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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 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 Umpqua 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.
Reduce stand density to improve stand health and resiliency and reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire along Forest Service Roads 1610, 1610-050, 1610-100, and 1610-500
This project proposes to mitigate the fire-killed danger trees from the 2021 wildfires that are within striking, sliding, or rolling distance of Forest Service roads to reduce the risk and restore safe access to these areas.
The project would reforest approximately 35,669 acres of Umpqua National Forest land within 2017-2022 fire perimeters. Activities to reduce competition and browsing would also be implemented to ensure healthy forest reestablishment.
Protect public safety by felling fire killed trees that have the potential of falling or sliding onto the roadway. Maintain and repair roads damaged by the fire, or fire suppression activities.
The project would reforest approximately 10,677 acres of forestland within the 2020 Archie Creek and Thielsen fire perimeters. Associated activities to reduce competition and browsing would be implemented to ensure healthy forest establishment.
Reduce the risks posed by the fire-killed and injured trees from the Archie Creek Fire that have fallen across or remain standing along roads to restore safe access through the burned area and to reduce the increasing fuel loads along these corridors
Approximately 133 acres of salvage of fire-killed trees using ground based and cable yarding. Activities include associated road maintenance, temporary roads and landings.
The purpose of this project is to release a small stand of quaking aspen from encroaching trees and to adaptively manage conifers that are encroaching on the 5 acre hardwood unique habitat patch where the aspen is found.
This small scale vegetation management project proposes to remove off-site ponderosa pine and reduce stand stem density within a 62 acre plantation from the 1950's.
The purpose of this project is to eradicate an aquatic invasive species (yellow floating heart) from the Beaver Pond dispersed recreation site and to prevent the spread of this weed into other aquatic habitats.
The purpose of the project is to reduce tree densities in densely-stocked second growth stands and fire-regenerated managed stands less than 80 years old on approximately 1,875 acres to improve the health, and vigor of the leave trees.
Roadside fuel break using Commercial thinning of about 65 acres along Big Camas Road. Thinned area approximately 250 feet in width, along 1.75 miles of forest service road.
The District will analyze approximately 3,950 acres of managed stands under 80 years of age for thinning to improve stand growth and vigor and to produce a sustainable supply of forest products.
Thinning and restoration to develop late seral characteristics and reduce fuels hazards in plantations. Fuels created by project will be treated. Thinning is proposed for the riparian reserves within the plantations.
This project would restore habitat for legacy trees including sugar pine, ponderosa pine and white oak and increase landscape resiliency to uncharacteristic fire, pest and pathogens.
Documents the environmental compliance review and the decision to proceed with the sale of the Cottage Grove Administrative Site. The area proposed for sale contains approximately 4.85 acres and is located on Cedar Parks Road, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Two 18-20 plantations had most trees killed in the fire suppression activities on the District from the 2014 Deception Fire. Proposal is to replant those areas to provide a native mix of conifers to re-establish forest cover
Exchange of 280 privately owned acres within the Cougar Bluffs Inventoried Roadless Area for an equal value of land within a 598 acre area administered by the U.S. Forest Service
The proposal is to commercially thin approximately 1236 acres of second growth forest and treat the fuels in the Curran and Junetta Creek drainages. Associated road work would occur, along with other connected actions.
Thin to reduce the density of vegetation. Treatments include thinning to restore or maintain the health of pines and convert off-site pine plantations to native plant communities.
This project proposes to manage bark beetle outbreaks and reduce hazardous fuels in areas of high human use around Diamond and Lemolo Lakes. Both commercial and non-commercial treatments are being considered.
The Project is needed to authorize a new special use permit for Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) so that the proponent can build a new solar array at an existing site to provide necessary power to the smoke detection cameras on the site.
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.
Special use permit to allow for private motor vehicle access to a private land inholding by way or an existing power line road on National Forest System lands.
The Diamond Lake Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest is proposing to install a trail bridge on the Hot Springs Segment of the North Umpqua National Recreation Trail #1414 to provide trail users safe crossing over Deer Creek.
Eradication or control of the existing tui chub poplutation is considered essential for accomplishing restoration objectives. Proposed actions include: canal reconstruction, lake draw down, mechanical fish removal and utilizations, etc.
Special use authorization for a sled dog race sponsored by Cascade Sled Dog Club to take place on the Nordic trails of the Diamond Lake Winter Recreation Area.
This project would approve the authorization of three new special use permits (SUP) and changes to one current SUP at existing telecommunication sites on the Diamond Lake Ranger District.
Planting of blister rust resistant whitebark pine seedlings at four locations and on 674 acres of the Diamond Lake Ranger District to increase forest health and resilience to blister rust. A decision has been made for one of the four locations.
The proposal is to commercially thin about 1000 acres of second growth forest and treat the fuels in the Doris area of Layng Creek. Associated road work would occur, along with other connected actions.
Oak woodland restoration and fuels management through thinning and commercial harvest of ingrowth in meadow complexes and areas of wildland "urban" interface private properties in the Joe Hall subwatershed of Elk Creek.
Issuance of new special use permit to build access route to property. Road apprx 1000 feet in length stemming from NFS route 3113-114. Gated to prevent public use.
Utilize thinning and prescribed fire to restore historic habitat structure, species mix, reduce fuel loading and improve wildlife habitat. Watershed restoration projects include meadow, oak and aquatic habitats; road improvements; and tree culturing.
This project seeks to restore landscape vegetation patterns, resiliency to wildfire, and improve watershed and forest health. It will focus on restoring legacy pine stands, wildlife habitat, and the Fish Creek Desert area.
This amendment proposes to address the need to update a portion of the 1990 Umpqua National Forest's Land and Resource Management Plan in order to maintain and restore these natural open areas that benefit biodiversity by providing important habitat.
The Forest Service is proposing to amend the Land and Resource Management Plans (LRMP) for the Umpqua, Rogue River, and Winema National Forests for the proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline.
The Forest Service was a cooperating agency, assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in that Agency's geothermal leasing analysis and decision. The BLM issued a record of decision on 12/17/2008.
This project proposes to establish this rock hounding site as a community site under 36 CFR 228.64, requiring mineral permits to be able to collect at the site, restricting the site to non-mechanized equipment, and installing a bulletin board.
The proposal is to commercially thin about 1200 acres of second growth forest and treat the fuels in the Holland Moonsalt area of Layng Creek. Associated meadow and elk forage enhancement, road work and noxious weed treatments are also proposed.
Harvest up to 250 acres of dead and dying trees impacted by the 2020 Archie Creek Fire, within the matrix land use allocation. A connected action is the treatment of activity generated fuels.
Improve the fire resiliency of the forest and decrease the threat of wildfire to life and property near the community of Tiller, Oregon by thinning out and removing some of the existing dense vegetation that serves as fuel during a wildfire event.
The City of Cottage Grove is pulling their water facilities out of the Layng Creek Watershed. The Standards and Guidelines written in Appendix G of the 1990 LRMP are no longer applicable and are proposed to be removed with this amendment.
The Umpqua National Forest is proposing to replace the Lemolo Falls Trail Bridge with a weathering steel truss bridge. The existing bridge has sustained major damage and will have to be closed for safety reasons if not replaced in the near future.
Maintenance underburn 89 acres of ponderosa pine stands that were commercially thinned and underburned in the early 1990s to promote pine health and maintain vegetation structure and composition associated with the natural fire regime.
The Lemon Butte Project proposes to thin approx. 650 acres and includes several restoration and mitigation activities to promote the development and maintenance of late-successional forest conditions in existing even-aged stands within LSR.
Commercial thinning activities occuring in densely-stocked second growth stands on approximately 1,600 acres within matrix, Adaptive Management Areas, and riparian reserve land-use allocations.
This project proposes commercial thinning in over-stocked stands and pine-dominated stands, and prescribed fire to promote shrubland wildlife habitat on approximately 1,450 acres.
Creation of a 300 foot wide fuel break along about 2 miles of National Forest System road to connect treatment on adjacent Bureau of Land Management roads.
This project aims to enhance development of late-successional forest conditions in managed stands under 80 year of age and improve the water quality in the Middle and Upper Steamboat subwatersheds.
An existing administrative site near the Diamond Lake Recreation Composite is proposed to be restored and used as an Type 1 Fire Camp/Incident Command Post/Helibase/Logistics Support site/Winter Snow Park.
This project aims to restore safe passage for recreationists using the Riverview and North Umpqua Trails which have severely damaged by wildfires in 2017, 2020 and 2021.
Precommercial thinning and associated fuels treatment, where needed, on approximately 10,000 acres within clearcut managed stands harvested after 1988, located in matrix and LSR land allocations. Variable density/species will be prescribed.
Restore and maintain the unique oak/pine savannah vegetation communities and associated wildlife habitats historically promoted and maintained by a low-intensity, high-frequency fire regime through mechanical harvest and/or prescribed fire methods.
Renew existing special use permit to facilitate continued study/analysis on proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline right-of-way. No new improvements outside existing survey areas are authorized with permit renewal.
Replace trail bridge damaged from a high water event. Repairs will include the removal of the old bridge and replacement with a cambered 90 foot metal bridge. New design addresses potential future flooding events.
The purpose of this project is to improve stand growth, health, and diversity in stem exclusion stands; enhance development of late-successional conditions; improve big-game winter range habitat; and provide wood products to the local communities.
The District will analyze approximately 2,274 acres of managed stands under 80 years of age for thinning to improve stand growth and vigor and to produce a sustainable supply of forest products
The Pickett Butte North project would improve the view of the surrounding area from the lookout and provide the lookout with defensible space for fire protection and resiliency by applying various treatments to 50 acres surrounding the lookout.
The Tiller District is proposing to commercially thin a 70-acre plantation stand less than 80 years old, as a Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) project with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).
This project is designed to improve stand health and diversity, improve fire resiliency, provide forest products, and maintain/restore meadow and aquatic habitats.
This project would investigate the use of prescribed fire on approximately 3,000 acres in the Middle North Umpqua corridor between the confluence of Steamboat Creek and and the North Umpqua River and the community of Dry Creek.
The project proposes to improve species and structural diversity, fire resiliency, and big game forage while providing wood products to the local community in second-growth stands; and to replace the Prather Creek Bridge on Forest Road 17.
This project is designed to improve species and structural diversity, fire resiliency, and big game forage while providing wood products to the local community in second-growth stands; and to replace the Prather Creek Bridge on Forest Road 17.
The purpose of this project is to facilitate the economic recovery of wood fiber resulting from the 2009 Rainbow wildfire and to improve public safety by removing hazard trees along roads.
The Diamond Lake RV Park is located on the Diamond Lake RD. The total authorized acres of the resort/rv park is 23 acres.The existing resort term special use permit expires, and needs to be renewed for another 20 years. No new ground disturbance.
The telephone line permit is issued to Citizen Telecom, AT&T, United Telephone Company of the Northwest, and are located on Cottage Grove, Diamond Lake, North Umpqua and Tiller. The permit is about to expire, and needs to be renewed for 10 years.
The toketee Airstrip is located on the Diamond Lake RD.The total authorized acres consist of an existing native surface runway and a parking and picnic area for a total of 75 acres.The special use permit expires, and needs to be renewed for 10 years.
The electrical substation is located on the North Umpqua Ranger District. The total authorized area is 1 acre. The existing special use permit expires, and needs to be renewed for another 10 years. No new ground disturbance.
The Umpqua's Last Resort is located on the North Umpqua Ranger District.The total authorized acres of the buried water transmission line is 0.40 acres.
The organization Source One Serenity is proposing to rebuild Reynolds Shelter (destroyed in 2018 fire) and maintain the facility. Special use permit needed for construction and maintenance actions. Structure will be available for general public use.
FERC ordered Pacific Power to relocate the intake and bolster the Toketee Dam with apprx 85,000 cyds of material. Pacific Power needs authorization to acquire the material from Slide Creek and Beckley Thomas Quarries.
The Project would provide access to adjacent private inholdings by approving a SUP for use of approximately 1.25 miles of the non-system Route 1614-300 to a usable state (improve condition, remove slash, install culverts, and grade and rock road).
Project designed to improve water quality and aquatic habitat, maintain and improve the health of previously managed stands, lower risk of catastrophic fire, improve wildlife habitat, improve view from fire lookout, improve public safety.
The project would determine which commercial special forest products may be gathered, where they may be gathered, and how much may be collected on the Umpqua National Forest.
Prescribed burning, 70 acres of commercial thinning, and non-commercial thinning around the Steamboat Work Center, Steamboat Inn, and north of the the North Umpqua Trail near the Steamboat Work Center.
The Stella project's objectives are to restore and reestablish forest structure and pattern, vegetation composition, and diversity, and riparian communities to conditions that are more resilient to natural disturbances.
Trees and shrubs will be cut within the approximate dripline of select overstory and intermediate five-needle pines to reduce competition; thus helping to improve and maintain the health of selected trees.
This project proposed to thin 70 acres of managed stands under 80 years of age to improve stand growth and vigor, produce wood products for the economy, and to reduce hazardous fuels in proximity to private property.
This project will salvage blowdown timber in lands allocated as Matrix under the Northwest Forest Plan. The blowdown occurred during the winter storms of 2007-2008.
The Tiller Ranger District on the Umpqua National Forest is proposing activities to address road hazards, public and forest worker safety, fire fighter access, and recovery of economic value of trees killed as a result of the Whiskey Complex Fire.
This project would reduce post-fire tree mortality of Douglas-fir seed trees in the Timber Bench Seed Orchard by applying the anti-aggregating bark beetle pheromone methylcyclohexenone (MCH) in the seed orchard to prevent insect damage.
The project proposes commercially thinning about 1700 acres of 40+ year old managed plantations in the Steamboat watershed to improve LSR habitat. Includes road work, fuel breaks, and other connected actions.
The Umpqua National Forest is preparing a Travel Management Plan in accordance with the Final Travel Management Rule, designating routes and areas for motorized use.
Create a network of shaded fuel breaks and defensible space in the Upper Cow Creek WUI area of the Tiller Ranger District. Non-commercial thinning will occur within 150' of roadsides and 200' of structures.
This project will maintain stable elk herds, reduce fuel loads and stand density conditions, providing wood products (22 MMBF) to the local community by thinning about 1370 acres. Road construction/reconstruction will also occur.
Planting up to 2,300 acres of moderately and severely burned lands and 500 acres of riparian reserves within the Whiskey Fire over the next five years.
Issuance of joint Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 10 year special use permits to authorized whitewater rafting guides operating on the North Umpqua River within the North Umpqua Ranger District and Roseburg District BLM.
Wildlife restoration and enhancement at 7 locations, including 3 acres of wetland habitat, 50 acres of broadleaf forest habitat, and 90 acres of shrubland habitat.
Project proposes to salvage dead and dying trees that burned during the 2009 Williams Creek Fire. Approximately 39 acres would be salvaged using both ground-based and skyline logging. Reforestation of the salvaged area would also occur.
The purpose of this project is to eradicate an invasive species (yellow floating heart) from the Willow Sump aquatic habitat and to prevent the spread of this weed into other aquatic habitats.
