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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.
Note: Not all projects may appear on map. See list below for complete list of projects with more information or documentation.
SOPA Reports
The Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) contains a list of proposed
actions for Siuslaw National Forest that will soon begin or are currently undergoing environmental
analysis and documentation. It provides information so that you can become
aware of and indicate your interest in specific proposals. We encourage your
early and ongoing involvement in any proposals of interest to you.
Issue an authorization for non-motorized trail over approximately 5.4 miles of National Forest System lands, between Corvallis and Harlan, using existing road and trail segments and .23 mile segment of new trail construction.
The Hebo Ranger District proposes to remove 44 conifer trees for placement into East Beaver Creek for aquatic habitat restoration. Trees from 15-33 inches DBH and at least 90 feet tall would removed with rootwads intact.
To improve safe access to portions of non-key roads necessary for planning and implementing restoration projects. Tree removal along the designated roads will improve safety, maintain road integrity, and provide firewood permit opportunities.
Multiple failed bridges on FSR 2285 has cutoff access to Forest Service and Private land. Construct approximately 800 ft. of road from end of FSR 1410 to FSR 2285 to allow Terrestrial and Aquatic restoration and Private access. 36 CFR 220.6(e)(6).
A 1,550-foot section of the trail has failed and cannot be suitably repaired at the site because of instability. To keep the trail open for public use, the failed section would be relocated uphill about 50 feet to an area that is more stable.
Improve safe access to non-key roads necessary for planning and implementing restoration projects. Tree removal to reduce road blocks, maintain road surfaces,
Installation of flow devices and road maintenance work to control beaver damming activity and eliminate beaver-related flooding at culvert crossings that currently require constant maintenance.
The project would restore a portion of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area to an open sand condition through manual and mechanical treatment of invasive plant species.
Issuance of a Special Use Permit to the Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section for construction and maintenance of a weather monitoring station located within the Cascade Head Experimental Forest.
The Siuslaw National Forest proposes to construct an interpretative day use facility within the boundaries of Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area (CHSRA). Development would include a vault toilet, parking and a short trail.
Maintain and improve meadows, control invasive plants, restore riparian areas, enhancing wildlife, fish, and plant habitats, reducing fire hazard, maintain or reconstruct trails, and remove hazard trees near roads, trails, developed sites, facilities
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.
Consumers Power, Inc., requests authorization to construct, operate, and maintain an underground power distribution system in a 20-foot right of way, 10-30 feet from an existing road, over approximately 510 linear feet of National Forest System land.
Removal of 66 large Douglas-fir trees, 30 to 36 inch diameter at breast height to be used as large wood, placing them in the lower 1.3 miles of Rock Creek with a large excavator.
Two culverts on Forest Road 3405 within the City of Corvallis Watershed would be replaced to facilitate fish passage. Eight-five trees would be felled and yarded by helicopter to placed in Rock Creek for stream enhancement.
Removal of trees on approximately 8 acres around the Cougar Mountain Repeater Site, which is overgrown with trees that are impeding the functionality of the repeater.
Removal of a galvanized corrugated 2 feet wide x 12 feet long culvert from an unnamed creek that is a tributary of Crowley Creek in a decommissioned FS road. This culvert is corroded and is scouring the creek banks at both sides, up and down stream.
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the Deadwood Creek watershed area. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Administrative non-public access to Cascade Head in area of 2021 landslide on FS Road 1861 for scientific research and search & rescue operations. Includes removing hazard trees and constructing a retaining wall and bridge for off-highway vehicles.
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.
Enhance ecosystem function by restoring connections between estuarine, riparian, and upland habitats; promote species diversity and native plant communities; accommodate current and projected recreational opportunities; Manage the road system.
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 "Other Project Information")
The Hebo Ranger District proposes to provide ~ 57 trees ranging from a DBH of 24-32 inches from mature stands on National Forest System Lands to the Bureau of Land Management for placement into East Beaver Creek for aquatic habitat restoration.
The Hebo District Ranger is proposing to add 20 sites at the East Dunes Campground at the Sand Lake Recreation Area. The new Campsites will replace sites lost at Sandbeach Campground due to encroachment of the Sand Lake estuary.
Geotechnical drilling proposed along FSR 1861 to assess subsurface conditions surrounding the landslide that impacted the road and inform feasible alternatives for the re-establishment of safe access to the upper part of Cascade Head.
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,
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).
Develop a comprehensive river management plan (CRMP) for two newly designated wild and scenic rivers. CRMP will include identification and inventory of outstanding remarkable values, a visitor capacity determination, and management direction.
Conveyance of the Gardiner Administrative Site. Utilize receipts for operation and maintenance of remaining administrative sites on the Siuslaw National Forest.
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
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.
Maintenance of non-key forest roads. These roads have been identified as needed for restoration projects, general forest management and fire control. A portion of this maintenance will be conducted by providing commercial and personal firewood.
Maintenance of non-key roads that access restoration projects, and provide access for fire control and general forest management. Much of this maintenance would be accomplished by providing personal-use and commercial firewood.
Replace the four failing undersized culverts with an AOP structure on Boulder Creek at old Boulder Creek Road, at Jewel Creek and two AOPs at the FS Road 2283 in the Nestucca watershed for fish passage.
Proposal to allow firewood cutting of green trees or blowdown within 25 feet of 59 designated non-key roads for road maintenance purposes and to satisfy local demand for firewood material
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.
Renewal of existing special use authorizations. Uses include operation and maintenance of utility lines, use of a trail and primitive campsites, use of roads to access private land, and a recreational event.
Construct a shoreline protection structure to stabilize about 325 feet of embankment. The embankment is continuing to fail and poses a risk to private property and homes.
Restoration of high marsh condition. Removal of dike and tidegate and elevating about 6.5 acres 1 to 2 feet by adding about 16,000 cubic yards of suitable fill material.
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.
The Forest Service would convey 160 acres of property on Wildcat Mtn. Road and acquire 160 acres of county land at Hunchback Mountain near Zigzag, Oregon, and aqcuire 276 acres of land near Waldport, Oregon.
This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the Indian Creek watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.
Reissuance of permit from a temporary permit to a 5 year term permit. This would allow day-use for 13 days annually, late spring until early fall. Groups with a maximum of 8-10 horses per trip would be authorized to ride on existing Forest Roads.
This project will restore young plantations through thinning and underplanting, improve listed fish habitat, conduct road maintenance and treat invasive weeds on approximately 1,000 acres
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
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.
This project has been modified to include a temporary bridge. A new decision is in progress. (Replacing an undersized culvert with an appropriate Aquatic Organism Passage bridge will accommodate natural stream processes and restore fish passage)
Pursuant to the Forest Service Facilities Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005, federally owned structures and land (about 16 acres) at the Mapleton Administrative site would be sold through a competitive process.
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.
BPA needs to maintain and upgrade its existing communication site located on Marys Peak. Some equipment is outdated and unstable and needs to be replaced. BPA plans to prepare an environmental assessment (EA).
The USFS is a cooperating agency
This project includes actions that would thin young, dense conifer stands less than 80 years old; enhance fish and wildlife habitats; repair, store, or decommission roads; and treat invasive plants
This project proses to remove approximately 0.5 acres of invasive plant species and plant approximately 12 acres of streambank and meadow perimeter with native species.
Placing non IRA trees via helicopter in channels and floodplains. Some trees and boulders may be placed with ground based equipment in conjunction with decommissioning the valley bottom road 8533133 that extends along the boundary.
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.
Replace existing undersized 11ft culvert that is currently a passage barrier to upstream migration of fish and other aquatic organisms with an all aquatic organism passage structure.
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.
Replace two failing bridges to provide safe passage on N Fork Smith River Trail across river. The new well-designed bridge crossings are also critical to minimize sedimentation and erosion, thus preserving the habitat for the salmon and steelhead .
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.
Reconnect a floodplain by excavating four acre terraced area, planting riparian plants, placing 100 pieces of large woody debris and controlling invasive weeds. Project was developed with the Siuslaw Watershed Council and benefits NFS aquatic habitat
Establishes a mushroom harvest program on the ODNRA which will provide for public recreational enjoyment and conservation of the mushroom resource while sustaining some level of commercial harvest.
Promote development of sustainable veg structure, comp. and pattern, natural ecological processes; treat invasive spp., restore hydrologic function and maintenance and improvement for listed and at risk species and restore recreational opportunities
Demonstrate silvicultural methods to increase structural diversity in young, dense, even-age Douglas-fir stands in the Oregon Coast Range and characterize the effects of structural manipulation on stand development, biodiversity and productivity.
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.
Asphalt from the former Pixieland amusement park and the former Tamara Quays trailer park would be removed from the site and noxious weeds (primarily Himilayan blackberry) would be mechanically piled and burned.
Removal of a road bed will restore the natural hydrology across the tidal marsh, promote natural channel development, and restore the marsh plant community. These alterations will result in terrestrial and aquatic habitat benefits.
This project would commercially thin trees within the forested fringe between existing meadows to restore dispersal habitat and meadow connectivity for the Oregon silverspot butterfly. Approximately 20 acres would be thinned along FSR 1400.
SUP renewals including Marys Peak Communication site, driveway access to private property, operation and maintenance of Big Elk Campground, and helicopter landing site
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.
Thin about 22 acres within 6 stands of less than 80 year old Douglas-fir plantations to evaluate the effects of thinning plantations in riparian areas, with a particular focus on wood recruitment to streams, coho salmon and its habitat.
Removal trees that are hazardous to the forest traveler, within the road prism would be removed. Includes trees that are hazard or block access to cmgrds, rec sites, or facilities. Trees would not be removed from closed roads.
Authorization to cut and remove trees to establish a logging corridor on NFS lands, to access private timber land. Approximately 15 thousand board feet will be cut over 0.55 acres.
An area excavated in the for a boat basin altered hydrology will be removed. Spoils will be used as to fill in portions of the artificial waterway. Mink Creek will be reconnected to the Salmon River by along its historical path.
establishing native vegetation by cutting Himalayan blackberry in heavily infested areas within the project area and seeding and planting with native species.
Improve spawning and rearing habitat by adding approximately 140 large conifer logs in key reaches of Schooner Creek and North Fork Schooner Creek. The project aproposes to store approximately one mile of Forest Service Road 1783.
Project proposes to thin approx. 2,400 acres of young conifer plantations in the Schooner and Rock Creek subwatersheds to promote the development of late-successional forest habitat.
Objectives of the project include minimizing potential adverse impacts to water quality and fish habitat by reducing the risk of road or culvert fill failures; discouraging motorized vehicle traffic; and increasing trail opportunities.
Improving the turn lane for public safety for heavy vehicle traffic associated with the recreation sites to increase the deceleration response time and turning radius.
Thinning previously burned and planted or clear-cut and planted stands using commercial or noncommercial methods. About 1,015 acres of 28-50 year old plantations and 1,311 acres of 76-100 year old plantations of off-site genetic stock.
The Hebo Ranger District is planning to renew 6 Special Use Permits for water diversion in the Nestucca basin. Four of the permits are for domestic systems and two are for municipal systems.
The purpose of this project is to fix and upgrade the boat launch, so that the overall structure is improved for people to launch their boats safely and to meet current water related regulations.
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.
Tillamook PUD is requesting an amendment to provide fiber optic communication to the electrical substation. The cable would be laid under an existing road for a lenth of approximately 120 feet.
the intent of this project is: l) to accelerate the development of late seral structural characteristics, and 2) mitigate the impacts of previous industrial management on a 160 acre of acquired property that was cut over 2010/2011 and not reforested.
Issue a new special use authorization to Weyerhaeuser Company for use and construction of a temporary road, approximately 1,000' (l), 16' 9W), and within a road width of up to 40 feet.
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)
The City of Yachats proposes constructing a new hiking trail, of which about 1,200 feet would be located on NFS land in T.14S., R.12W., section 23; W.M. The trail would partially follow a user-created trail.
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.
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.
a special use application to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber optic line from Eugene to Reedsport on National Forest System (NFS) lands. The total diameter of the fiber optic underground conduit and cable system is four inches.
