Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)
01/01/2025 to 03/31/2025
Deschutes National Forest

This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Report Contents (click to jump to a section) :
Projects Occurring Nationwide
Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Deschutes National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Deschutes National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Deschutes National Forest,  Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Deschutes National Forest,  Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Deschutes National Forest,  Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

Projects Occurring Nationwide  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System
EIS
- Land management planning  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 06/21/2024
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 12/2024 
Expected:01/2025
 
01/2025 Jennifer McRae
202-791-8488
SM.FS.NFSWONGA@usda.gov 
Description: Amend all land management plans for units of the National Forest System to include consistent direction to conserve and steward existing and recruit future old-growth forest conditions and to monitor their condition across planning areas of NFS.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65356
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forests and Grasslands (128 units).
Locatable Mining Rule - 36 CFR 228, subpart A.
EIS
- Regulations, Directives, Orders  On Hold  N/A  N/A Sarah Shoemaker
907-586-7886
sarahshoemaker@fs.fed.us 
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to its regulations at 36 CFR 228, Subpart A governing locatable minerals operations on National Forest System lands.A draft EIS & proposed rule should be available for review/comment in late 2020
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57214
Location: UNIT - All Districts-level Units. STATE - All States. COUNTY - All Counties. LEGAL - Not Applicable. These regulations apply to all NFS lands open to mineral entry under the US mining laws. More Information is available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/science-technology/geology/minerals/locatable-minerals/current-revisions.
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Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)  

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment
EIS

           *UPDATED*
- Land management planning  In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register 11/15/2024
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal Register 10/2025 
Expected:03/2026
 
03/2026 Priya Shahani
707-562-8737
sm.fs.NWFPquestion@usda.gov 
Description: The Northwest Forest Plan 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.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64745
Location: UNIT - Lassen National Forest All Units, Mendocino National Forest All Units, Modoc National Forest All Units, Six Rivers National Forest All Units, Gifford Pinchot National Forest All Units, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest All Units, Siuslaw National Forest All Units, Umpqua National Forest All Units, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units, Shasta Trinity National Forest All Units, Deschutes National Forest All Units, Mt. Hood National Forest All Units, Klamath National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Willamette National Forest All Units, Olympic National Forest All Units. STATE - California, Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Yakima, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, Yamhill. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The area of the Northwest Forest Plan within the range of the northern spotted owl.
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R6 - Pacific Northwest Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)

 
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Region 6 Elite Tree Protection Project
CE
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Vegetation management (other than forest products) 
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 04/2023 
Expected:09/2023  09/2023 Claire Ellwanger
509-860-2463
claire.ellwanger@usda.gov 
Description: 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.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63727
Location: UNIT - Malheur National Forest All Units, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units, Umpqua National Forest All Units, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units, Deschutes National Forest All Units, Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units, Umatilla National Forest All Units, Colville National Forest All Units. STATE - Oregon, Washington. COUNTY - Chelan, Ferry, King, Kittitas, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Snohomish, Stevens, Whatcom, Yakima, Baker, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Union, Wallowa. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest units, typically high elevation, where blister-rust resistant white-bark pine trees have been identified or are in screening, and areas that are high priority for new selections.
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Deschutes National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)  

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Deschutes Fuels Maintenance Project
EA
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/05/2023
Est. Comment Period Public Notice 10/2024 
Expected:05/2025
 
10/2025 Sasha Bertel
541-383-5563
Sasha.Bertel@usda.gov 
Description: Forest wide fuels maintenance proposal including non-fire and prescribed fire treatments.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63892
Location: UNIT - Deschutes National Forest All Units. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forestwide.
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Deschutes National Forest, Occurring in more than one District (excluding Forestwide)  

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Building Disposal Project
CE
- Facility management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 04/14/2021 
Expected:12/2025
 
04/2026 Cristina Peterson
541-383-4028
cristina.peterson@usda.gov 
Description: Remove 7 non-functioning structures at Black Butte (pit toilet), Fox Butte (lookout tower, cabin, and pit toilet), Trout Creek Butte (lookout tower), and Walker Mountain (lookout tower and garage).
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59894
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, Crescent Ranger District, Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake. LEGAL - Black Butte (T13S, R9E, sec. 35), Fox Butte (T23S, R16E, sec. 6), Trout Creek Butte (T15S, R9E, sec. 28), Walker Mountain (T26S, R8E, sec. 24). Black Butte, Fox Butte, Trout Creek Butte, and Walker Mountain administrative sites.
Class 1, Pedal-assist E-bikes on Select Trails
EA
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 07/02/2024 
Expected:03/2025
 
04/2025 Cristina Peterson
541-383-5578
cristina.peterson@usda.gov 
Description: The Deschutes NF proposes to authorize class 1, pedal-assist e-bikes on 160 miles of existing trails and paved paths that receive high use by bicycles. Trails are in the Peterson Ridge, Phil's, Wanoga, and Sunriver areas. Please comment by July 31st.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66475
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Trails included in this proposal are on the Bend - Fort Rock Ranger District, west of Bend, OR, near the community of Sunriver, OR, and on the Sisters Ranger District, outside of Sisters, OR.
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Deschutes National Forest,   Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Bend Lava Lands Paved Path
EA
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice 04/08/2021 
Expected:10/2024
 
11/2024 Alicia Bergschneider
541-383-4012
Alicia.Bergschneider@usda.gov 
Description: Construct a non-motorized paved path that would provide connections to recreation sites south of Bend, OR. The entire length of the path would be from Baker Road to Lava Lands Visitor Center.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=57665
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The proposed location for the path would parallel Highway 97 on the west side from the Forest Service Boundary to Lava Lands Visitor Center.
Bonneville Power Administration La Pine Substation Expansion
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/09/2024 
Expected:01/2025
 
02/2025 Kellie Roussos
541-383-4721
Kellie.Roussos@usda.gov 
Description: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is requesting to expand their existing La Pine Substation by 2.7 acres to accommodate installation of three additional shunt capacitors and associated equipment.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67374
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - SW quarter of the SE quarter of Section 18 of Township 22 South, Range 11 East (Willamette Meridian). East of the town of La Pine in Deschutes County, Oregon. Just south of Finley Butte Road.
Boundary Road Fuels Reduction Project
CE
- Fuels management  Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2025 
Expected:11/2025  04/2026 Emma Olson
541-383-4012
Emma.Olson@usda.gov 
Description: Fuels reduction project to reduce wildfire risk to local communities in La Pine, OR and to enhance forest resilience to insect and disease. The project area is in the Wildland Urban Interface and in a high-risk fireshed adjacent to neighborhoods.
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West of La Pine, Oregon. Adjacent to the following residential areas: Ponderosa Pine Subdivision, Wildriver Subdivision, Day Corridor and 6th Neighborhood, and the Dorrace Neighborhood.
Darlene 3 Fire Salvage
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Forest products  Completed  Actual: 10/02/2024  10/2024 Alicia Bergschneider
541-647-8966
Alicia.Bergschneider@usda.gov 
Description: Salvage of dead and/or dying trees that were burned in the 2024 Darlene 3 Fire.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66831
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Darlene 3 fire burned 3,906 acres near La Pine, Oregon.
Edison Snow Shelter Removal Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management  Cancelled  N/A  N/A Chelsea Fields
541-383-4028
chelsea.fields@usda.gov 
Description: This project proposes the removal of the Edison Shelter near Edison Sno-Park. The existing snow shelter is in disrepair and needs to be removed and replaced with a new structure in a more accessible and fire defensible area nearby.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66970
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Township 19 South Range 9 East Section 14.
Mt. Bachelor Northwest Lift Improvements
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/19/2024 
Expected:03/2025
 
06/2025 Kellie Roussos
541-383-4721
Kellie.Roussos@usda.gov 
Description: Mt. Bachelor proposes to modernize the existing Northwest Express lift by replacing the lift's electric drive components and safety switches as well as replacing two operator shacks and increasing chair storage.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67446
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Township 18 South, Range 9 East, Sections 19 and 30 Township 18 South, Range 8 East, Sections 24 and 25. Mt. Bachelor ski area is located about 22 miles southwest of Bend, OR and is within the Bend-Fort Rock District of the Deschutes National Forest.
Odd Fellows Cabin Restoration - Phase II
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/07/2021 
Expected:05/2025
 
06/2025 Emilie Bedard
541-383-4769
Emilie.Bedard@usda.gov 
Description: This project proposes to continue restoration on 4 historic cabins to bring them into compliance with standards required to use them as recreation rentals.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60931
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The Odd Fellows Cabins are located on the shore of Paulina Lake about 35 miles south of Bend, OR.
Twin Lakes Resort Structure Proposal
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 12/23/2024  04/2025 Robin Chin
530-410-1549
robin.chin@usda.gov 
Description: Twin Lakes Resort is proposing to install five new structures on the resort property, including two gazebos, two dock extensions, and one music stage.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66288
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Township 21 S, Range 8 E, Section 33. Twin Lakes Resort.
West Bend Trails Project
EA
- Recreation management  In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 07/25/2024 
Expected:01/2025
 
02/2025 Emilie Bedard
541-383-4769
Emilie.Bedard@usda.gov 
Description: Trail modifications, such as reroutes, new trails, decommissioning to create a more sustainable trail network while minimizing resource impacts.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65732
Location: UNIT - Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West of Bend. Includes areas parallel to FS Road 4601, from forest boundary to Tumalo Lake, and from Cascade Lakes Hwy to Vista Butte.
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Deschutes National Forest,   Crescent Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
MEC Walker Mountain Tower Replacement
CE
- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Gwenyth Fisk
541-433-3252
Gwenyth.Fisk@usda.gov 
Description: MEC is proposing to replace their existing communications tower and expand their control building at Walker Mountain Communication Site. Proposal includes moving the tower's location to improve line-of-sight with nearby microwave devices.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66207
Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - Township 26S, Range 8E, Section 24, Willamette Meridian. Project activities will occur within the designated Walker Mountain Communication Site on Walker Mountain in Klamath County, OR. Project area is about 10 miles south of the town of Crescent.
Midstate Electric Cooperative Transmission Line Upgrade
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 12/05/2024  03/2025 Meria Page
541-433-3230
ina.page@usda.gov 
Description: Upgrade powerline from Gilchrist to Diamond Lake Junction under Midstate Electric Cooperative's special use permit. MEC will replace outdated wooden poles, consolidate transmission/distribution lines, and update their power infrastructure.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=65627
Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T25S,R8E,S15,20,29,31,32; T26S,R8E,S5-8,17,20,29,32; T27S,R8E,S5-7,18,19,30 (Willamette Meridian). ~15 miles of transmission line are located on National Forest System Lands. The line generally runs parallel to Highway 97 from Gilchrist south to the Highway 138 junction.
Recreation Residence Projects - Odell Lake E-1 Improvements
CE
- Special area management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Amanda Madson
541-433-3206
amanda.madson@usda.gov 
Description: The permittee submitted a proposal to alter or repair their privately owned structures, trim end caps of logs and replace stairs.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63744
Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T23S,R6E, S15. The Recreation Residence and project area is near Odell Lake, in Klamath County, OR near Willamette Pass off state HWY 58 in the Cascade Mountain Range.
Royce Mountain Roadside Hazardous Fuels
CE
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/26/2024 
Expected:03/2025
 
04/2025 Floyd Comer
5418227203
floyd.comer@usda.gov 
Description: Intent is to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire on Federal land or catastrophic wildfire for an adjacent, at-risk community by reducing fuel loading, ladder fuels, and raising canopy base heights.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66669
Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T23S,R7E,S35,S26-29,31-35; T24S,R7E,S2,3,5-11,15-17. Near Crescent Lake Junction, project area up to 200' on either side of 46, 4672, 4672900, 4672930, and 61 National System Roads, 200' from the border of Diamond Peak Estates on Forest Service lands.
Two Rivers Hazardous Fuels
CE
- Fuels management  In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/31/2024 
Expected:11/2024
 
01/2025 Gwenyth Fisk
541-433-3252
Gwenyth.Fisk@usda.gov 
Description: Establish shaded fuel breaks adjacent to NFS roads and Two Rivers North community to reduce hazardous fuels and wildfire risk. Treatment may include thinning, pruning, hand piling, pile burning, underburning, and mastication on about 350 acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=66668
Location: UNIT - Crescent Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Klamath. LEGAL - T25S, R7E, sec. 25, 26, 34-36; T26S, R7E, sec. 1, 2, 11-13, 24, 25, 36; T26S, R8E, sec. 6, 7, 18, 19 of the Willamette Meridian. Project location is adjacent to Two Rivers North community, Muttonchop Butte, and NFS Roads 5830, 58300200, and 5835 about 2 miles west of Hwy 58 in Klamath County, Oregon.
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Deschutes National Forest,   Sisters Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)

R6 - Pacific Northwest Region  
Project Name Project Purpose Planning Status Decision Expected Implementation Project Contact
Black Butte Ranch Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 10/09/2024 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Madison Anderson
541-549-7735
Madison.Anderson@usda.gov 
Description: The BBR WUI project proposes to maintain and restore resiliency and forest health and to address the potential risk of large-scale high severity wildfires. Proposed actions include thinning, mowing and prescribed burning on up to 2,800 acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67053
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. National Forest System lands adjacent to Black Butte Ranch, west of the city of Sisters, Oregon.
Cougar Rock Restoration Project
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Vegetation management (other than forest products)
- Fuels management 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/16/2022 
Expected:02/2025
 
04/2025 Lauren DuRocher
541-316-9686
lauren.durocher@usda.gov 
Description: The project proposes to maintain and restore resiliency and forest health and to address the potential risk of large-scale high severity wildfires. Proposed actions include thinning, mowing and prescribed burning on upto 2,800 acres.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63319
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. North of Sisters, OR within the wildland urban interface, at times bordering private property, including areas along Indian Ford Road, near the base of Black Butte and Forest Service Road 1100.
Green Ridge Landscape Restoration
EA

           *UPDATED*
- Forest products
- Fuels management
- Road management 
In Progress:
Objection Period Legal Notice 05/10/2022 
Expected:02/2025
 
05/2025 Lauren DuRocher
541-549-7711
lauren.durocher@usda.gov 
Description: The project would maintain and restore forest conditions closer to the historic range of variability and contribute to the restoration of ecosystem process and function in the planning area. Timber products are an outcome of restoration activities.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48454
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes. LEGAL - Not Applicable. The project area is located about 13 air miles north of Sisters, Oregon.
Recreation Residence C-11 New Well
CE

           *UPDATED*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 11/08/2024  11/2024 Madison Anderson
541-549-7735
Madison.Anderson@usda.gov 
Description: Project proposes to install a new well and pumphouse at cabin #11 in the Tract C of the Metolius River Recreation Residences.
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Northwest of Sisters, OR in the Metolius Basin.
Recreation Residence O-12 Septic Maintenance
CE

           *NEW LISTING*
- Special use management  Completed  Actual: 11/08/2024  11/2024 Madison Anderson
541-549-7735
Madison.Anderson@usda.gov 
Description: Project proposes to repair an existing septic line and adjacent plumbing at cabin #12 in the O-Tract of the Metolius River Recreation Residences.
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Cabin #12 in the O-tract of the Metolius Basin.
Recreation Residence O-26 Cabin Remodel
CE
- Special use management  On Hold  N/A  N/A Madison Anderson
541-549-7735
Madison.Anderson@usda.gov 
Description: Project proposes a full tear down and rebuild with a remodel of cabin #26 in the O-Tract of the Metolius River Recreation Residences.
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Northwest of Sisters, OR in the Metolius Basin.
Sisters Trail Additions and Realignments (S.T.A.R.)
CE
- Recreation management
- Projects that may affect Wilderness (for mailing list contacts) 
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/21/2023 
Expected:04/2025
 
06/2025 Lauren DuRocher
541-549-7711
lauren.durocher@usda.gov 
Description: The STAR project proposes several trail actions including new trail construction, additions of existing routes to the official Forest Service trail system, as well as realignments and decommissioning of existing trails on the Sisters Ranger District.
Web Link:  http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=64457
Location: UNIT - Sisters Ranger District. STATE - Oregon. COUNTY - Deschutes, Jefferson. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Proposed trail actions would occur on portions of 21 new and existing trails (totaling approximately 77 miles) on the Sisters Ranger District.
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