Planning
Malheur National Forest
Umatilla National Forest
- Cover (1.43kb)
- Chapter 1 (224.5kb)
- Chapter 2 (549.7kb)
- Chapter 3 (294.8kb)
- Chapter 4 (2.41mb)
- Chapter 5 (519.4kb)
- Glossary (1.2mb)
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
- 1990 FEIS (searchable)
- 1990 Forest Plan (searchable)
- 1990 ROD (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 1 (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 2 (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 3 (searchable)
Ochoco National Forest
Forest Plan Amendments
Each of the forest plans has been amended numerous times since they were approved. This document lists all of the amendments (as of October 2004) to the forest plans of the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National.
- Forest Plan Amendments (95.9kb)
To view the most up to date information about the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision please visit here.
Currently, many aspects of the plan revision process are still in the works and dynamic, with the primary focus currently on getting the planning team in place to develop the documents. The Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision is being initiated under new guidance for Forest Plan Revisions nation-wide with the goal of completing the planning process in three years. Additional information on the timeline will be updated once the planning team is in place.
A Citizen's Guide to Forest Planning contains more information about public engagement opportunities.
To contact the Forest Plan Revision Team or to sign up for updates please email us at sm.fs.bluesforests@usda.gov
The Blues Intergovernmental Council (BIC) is developing broad recommendations for the forest plan revision effort. The National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University manages and facilitates the BIC process. The purpose of the BIC is to “serve as an overarching entity for planning and guidance around Blue Mountains land management issues related to the National Forests, including the forest plan revisions.”
Motor Vehicle Use Maps available for Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
The Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) Comprehensive Management Plan was completed in July 2003. This extensive document directs resource management activities such as project implementation, facility operations and maintenance, and monitoring. Please click on the icon below to view the plan.
Documents for the Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf format). Some of the documents are not available at this time. Due to their large size, they are being scanned and will be included in electronic format once they are completed.
1990 Forest Plan and Forest Plan Amendments
The Forest Plan establishes the management framework for the entire Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. All projects and plans tier to the Forest Plan.
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (1990)
- 1990 FEIS (searchable)
- 1990 Forest Plan (searchable)
- 1990 ROD (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 1 (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 2 (searchable)
- Appendices Volume 3 (searchable)
Malheur National Forest (1990)
Umatilla National Forest
- Cover (1.43kb)
- Chapter 1 (224.5kb)
- Chapter 2 (549.7kb)
- Chapter 3 (294.8kb)
- Chapter 4 (2.41mb)
- Chapter 5 (519.4kb)
- Glossary (1.2mb)
Forest Plan Amendments
Each of the forest plans has been amended numerous times since they were approved. This document lists all of the amendments (as of October 2004) to the forest plans of the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National.
- Forest Plan Amendments (95.9kb)
Assessments identify existing condition, risks, opportunities, and desired future condition. The end product does not require a NEPA decision, but is information that feeds into project analysis.
Meadow Creek Watershed Assessments
- Table of Contents (12kb)
- Introduction (33kb)
- Chapter 1 - Description of Watershed (28kb)
- Chapter 2 - Issues, Key Questions, and Relevant Processes to be Analyzed (19kb)
- Chapter 3 - Past and Current Conditions (645kb)
- Chapter 4 - Desired Conditions and Trends (75kb)
- Chapter 5 - Management Opportunities (79kb)
- Chapter 6 - Landscape Scale Monitoring Plan (79kb)
- Chapter 7 - Management Thresholds (12kb)
- Appendices (6kb)
- List of Preparers (10kb)
- Literature Cited (14kb)
- All Literature Cited (46kb)
- Note: All documents are in Adobe PDF format unless indicated. File size in parentheses.
Upper Grande Ronde Watershed Assessment
- List of Preparers (9kb)
- Chapter 1 - Description of Watershed (26kb)
- Chapter 2 - Issues, Key Questions, and Relevant Processes to be Analyzed (18kb)
- Chapter 3 - Past and Current Conditions (492kb)
- Chapter 4 - Desired Conditions and Trends (74kb)
- Chapter 5 - Management Opportunities (62kb)
- Chapter 6 - Landscape Scale Monitoring Workplan (76kb)
- Chapter 7 - Management Thresholds (25kb)
- Note: All documents are in Adobe PDF format unless indicated. File size in parentheses.
Upper Powder Watershed Assessment
- Table of Contents (9kb)
- Chapter 1 - Characterization of the Watershed and Current Conditions (481kb)
- Chapter 2 - Issues and Key Questions (17kb)
- Chapter 3 Reference Conditions (15kb)
- Note: All documents are in Adobe PDF format unless indicated. File size in parentheses.
Final Environmental Impact Statement
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest completed the Invasive Plants Treatment Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to provide guidance for containing, controlling, or eradicating invasive plant species in accordance with the direction found in the Region 6 Invasive Plant FEIS and ROD.
A large number of new and existing invasive plant populations on the national forest required analysis to implement new or more effective and cost-efficient treatment actions, including the updated list of herbicides, as analyzed in the Region 6 Invasive Plant FEIS. Current inventories indicate that invasive plant infestations are broadly distributed and occupy approximately 22,842 acres on the national forest.
The purpose of this project is to provide a rapid and more comprehensive, up to date approach to the control and eradication of invasive plants on National Forest System lands.
Wallowa, Union, Baker, Malheur, Umatilla, and Grant counties in Oregon
Adams and Nez Perce counties in Idaho
Note: All documents are in Adobe PDF format unless indicated. File size in parentheses.
- Record of Decision (signed April 2, 2010)
- Biological Opinion, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (7.62mb)
- Biological Opinion, National Marine Fisheries Service (654.3kb)
Biological Assessment, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests
- Cover and Chapter I Introduction (143.4kb)
- Chapter II Proposed Action (324.2kb)
- Chapter III Listed Fish Species, Designated Critical Habitat, and Essential Fish Habitat (417.7kb)
- Chapter IV Listed Plant Species (252.1kb)
- Chapter V Listed Wildlife Species (61.2kb)
- Chapter VI Literature Cited (122.1kb)
- Appendix A (55kb)
- Appendix B (95.9kb)
- Appendix C (474kb)
- Appendix D (26.2kb)
- Appendix E (226.7kb)
- Appendix F (62.9kb)
- Appendix G (264kb)
- Appendix H (2.1kb)
- Appendix I (4.4kb)
- Appendix J (25.8kb)
Invasive Plants Treatment Project FEIS Volume I
- Cover, Abstract, and Summary (1.2kb)
- Table of Contents (227.6kb)
- Chapter 1 Purpose and Need for Action (490.3kb)
- Chapter 2 Alternatives (16.5mb)
- Chapter 3 Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences (3.9mb)
- Chapter 4 List of Preparers (622.3kb)
- Chapter 5 Response to Comments (7.2mb)
Invasive Plants Treatment Project FEIS Volume II Appendices
- Cover and Table of Contents (1.3mb)
- Appendix A Wallowa-Whitman Forest Plan (3mb)
- Appendix B Botany (287.4mb)
- Appendix C Wildlife (142.1kb)
- Appendix D Soil and Water (285.1kb)
- Appendix E Aquatics (299.4kb)
- Appendix F Aerial Modeling Results and Spray Guidelines (589.8kb)
- Appendix G Adjuvants and Drift Reduction Agents (48.2kb)
- Appendix H Social-Economics (46.9kb)
- Errata Sheet (9.3kb)
Invasive Plants Treatment Project Development
Public Scoping Letter April 14, 2006 (22.2kb)
- Proposed Action (13.1kb)
- Proposed Action, Examples of Species Treatment Prescriptions (20.4kb)
- Federal Register Notice of Intent to Prepare the Environmental Impact Statement April 13, 2006 (54kb)
- Proposed Acres of Treatment Types by Ranger District April 7, 2006 (7.9kb)
- Acres of Invasive Plant Species by Treatment Type April 7, 2006 (15.6kb)
- Acres of Invasive Plants by Ranger District (7.9kb)
- Status of Biological Controls in the Pacific Northwest Region April 2005 (54.7kb)
The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Regional Office has prepared this environmental
assessment to analyze the potential effects of 1,800 proposed aquatic restoration activities across 16 national forests and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon and
Washington to address the need to increase efficiency of project planning in order to accelerate the pace of aquatic restoration project implementation.
View the Final Environmental Assessment
- 1994 Wild and Scenic Snake River Recreation Management Plan and FEIS, including appeal decision:
- Appendix A - Hells Canyon NRA Act
- Appendix B - Wild and Scenic River Act
- Appendix C - Frame Work
- Appendix D - Issues
- Appendix E - Study Plan
- Appendix F - Comparative of Alternates
- Appendix G - Outfitter and Guide Operating Guidelines
- Appendix H - Regional River Recreation Opportunities
- Appendix I - Motorized Use
- Appendix J - Monitoring Plan
- Appendix K - Public Comments
- Appendix L - Education Plan
- Cover and Abstract
- Table of Contents
- 1994 Record of Decision
- 1996 Wild and Scenic Snake River Outfitter Decision Notice and FONSI:
- 1999 Wild and Scenic Snake River Recreation Management Plan: