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Projects are proposed actions that are analyzed through the National Environmental Policy Act process. The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts of proposed federal actions or projects related to forest management. Depending on whether or not a proposed action could significantly affect the natural environment, either a Categorical Exclusion (CE), an Environmental Assessment (EA), or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is prepared. These documents involve analyzing different alternatives to the proposed action and may require public notice and comment. They result in one of the following NEPA decisions: Record of Decision (ROD), Decision Notice (DN), or Decision Memo (DM).
Note: Not all proposed projects may appear on the map. See the list below for a more complete list.
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Umpqua National Forest
The Forest Service follows NEPA regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under this rule, Forest Service officials determine which proposed projects are shared for public input.
The agency no longer issues a schedule of proposed actions (SOPA) report. Below is the current list of proposed projects available for review—your opportunity to learn more, share feedback, and stay engaged in decisions that shape the future of our public lands.
Construction of 17 new trail routes for a total of 8.3 miles, connecting existing OHV accessible routes to make riding loops. Trails would be designed specifically for motorcycles, quads, or side-by-sides and added to the motor vehicle use map.
This project seeks to provide research opportunities, promote forest structural diversity, develop a more resilient landscape, and improve watershed health. It proposes thinning, prescribed burning, fuel breaks, and transportation system changes.
The Project will analyze for approximately 12,101 acres of treatment to restore and maintain late seral forest conditions to support species that rely on those habitats and to improve the water quality of the project area and subwatersheds.
Expand & approve treatment of invasive plants & weeds to be responsive to changing conditions across Forest. Increase available herbicides and treatment options, enable early detection rapid response (EDRR) & set implementation plan protocol.
The NWFP Amendment provides an updated management framework that incorporates best available scientific information, considers public input, recommendations from the Federal Advisory Committee, tribes, and government partners.
The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.
15 mi Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) established, maintained w shaded fuel breaks and by thinning to space between tree crowns, reduce ground, ladder fuels. Apprx 6208 ac plantation thinning, 2,883 ac fuels reduction trts, 4500 ac undrbur
