Resource Management

The Forest Service manages forest lands to increase the resiliency of landscapes. We have many program areas where we work under this overarching forest restoration theme including: 

• Vegetation Management (Forestry, Botany, Invasive Plants)
• Watershed Management and Restoration (Fish, Aquatics, Soil & Water)
• Heritage and cultural resources
• Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers
• Timber Sales

Program Highlights

• Improving Bull Trout Habitat within Lewis River Watershed

  

  The Rush Creek Restoration Project is a multi-year effort to restore a critical ecosystem that has been impacted by human activities. The project intention is to enrich water quality, improve habitat conditions, and support fish populations in Rush Creek within Lewis River watershed.

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• Surveys Help Protect Unique Cave Resources

  

  In February 2023, the Forest Service partnered with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife to survey caves and count hibernating bats on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest! The crew was joined by Shawn Thomas from Bat Conservation International, and local cavers from Oregon Grotto.

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• Improving Forage for Wild Turkeys

  

  In 2022 the U.S. Forest Service partnered with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and the National Wild Turkey Federation to improve Merriam’s wild turkey forage within Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

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• Integrating Climate Change into Watershed Planning

  

  The Gifford Pinchot National Forest aquatics team, and partners such as the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, are working to reverse past damage to key watersheds within the Forest and prepare these areas for projected changes in climate.

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• Camp Creek Aquatic Organism Passage Upgrade

  

  Camp Creek aquatic organism passage improvement project will help improve hydraulic capacity of this crossing to reduce potential failure due to projected increases in bankfull flows.

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• Cispus River-Yellowjacket Creek Restoration Project

  

  The Forest is currently partnering with The Cowlitz Indian Tribe to improve salmon and steelhead habitat for Threatened coho, Chinook and steelhead in the Cispus River and Yellowjacket Creek, tributaries to the Cowlitz River.

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• Stewardship & Fuels Crew Initiative Success

  

  Mt. Adams Resource Stewards stewardship and fuels crew initiative plays a critical role within a much larger restoration effort occurring on the east side of the forest.

  Learn more about this critical work

• Oregon Spotted Frog Habitat Improvements

  

  Learn more about our wildlife biologists work to improve habitat for the endangered Oregon Spotted Frog at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

  View an interactive story map!

Timber & Special Forest Products

At the time a project is advertised bid information will be posted on this page. Information on all specific currently advertised Timber Sales & Special Forest Products Sales (e.g. commercial bough and commercial firewood, etc,) is posted in a table below with available maps, contracts, bid forms and other bidder information. 

See also  Tentative Future Sales  and Past Sale Information  on the  Gifford Pinchot National Forest.