RECREATION MANAGEMENT Malheur National Forest LAND AREA P.O. Box 909 Camping 35 Campgrounds 431 Patterson Bridge Road National Forest land administered by the Malheur National Hiking/Riding 386 Miles of Trail John Day, Oregon 97845 Forest (includes approximately 241,000 acres within Ochoco National Forest.) Hunting/Fishing Dispersed Areas United States Department of Agriculture (541)575-3000 Boating/Water Related Lakes, Streams, Rivers Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Total Acres 1,708,686 Viewing Scenery Approx. 7,000 miles of Road FOREST SUPERVISOR AND STAFF (CURRENT) Snowmobile Trails 793 Miles Forest Supervisor Doug Gochnour By County Winter Sports Dispersed Areas and FOREST FACTS 2009 Deputy Forest Supervisor/AO Teresa Raaf Grant 1,128,930 1 Sledding Hill Natural Resources Kurt Nelson (Acting) ALHEUR ATIONAL OREST Harney 526,067 Recreational Lodging Murderer’s Creek Work Center M N F Fire and Aviation Jeff Pendleton Baker 46,357 Fall Mountain Lookout Planning Carole Holly Crook 9,726 Deer Creek Guard Station Health and Safety Bob Pugh October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009 Malheur 606 Est. Annual Visitor Use 422,000 Public Affairs, Heritage & Recreation Jennifer Harris By District FIRE MANAGEMENT Engineering, Lands, Minerals & Administration Mike Montgomery Blue Mountain 706,611 Number of Fires 88 Prairie City 367,979 Total Acres on Malheur NF Lands 1,025 DISTRICT RANGERS (2008) Emigrant Creek 634,096 Cause of Fire Blue Mountain Ranger District John Gubel Lakes and Reservoirs Lightning 42 P.O. Box 909 431 Patterson Bridge Road Smoking 1 Trout Farm 1 acre John Day, Oregon 97845 Arson 2 Magone Lake 50 acres (541)575-3000 Campfire 38 Canyon Meadows Reservoir 25 acres Debris Burning 3 Yellowjacket Reservoir 25 acres Prairie City Ranger District Elaine Kohrman Equipment 0 Delintment Lake 62 acres P.O. Box 337 Miscellaneous 2 Strawberry Lake (in Wilderness) 31 acres Prairie City, Oregon 97869 Unknown 0 Little Strawberry Lake (in Wilderness) 4 acres (541)820-3800 Slide Lake (in Wilderness) 13 acres Fires less than 1 acre 73 Little Slide Lake (in Wilderness) 13 acres Largest Fire 1,100 acres Emigrant Creek Ranger District Jerry Hensley 265 Highway 20 South High Lake (in Wilderness) 5 acres Fuels Accomplishments Treatment (acres) Hines, Oregon 97783 Wilderness and Special Interest Areas Commercial Harvest 8,971 (541)573-4300 316 Small Diameter Biomass Removal Strawberry Mountain Wilderness 68,700 acres 2,719 Slash Piling HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Monument Rock Wilderness 19,650 acres Pile Burning 3,581 Blue Mountain Forest Reserve established March 15, 1906. Canyon Creek Research Natural Area 738 acres 198 Lop and Scatter Vinegar Hill Indian Rock Scenic Area 2,824 acres 7,885 Forest Reserve names changed to National Forests, Underburn Cedar Grove Botanical Area 167 acres March 4, 1907. Malheur Wild and Scenic River 12.0 miles 9,012 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Acres Malheur River Malheur National Forest established June 13, 1908. North Fork Malheur Scenic River 22.9 miles 20,934 Non-WUI Acres Cedar Grove National Recreation Trail 1.0 miles LANDSCAPE SETTING Arch Rock National Recreation Trail 0.3 miles Malheur River Nat’l Recreation Trail 7.5 miles The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the Malheur National Forest - 100 Years High desert grasslands, alpine lakes and meadows, upland mead- basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, ows, mountain ranges, forest of pine, spruce, larch and fir. parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part “Caring for the Land, Serving the People” of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all Heritage Resources programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information Archaeological Sites 4,550 (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (voice and Lowest elevation 3,360 feet (near the Middle Fork of the John TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independ- Historic Buildings 79 ence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or Day River). Highest elevation 9,038 feet (on top of Strawberry (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. MAL-10-01 Mountain). EMPLOYEES TIMBER MANAGEMENT FISH, WILDLIFE AND BOTANY HABITAT MANAGEMENT FISH, WILDLIFE AND BOTANY HABITAT MANAGEMENT Permanent Full-time/Permanent Part-time Number of Timber Sales 12 Wildlife Habitat Accomplishments With Partners Forest Flora and Fauna Approx. 218 and Temporary Timber Sold 30.9 mmbf 14 Projects - 28,150 acres Amphibian and Reptiles 23 species Timber Cut 35.0 mmbf Forest Service Dollars $ 78,034 Fish 22 species HUMAN RESOURCE # of Value of Timber Sold Value $241,716 Partner Dollars $ 51,600 Birds 235 species PROGRAMS People Work Post and Pole Permits Sold 58 Partner In-kind Value $120,381 Mammals 85 species Value of Post and Pole Permits $2,231 Total Project Dollars $250,015 Forbs (wildflowers) 737 species Hosted Programs 33 $173,352 Firewood Permits Sold 1,492 Grasses 94 species Volunteers in National Forests 174 $288,381 Number of Cords of Firewood 7,466 Wildlife Habitat Accomplishments Without Partners Grass-like (sedge, rush) 68 species Value of Firewood Permits $37,330 6 Projects - 3,465 acres Shrub 80 species A total of 9,057 hours were worked by hosted employees Christmas Tree Tags Sold 621 Total Project Dollars $153,389 and 14,241 hours by volunteers. Tree 20 species Value of Christmas Tree Tags $3,105 Mushroom Permits Sold 589 Fisheries Habitat Accomplishments With Partners Big Game Species FISCAL INFORMATION 7 Projects - 188 miles stream restored/inventoried Value of Mushroom Permits Sold $18,151 Rocky Mountain Elk Black Bear Acres Reforestation Forest Service Dollars $ 105,244 Final Budget $49,327,818 4,582 California Bighorn Sheep Cougar Partner Dollars $ 939,500 Expenditures Acres Pre-commercial Thinning 6,279 Pronghorn Antelope Mule Deer $22,678,119 $ 185,635 Partner In-kind Value Mountain Goat Whitetail Deer Note: The difference between the final budget and expendi- Forest Timber Species Total Project Dollars $1,230,379 tures reflect projects that carried over into the next year. Western Larch Grand Fir Fur Bearers Fisheries Habitat Accomplishments Without Partners Ponderosa Pine Alpine Fir Pine Marten Coyote 1 Projects Collection from Sale and Use of Forest Products Lodgepole Pine White Fir Bobcat Mink Out Year Planning $ 10,000 Englemann Spruce Douglas Fir Beaver KV Funds $ 29,188 Program Management $173,216 Western Juniper Salvage $ 87,506 Total Project Dollars $183,216 Game Fish Brush Disposal $ 49,315 RANGE MANAGEMENT Smallmouth Bass Steelhead Range, Special Uses and Other $ 91,108 NatureWatch Accomplishments With Partners Chinook Salmon Brook Trout Total $257,117 Number of Allotments 111 6 Projects - 18 Presentations/474 Attendees Cutthroat Trout Redband Trout Number of Permittees 95 Forest Service Dollars $ 8,480 Rainbow Trout Recreation Fee Revenue $90,531 Permitted Cow/Calf Units 97,632 Partner Dollars $ 5,000 Permitted Sheep/Lamb Units 1,530 Partner In-kind Value $14,800 Sensitive, Threatened, and Endangered Species Payment to Counties Murderer’s Creek Wild Horse Territory 180,000 acres Total Project Dollars $28,280 Northern Bald Eagle Bufflehead No payment to counties FY2009. American Peregrine Falcon Bobolink Threatened and Endangered Species & Accomplishments ENGINEERING, LANDS AND MINERALS Greater Sage Grouse Gray Flycatcher With Partners Upland Sandpiper Lewis’ Woodpecker 2 Projects - 600 acres habitat inventoried Existing Roads Tricolored Blackbird White-headed Woodpecker Forest Service Dollars $41,287 High Clearance Vehicles 5,795 miles California Wolverine Pygmy Rabbit Partner In-kind Value $ 1,700 Suitable for Passenger Cars 1,225 miles Westslope Cutthroat Trout Columbia Spotted Frog Total Project Dollars $42,987 Redband Trout Mining Claims 105 Columbia River Bulltrout Mid-Columbia Sumer Steelhead WATERSHED AND AQUATICS PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT Sensitive Plants Youth crew bulding buck and pole fence Mustard Family - 1 Carrot Family - 1 Soil and Water Resource Improvement 35 acres Fern Family - 6 Figwort - 1 This fact sheet is only a summary of the Forest’s activities. To Stream Surveys 38 miles Waterleaf - 1 Orchid - 1 find out more about the Malheur National Forest, please visit Sedge - 3 Aster - 1 us at: www.fs.fed.us/r6/malheur or call us at (541)575-3000. Pea - 1 Lily - 1 Hiker along Magone Lake Trail .