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Projects are proposed actions that are analyzed through the NEPA process (EIS, EA, or CE) that involves analyzing different alternatives to the proposed action, requires public notice and comment, and results in a NEPA decision (ROD, DN, or DM) which, subject to an administrative appeals process, and is implemented on the ground.
The Forest Projects below are projects that we are analyzing or have analyzed under the NEPA process.
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Forest Projects
Projects
10C Designated Routes Project
(EIS)
Designating motorized vehicle routes in the 10C Management Area of the Oregon Dunes NRA.
For background information, see the OHV Designated Routes Working Group page - which includes the group's final report and meeting notes.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Land management planning, Recreation management
Commercial Special Forest Products Program EA
(EA)
The Forest-wide Special Forest Products (SFP) EA was completed in 1995. The SFP team has held annual meetings refining site-specific regulations. The intent of this EA is to document those site-specific details.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Forest products
Drift (Siletz) Key Watershed Roads Analysis
(EA)
Review existing Forest Roads in this Key watershed to determine which roads would remain open to public travel, be closed to public travel, or be decommissioned.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Griz Thin
(CE)
Commercially thin about 66 acres of a plantation that is 39 years old. About 1/2 mile of existing road would be temporarily reopened to conduct treatment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Hebo RD Non-Key Road Firewood Project
(CE)
The Hebo Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest is proposing to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of specific non-key roads to satisfy local demand for firewood material.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Forest products
Hillcrest Administrative Site Conveyance
(EA)
Conveyance of of the Hillcrest Administrative Site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Facility management
Horse Creek Thinning Project
(CE)
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 70 acres, create three to five acres of ½-acre gaps, create a ¾-acre meadow, and create dead wood, such as snags and down wood.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Pixieland and Fraser Creek Restoration Projects
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the hydrology and native vegetation of Pixieland, an abandoned amusement park that is now part of the Forest Service ownership in the Salmon River Estuary.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Riley Ranch Access Project
(EA)
The objective of the Riley Ranch OHV Route Project is to provide OHV access from the Coos County OHV park, across national forest lands that are closed to OHV use, except on designated routes, to the open-dune lands that are open to OHVs.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Recreation management
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Siuslaw Invasive Plant Treatment Project
(EA)
Managing invasive non-native plant infestations totaling about 1966 acres (75 sites) with chemical (herbicide), manual (pulling,grubbing) and mechanical (mowing, brushing, cutting) treatment methods.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Siuslaw National Forest Travel Management Project
(EA)
Designation of National Forest System roads, trails, and areas on National forest System lands that are open to motor vehicle use.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Recreation management, Road management
Tamara Quays and Crowley Creek Restoration Project
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the natural channel of Rowdy Creek and native vegetation at Tamara Quays, a former mobile home park which is now in Forest Service ownership and restore watershed functions of Crowley Creek.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Aquatic Restoration Project
(EA)
Place trees and root wads in about 9.6 miles of streams; remove fill and culverts from two abandoned roads; remove landing fill; non-commercially thin 2 acres of conifer plantations, and release about 5 acres of conifer in the Beamer Creek area.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Under Analysis
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
10C Designated Routes Project
(EIS)
Designating motorized vehicle routes in the 10C Management Area of the Oregon Dunes NRA.
For background information, see the OHV Designated Routes Working Group page - which includes the group's final report and meeting notes.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Land management planning, Recreation management
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Analysis Completed
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Pixieland and Fraser Creek Restoration Projects
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the hydrology and native vegetation of Pixieland, an abandoned amusement park that is now part of the Forest Service ownership in the Salmon River Estuary.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Hillcrest Administrative Site Conveyance
(EA)
Conveyance of of the Hillcrest Administrative Site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Facility management
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Commercial Special Forest Products Program EA
(EA)
The Forest-wide Special Forest Products (SFP) EA was completed in 1995. The SFP team has held annual meetings refining site-specific regulations. The intent of this EA is to document those site-specific details.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Forest products
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Tamara Quays and Crowley Creek Restoration Project
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the natural channel of Rowdy Creek and native vegetation at Tamara Quays, a former mobile home park which is now in Forest Service ownership and restore watershed functions of Crowley Creek.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Riley Ranch Access Project
(EA)
The objective of the Riley Ranch OHV Route Project is to provide OHV access from the Coos County OHV park, across national forest lands that are closed to OHV use, except on designated routes, to the open-dune lands that are open to OHVs.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Recreation management
Siuslaw Invasive Plant Treatment Project
(EA)
Managing invasive non-native plant infestations totaling about 1966 acres (75 sites) with chemical (herbicide), manual (pulling,grubbing) and mechanical (mowing, brushing, cutting) treatment methods.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Drift (Siletz) Key Watershed Roads Analysis
(EA)
Review existing Forest Roads in this Key watershed to determine which roads would remain open to public travel, be closed to public travel, or be decommissioned.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Yachats Watershed Aquatic Restoration Project
(EA)
Place trees and root wads in about 9.6 miles of streams; remove fill and culverts from two abandoned roads; remove landing fill; non-commercially thin 2 acres of conifer plantations, and release about 5 acres of conifer in the Beamer Creek area.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Hebo RD Non-Key Road Firewood Project
(CE)
The Hebo Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest is proposing to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of specific non-key roads to satisfy local demand for firewood material.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Forest products
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Horse Creek Thinning Project
(CE)
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 70 acres, create three to five acres of ½-acre gaps, create a ¾-acre meadow, and create dead wood, such as snags and down wood.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Siuslaw National Forest Travel Management Project
(EA)
Designation of National Forest System roads, trails, and areas on National forest System lands that are open to motor vehicle use.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Recreation management, Road management
Griz Thin
(CE)
Commercially thin about 66 acres of a plantation that is 39 years old. About 1/2 mile of existing road would be temporarily reopened to conduct treatment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Note: Projects with multiple Project Purposes will appear multiple times.
Facility management
Hillcrest Administrative Site Conveyance
(EA)
Conveyance of of the Hillcrest Administrative Site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Facility management
Forest products
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Commercial Special Forest Products Program EA
(EA)
The Forest-wide Special Forest Products (SFP) EA was completed in 1995. The SFP team has held annual meetings refining site-specific regulations. The intent of this EA is to document those site-specific details.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Forest products
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Hebo RD Non-Key Road Firewood Project
(CE)
The Hebo Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest is proposing to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of specific non-key roads to satisfy local demand for firewood material.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Forest products
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Fuels management
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Land management planning
10C Designated Routes Project
(EIS)
Designating motorized vehicle routes in the 10C Management Area of the Oregon Dunes NRA.
For background information, see the OHV Designated Routes Working Group page - which includes the group's final report and meeting notes.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Land management planning, Recreation management
Recreation management
10C Designated Routes Project
(EIS)
Designating motorized vehicle routes in the 10C Management Area of the Oregon Dunes NRA.
For background information, see the OHV Designated Routes Working Group page - which includes the group's final report and meeting notes.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Land management planning, Recreation management
Riley Ranch Access Project
(EA)
The objective of the Riley Ranch OHV Route Project is to provide OHV access from the Coos County OHV park, across national forest lands that are closed to OHV use, except on designated routes, to the open-dune lands that are open to OHVs.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Recreation management
Siuslaw National Forest Travel Management Project
(EA)
Designation of National Forest System roads, trails, and areas on National forest System lands that are open to motor vehicle use.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Recreation management, Road management
Road management
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Drift (Siletz) Key Watershed Roads Analysis
(EA)
Review existing Forest Roads in this Key watershed to determine which roads would remain open to public travel, be closed to public travel, or be decommissioned.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Hebo RD Non-Key Road Firewood Project
(CE)
The Hebo Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest is proposing to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of specific non-key roads to satisfy local demand for firewood material.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Forest products
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Siuslaw National Forest Travel Management Project
(EA)
Designation of National Forest System roads, trails, and areas on National forest System lands that are open to motor vehicle use.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Recreation management, Road management
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Vegetation management (other than forest products)
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Siuslaw Invasive Plant Treatment Project
(EA)
Managing invasive non-native plant infestations totaling about 1966 acres (75 sites) with chemical (herbicide), manual (pulling,grubbing) and mechanical (mowing, brushing, cutting) treatment methods.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Horse Creek Thinning Project
(CE)
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 70 acres, create three to five acres of ½-acre gaps, create a ¾-acre meadow, and create dead wood, such as snags and down wood.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Watershed management
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Pixieland and Fraser Creek Restoration Projects
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the hydrology and native vegetation of Pixieland, an abandoned amusement park that is now part of the Forest Service ownership in the Salmon River Estuary.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Tamara Quays and Crowley Creek Restoration Project
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the natural channel of Rowdy Creek and native vegetation at Tamara Quays, a former mobile home park which is now in Forest Service ownership and restore watershed functions of Crowley Creek.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Drift (Siletz) Key Watershed Roads Analysis
(EA)
Review existing Forest Roads in this Key watershed to determine which roads would remain open to public travel, be closed to public travel, or be decommissioned.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Yachats Watershed Aquatic Restoration Project
(EA)
Place trees and root wads in about 9.6 miles of streams; remove fill and culverts from two abandoned roads; remove landing fill; non-commercially thin 2 acres of conifer plantations, and release about 5 acres of conifer in the Beamer Creek area.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Yachats Watershed Aquatic Restoration Project
(EA)
Place trees and root wads in about 9.6 miles of streams; remove fill and culverts from two abandoned roads; remove landing fill; non-commercially thin 2 acres of conifer plantations, and release about 5 acres of conifer in the Beamer Creek area.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Horse Creek Thinning Project
(CE)
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 70 acres, create three to five acres of ½-acre gaps, create a ¾-acre meadow, and create dead wood, such as snags and down wood.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Griz Thin
(CE)
Commercially thin about 66 acres of a plantation that is 39 years old. About 1/2 mile of existing road would be temporarily reopened to conduct treatment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Yachats Watershed Terrestrial Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin approx. 2,300 acres of palntations 25-54 years old; underplant about 1,030 acres in treated stands; create snags and coarse wood material; and non-commercially thin about 2,280 acres; decommission about 6.1 miles of non-key roads.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
10C Designated Routes Project
(EIS)
Designating motorized vehicle routes in the 10C Management Area of the Oregon Dunes NRA.
For background information, see the OHV Designated Routes Working Group page - which includes the group's final report and meeting notes.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Land management planning, Recreation management
Hillcrest Administrative Site Conveyance
(EA)
Conveyance of of the Hillcrest Administrative Site.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Facility management
Commercial Special Forest Products Program EA
(EA)
The Forest-wide Special Forest Products (SFP) EA was completed in 1995. The SFP team has held annual meetings refining site-specific regulations. The intent of this EA is to document those site-specific details.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Forest products
Siuslaw Invasive Plant Treatment Project
(EA)
Managing invasive non-native plant infestations totaling about 1966 acres (75 sites) with chemical (herbicide), manual (pulling,grubbing) and mechanical (mowing, brushing, cutting) treatment methods.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Yachats Watershed Aquatic Restoration Project
(EA)
Place trees and root wads in about 9.6 miles of streams; remove fill and culverts from two abandoned roads; remove landing fill; non-commercially thin 2 acres of conifer plantations, and release about 5 acres of conifer in the Beamer Creek area.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Yachats Watershed Roadwork Project
(EA)
Decommission about 8.3 miles of non-key roads; close about 34.8 miles of non-key roads in the watershed.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management
Siuslaw National Forest Travel Management Project
(EA)
Designation of National Forest System roads, trails, and areas on National forest System lands that are open to motor vehicle use.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Siuslaw National Forest All Units
Purpose: Recreation management, Road management
Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
North Fork Siuslaw Landscape Management Project
(EA)
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the North Fork Siuslaw River watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Fuels management, Forest products, Watershed management, Road management, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Fivemile-Bell Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Proposed watershed restoration that includes upland treatments (commercially thin plantations), in-stream restoration (adding large wood, and stream channel restoration), and valley bottom management (riparian planting and meadow maintenance).
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products
East Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin 4,200 acres of plantations, create gaps in plantations, plant some gaps in plantations, create nesting cavities and snags in plantations at up to 3 plantation trees per acre...(see Environmental Assessment below for a complete summary.)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Lower Suislaw Landscape Management Plan
(EA)
Accelerate the development of late-succesional forest habitat and enhance water quality and stream function.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Riley Ranch Access Project
(EA)
The objective of the Riley Ranch OHV Route Project is to provide OHV access from the Coos County OHV park, across national forest lands that are closed to OHV use, except on designated routes, to the open-dune lands that are open to OHVs.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Recreation management
Lobster Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Road management
Marys Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 2000 acres, create nesting cavities and create coarse woody debris in plantations, decommission about 8.5 miles of road, replace culverts that block fish passage, prevent further loss of meadow habitat, and manage invasives.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Five Rivers Landscape Management Project
(EIS)
Thin and harvest about 3200 acres of 25-35 year old managed stands, decommission about 49 miles of road, stabilize and close 77 miles of road, build and maintain a road to access private property,
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Horse Creek Thinning Project
(CE)
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 70 acres, create three to five acres of ½-acre gaps, create a ¾-acre meadow, and create dead wood, such as snags and down wood.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Griz Thin
(CE)
Commercially thin about 66 acres of a plantation that is 39 years old. About 1/2 mile of existing road would be temporarily reopened to conduct treatment.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
West Alsea Landscape Management Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Road management
Hebo Ranger District
Niagara/Boulder Restoration Project
(EA)
This project is a portion of the original North Nestucca project. Divided into two EA's to facilitate analysis. This project will commercially thin about 598 acres of 32 to 39 year old managed conifer stands and commercially thin about 285 acres.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Watershed management
Nestucca Roads Decommissioning
(EA)
Through the Legacy Roads Program decommission approximately 25 miles roads no longer needed for management or access.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Windjammer Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres in 35 to 50 year old plantations with commercial thinning and underplanting, and create snags.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Watershed management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
Gauldy Thin Project
(EA)
Treat about 1,000 acres of 35 to 70 year old plantations by commercial thinning, creating snags, and underplanting. This project also closes, stabilizes and decommissions Forest Roads
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management
Pixieland and Fraser Creek Restoration Projects
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the hydrology and native vegetation of Pixieland, an abandoned amusement park that is now part of the Forest Service ownership in the Salmon River Estuary.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
North Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 6,390 acres of 25 to 65 year old young managed conifer stands, and treat about 338 acres of alder dominated upper slopes.in the Nestucca watershed.
Status: Under Analysis
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management, Road management, Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Forest products, Vegetation management (other than forest products)
Salmon / Neskowin Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercially thin about 1936 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and precommercially thin about 800 acres..
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Forest products
Little Nestucca Restoration Project
(EA)
Commercial thin about 3000 acres of 30 to 60 year old plantations and 400 acres of 90 to 110 year old off-site Douglas fir stands; repair roads; decommission about 2 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; underplant, create snags
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants, Road management, Watershed management, Vegetation management (other than forest products), Forest products
Tamara Quays and Crowley Creek Restoration Project
(EA)
The purpose of the project is to restore the natural channel of Rowdy Creek and native vegetation at Tamara Quays, a former mobile home park which is now in Forest Service ownership and restore watershed functions of Crowley Creek.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Watershed management
Drift (Siletz) Key Watershed Roads Analysis
(EA)
Review existing Forest Roads in this Key watershed to determine which roads would remain open to public travel, be closed to public travel, or be decommissioned.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Watershed management
Hebo RD Non-Key Road Firewood Project
(CE)
The Hebo Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest is proposing to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of specific non-key roads to satisfy local demand for firewood material.
Status: Analysis Completed
Management Unit: Hebo Ranger District
Purpose: Road management, Forest products
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