jason Fisher Washington Wilderness Trails Comment Period Public Notice 541-480-6423 Project 04/17/2016 [email protected] EA Description: The project would decommission 16 miles of trails and change the Trail Class on 16 miles of trails in the Mt. *UPDATED* Jefferson and Mt. Washington Wilderness areas. This action is needed to maintain the Wilderness Resource Spectrum. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49316 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project is located about 12 miles west and northwest of the city of Sisters, Oregon. Renewal of Expired Special Use - Special use management In Progress: Expected:04/2017 05/2017 Stephen Bishop Permits Scoping Start 01/20/2017 541-549-7735 CE [email protected] s *NEW LISTING* Description: The project would authorize the reissuance of 10 special use permits. 6 permits would be issued for a standard term of 10 years; 4 permits would be issued for a standard term of twenty years. All permits are for existing uses. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=51016 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. City of Sisters and Camp Sherman area. Whychus Watershed Road - Watershed management In Progress: Expected:08/2017 12/2017 Mike Riehle Closure and Decommissioning - Road management Scoping Start 02/01/2016 541-549-7702 Project Est. Comment Period Public [email protected] EA Notice 04/2017 *UPDATED* Description: The project would close and decommission roads as part of meeting the objectives in the Whychus Creek Watershed Aquatic Habitat Restoration Action Plan. About 14 miles of road would be closed and about 39 miles of road would be decommissioned. Web Link: http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48783 Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is about 5 miles southwest of the city of Sisters, Oregon.
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