Planning

The Ochoco National Forest & Crooked River National Grassland planning documents guide all forest and grassland management actions. Plans are focused at a broad scale: regional, forest-wide, or landscape (watershed) level.

The Northwest Forest Plan covers 24.5 million acres of federally managed lands in California, Oregon, and Washington. It was established in 1994 to address threats to threatened and endangered species while also contributing to social and economic sustainability in the region. After nearly 30 years, the Northwest Forest Plan needs to be updated to accommodate changed ecological and social conditions.

View Land and Resource Management Plan Monitoring Reports for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest. 

The 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219.12(c)(1)) requires that all land management plan monitoring programs meet the requirements of the new rule for transition of the plan monitoring programs by May 9, 2016. 

Invasive plants create a host of harmful environmental effects to native ecosystems including: displace native plants; degrade or eliminate habitat and forage for wildlife; threaten Endangered species; impact recreation; affect fire frequency; alter soil properties; decrease biodiversity; and more. 

Invasive plants spread across landscapes, unimpeded by ownership boundaries. Infested areas represent potential seed sources for continuation of the invasion on neighboring lands.

The section of the site includes the Roads Analysis Report Forest-Wide Assessment for the Ochoco National Forest, Deschutes National Forest, and Crooked River National Grassland from January 2003.

In accordance with the Travel Management Rule the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River National Grassland prohibit motorized travel outside of those existing designated routes (roads and trails) and areas - where it is not already restricted or prohibited by law, regulation, policy, order, Forest Plan direction, or site-specific decision.