Willamette National Forest — Project Detail

PGE cut and decked hazard trees along their powerline after the 2020 fires, in accordance to their Memorandum of Understanding. A deck sale is proposed to reduce fuel hazard by removing these decks.

Mckenzie River Ranger District is planning multiple recreation site improvements at various sites. Projects will include parking lot light installation, bathroom installation, septic installation, and camp host site creation.

Replace toilets at Black Canyon, Broken Bowl, North Waldo, Salt Creek and Shadow Bay Campgrounds

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing approximately 109 acres of variable density thinning in three 46 to 48 year old plantation stands. Treatment would consist of thinning, dominant tree release, gaps up to 3 acres, and unthinned skips.

Vegetation would be removed and large wood would be placed in the floodplain while reconnecting side channels. Heavy equipment would be used to cut high areas and fill low areas while trying to maintain as much established vegetation as possible.

The purpose of this project is to return two stream crossings on the Jim Weaver Loop to a useable and safe state for public use. The Dam Camp and Elbow Lake bridges were burned in the 2022 Cedar Creek Fire and are now a hazard for public use.

The purpose of this project is to rebuild the West Fork 8th creek trail bridge. The bridge has failed and collapsed. There is a need for the bridge to be replaced to enhance user safety and protect natural resources.

Project is proposing commercial thinning of timber over 80 years old to increase health and vigor of stands.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 70 acres located in two stands that are approximately 41 years old. Treatments would thinning, gaps, and skips. Thinning would primarily remove smaller, unhealthy trees.

This project will mitigate soil resource damage from hazard tree operations from late 2020/early 2021 necessitated by the Lionshead Fire of September 2020. To reduce soil compaction, ground-based tracked equipment will be used to break up soil.

Construction of a yurt to provide the public with more options when camping.

The purpose of this project is to provide a safe area for visitors to park their vehicles while using the local shuttle service.

McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to connect Forest Road 892 to Forest Road 723 between Nash Crater and Potato Hill for OHV trail use. Approximately 1,158 feet would be enhanced trail currently in existence, and Road 462 would be new trail.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to drill a well to be used with the Big Lake West Campground water system. Ground disturbance would occur in the form of drilling and infrastructural upgrades

The purpose of this project is to replace the Ninth Creek bridge on the 102 trail at Huckleberry Flats OHV Area. Additionally, this project will reroute the crossing upstream where there is a more sustainable approach.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to install electrical utility line to the McKenzie Bridge and Paradise Campground Host site and several premium sites within each campground.

Thinning up to 70 acres in managed stands under 80 years old to improve stand growth and vigor and produce wood products for the economy. The project is in coordination with the Oregon Department of Forestry under the Good Neighbor Authority.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to add a temporary dock to the boat launch at the Cold Water Cove Campground Boat Launch. The proposed dock will be a temporary dock that can be pulled in and out each season.

The meadows at Lost Prairie, Parks Creek, and the junction of the 11/1152 roads have evidence of vehicle encroachment in these sensitive habitats. Boulders or fencing would be constructed and signs would notify the public of the restricted access.

The Daly and Parish Lakes trails are in close proximity, but do not intersect. This project proposes three additional sections of new trail creating a loop connecting the two lakes and a trail re-route around the existing campsites at Daly Lake.

Plan is to repair 3 bridges on Fall Creek National Recreation Trail 3455. One bridge was damaged during a 2019 snowstorm, one was damaged during the Gales Fire, the third was damaged during the Jones Fire.

The purpose of this project is to enhance the Indigo Spring trail loop and providing interpretive signs at Indigo and Chuckle Springs to improve water quality, increase vegetation along the riparian and reduce impacted to listed fish habitat.

Portland General Electric (PGE) is performing maintenance of their Bethel-Round Butte Transmission Line. In addition to routine maintenance, PGE is reopening old access roads and constructing limited access roads. Helicopter work may be necessary.

McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to boulder off 40- 50 user created spur and access roads that lead to popular dispersed sites. Project will close off locations to motor vehicle access, while allowing for walk-in traffic.

Thinning up to 70 acres of managed stands under 80 years old to improve stand growth and vigor and to produce wood products. The project is in coordination with the Oregon Department of Forestry under the Good Neighbor Authority.

Under the Wyden agreement, a culvert at Panther Creek is proposed to be replaced by a cooperator who received federal funding to improve aquatic habitat quality. The project area is located on private land.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to authorize the owners of Recreation Residence cabins; lot #39 in the Delta A tract, and lot #15 in the Hoodoo Tract to make improvements.

The purpose of this project is to document interactions between plant regeneration, microbial regeneration and post-fire soil water dynamicsin a novel reburn within the Bedrock Fires

To reestablish a horse trail that was made unusable by road storage actions on the 5835-515. At the end of the 515 road, old trail tread would be reestablished for .56 miles to tie into the Goodman Creek Trail.

The purpose of the replacement bridge will be to prevent trail users and stock from fording the stream. The work will be conducted by Middle Fork RD trail crews and volunteers using chainsaws, grip hoists and other hand tools.

Implement the PODs (Potential Operational Delineations) strategy on the Middle Fork Ranger District by reducing fuels along preidentified WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) boundaries.

We propose to build the Side Channel trail bridge on the Middle Fork Trail #3609 to meet National Health and Safety standards for trails.

The Sweet Home Ranger District is proposing to create fuel breaks along Forest Service roads to reduce hazardous fuels north of Highway 20 and next to the Middle Santiam Wilderness.

A special use permit has been requested by the U.S. Geological Survey to monitor river temperatures. Temperature loggers would be installed using either rebar or anchors driven into the channel bed. The measuring device would be inside PVC.

Since 2015, a Forest Order has been in place to prohibit overnight camping along the first few miles of Moose Mountain and Gordon Roads following many years of resource damages and trash dumping. This project would make the closure permanent.

Fire and Fuels Management is proposing a hazardous fuels reduction treatment in the McKenzie and Belnap wildland urban interface (WUI) area. The treatment would cover a 733-acre area broken into 5 units.

This project would involve the Forest Service issuing a permit to allow the installation of equipment at the 2127 Road to be used by the US Geological Survey and Army Corps of Engineers for monitoring water flow.

The district is proposing to remove trees at North Waldo, Islet, and Harralson campgrounds damaged during the Cedar Creek Fire. This is to allow safe access to popular campgrounds.

The building that supports the Cougar Rock radio repeaters is insufficient. There is one structure that houses equipment to support the repeaters. The building is leaky allowing condensation to accumulate impacting the life of the equipment.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to authorize owners of Recreation Residence cabins in the Delta A and B Tracts to make improvements incidental to owning these cabins.

Develop a comprehensive river management plan (CRMP), as required by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, to protect and enhance the values for which the rivers were designated (free-flowing, water quality, and outstandingly remarkable values).

Thin 55 acres in two managed stands to improve growth and structure to provide timber and promote habitat diversity.

This project proposes replacement of the bridge located on NFS Road 2209 at Henline Creek that was destroyed in the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire. There is currently a temporary bridge at this location, which will be replaced with a permanent structure.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing approximately 41 acres of variable density thinning in two plantation stands about 44 years old in the Horse Creek Late-Successional Reserve.

This project is to construct a water well to supply Breitenbush Campground. Due to recent fires, we will drill a new water supply well near the water treatment system building to change supply sources from shallow to deep groundwater well source.

The project includes thinning of ~15,900 net acres of managed stands under 80 years of age to improve stand growth/vigor and to produce a sustainable supply of forest products, as well as maintain, store and/or decommission ~650 miles of roads.

The proposed action is to plant or aerial seed native conifers, hardwoods, and/or shrubs in up to approximately 15,300 acres within the 2022 Cedar Creek Fire.

There are several locations on the Forest that have been identified as having consistent issues with resource damage associated with dispersed camping. The intent of this project is to close dispersed sites in specific locations on the district.

The Detroit Ranger District seeks to build four structures to replace the four single-family residences that were lost due to the 2020 wildfires. Located on the previous general footprint, each unit is designed for operational and energy efficiency.

The Sweet Home Ranger district proposes to create fuel breaks along Forest Service roads to reduce hazardous fuels adjacent to the Middle Santiam Wilderness and private timber lands.

EWEB is proposing to install two new manufactured homes, one site built garage, associated wastewater drain fields, and underground utilities. Additionally we plan to remove an existing building and replace it with an larger one.

Six stream crossings are currently impeding passage for fish and other aquatic organisms. We plan to replace these culverts with structures that will allow aquatic organism passage (AOP) upstream and downstream from the crossings.

Creating early seral habitat and wildlife trees along 10 miles of an EWEB transmission line corridor 35' on both sides. The project will remove 7,700 trees for habitat restoration and line safety and 1,619 trees for snag mitigation habitat trees.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to replace a bridge on U.S. Forest Service, National Forest System (NFS) Road 2618-305, 400 feet of this road would be reconstructed meet standards and to be above the modeled 100-year flood elevation.

Eight culverts need replacing to increase streamflow capacity and alleviate barriers to aquatic organism passages, including ESA-listed species. This project will improve longevity to roads by allowing debris flow resulting from 2020 wildland fires.

The District is proposing reconstructing 8 miles of NFSR 1506. Road work may include culvert replacement, fill slope repair and stabilization, roadway surface replacement, drainage repair and incidental tree removal associated with repair sites.

Federal Highways will be installing a series of pipes and drains to stabilize the hillside above a section of US Highway 20 that has been sinking for the past several years.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 69 acres located in two stands that are approximately 45 years old. Treatments would include 54 acres of commercial thinning, 6 acres of gaps, and 9 acres of skips.

The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuels within the Taylor north Bank area of the district by thinning understory ladder fuels along roads.

The bridge, which is located along the North Fork Trail, has failed and is unsafe to cross. The new bridge would be built with native log stringers by hand using skilled trail bridge builders.

Treatments include commercial thinning, shelterwood with reserves, fuels reduction treatments, meadow enhancement, and early seral creation through gaps. This will require temporary roads, road maintenance and road decommissioning.

Approval of a special use permit to Consumer Power Inc. (CPI) for the installation of a new communications pole on the Detroit Ranger District Compound for mounting radio equipment.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to decommission Delta Campground and remove all campground and trail associated infrastructure, including pavement from approximately 1 mile of the 1900400-access road. The project area is located thre.

Reduce the risks posed by fire-killed and injured trees that have fallen across or remain standing along important access routes of the 2020 fire-affected road system so that access to and through the burned area can be restored.

The platform stringers are rotten and beyond repair. The platform will be removed by hand and pulled off the bank with heavy equipment via an unnamed access road adjacent to Highway 20. The access road will be closed after project completion.

The project proposes the removal and replacement of 5 undersized culverts that are currently barriers to upstream fish migration with structures that allow upstream and downstream passage for all aquatic organisms.

Contribute a sustainable supply of timber to local communities while promoting health and diversity in Matrix and LSR land allocations. Vegetation management is proposed for about 7,800 acres. Road decommissioning and maintenance is also proposed.

EWEB is proposing to install a fenced area for the Load Bank with associated transmission line poles within an area of approximately 2.5 acres. Approximately 237 Trees would be removed and used exclusively for aquatic restoration projects.

This project will plant or aerial seed native conifers, hardwoods, and/or shrubs in up to 2,400 acres within the 2021 Gales and Kwis Fires, which is 50% of the area that burned at moderate or high severity.

Restore 117 acres of Oregon White Oak meadows affected by the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. Treatments include revegetation of Oregon White Oaks and other native meadow species, under burning or pile burning to remove fuels and maintain meadow conditions.

The garage is no longer used for storage and has fallen into disrepair. Removal will be done by hand and with heavy equipment. Building materials will be re-purposed for historic structures on other districts or National Forests.

BPA fell hazard trees along their powerlines in accordance to their Memorandum of Understanding. Skidding trees to deck locations and deck sale is proposed to remove the decks to reduce fuel hazard.

Oregon Department of Transportation Wireless Communications Section wishes to place a new site at Halls Ridge to construct multi-purpose public safety grade communications, including a tower, an equipment shelter, and other equipment.

Project proposes to decommission the existing pit toilet at Marion Creek Guard Station and install a new, single-user vault restroom (CXT product). Installation of vault restroom would make this station fully functional for public to rent.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 71 acres located in two stands that are approximately 42 years old. Treatments would include 58 acres of commercial thinning; 6 acres of gaps and 7 acres of skips.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 61 acres located in two stands that are approximately 51 years old. Treatments would include 52 acres of commercial thinning, 6 acres of gaps, and 3 acres of skips.

Whitebark pine is listed as threatened due to white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle, fire suppression, and climate change. This project would plant approximately 500 Whitebark pine seedlings on 30 acres in the Fuji Mountain area.

Diversify even aged stands along both Tumble and Parkett Creeks and restore large wood to the creeks (without removing dominant trees) by directionally felling to place woody material into the riparian area.

This project will manage Tamolitch Pool (Blue Pool) by building a parking lot on approximately 3 acres, re-routing a section of the McKenzie River National Recreation Trail, adding recreation amenities, and closing Tamolitch Pool to swimming.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to salvage approximately 165 acres of fire damaged trees located in an area that was 34-140 years old prior to the Knoll Fire. The project will be harvested using skyline, and ground-based equipment.

The proposal would rehab and improve dispersed camping sites in several popular areas by reconfiguring sites and closing unauthorized roads or trails. The project is needed to reduce safety concerns, vegetation damage, garbage and human waste issues.

To pre-commercially thin (PCT) and conifer release approximately 4,222 acres of young managed conifer stands. The thinning and release operation would be accomplished using chainsaws and all associated actions will be performed on foot.

To improve safety along roads in fire burned areas of the Forest and reopen these roads as quickly as possible for public and administrative use, project would fell dead and injured trees which pose a danger to roads and those traveling along them.

We have a need to improve communication within the Fall Creek Watershed and are proposing to install a new repeater. The impacted area is less than 1/4 acre.

The trails and railings are deteriorating and failing. Replacement and maintenance is needed. There is also a small bridge replacement needed over Diamond Creek a the upper end of the Diamond Creek Falls Trail loop.

This treatment aims to provide pre-established strategic suppression/containment opportunities for wildfires burning within and adjacent to the Three Sisters Wilderness

These meadows were identified as needing restoration to prevent the loss of high elevation meadows. The meadows total 200 acres and are being encroached upon by conifers. Conifer 11%u201D dbh or less would be cut, piled and burned.

Project will commercially thin approximately 1350 acres of second growth forest in the Headwaters North Santiam Watershed. Road storage, road decommissioning and bridge replacement or repair is included in the project.

The Green Mountain Project proposes to commercially harvest on approximately 4,398 acres on the Willamette National Forest near the community of Blue River, Oregon.

This project would construct a campground complex and new single-track motorcycle trail at Huckleberry Flats Off-Highway Vehicle Area, and would also amend the Forest Plan to change 10 acres from General Forest to Developed Recreation.

Formerly Hwy 46 North. Treatments will occur in the Breitenbush Watershed, including commercial thinning, early seral creation, riparian reserve treatment, viewshed enhancements, meadow restoration, hazardous fuels treatments, PCT and pruning.

The 80 foot single stringer bridge was cut down in 2017 due to significant decay and heavy scour. A better location with natural bedrock banks is found 250 feet upstream. The trail would be rerouted to this location and the old section abandoned.

The project would reconstruct portions of the mainstem and side channels, by adding gravel and over 3000 pieces of wood to the stream and floodplain. Several levees and rip-rap would be removed to improve floodplain access.

The Oakridge Water Treatment Plant is requesting a renewal of their existing Special Use Authorization MIF 38 for liquid waste treatment that will expire 12/2021. This action is administrative in nature and would reauthorize the SUP.

Commercial thinning and fuels reduction on 4300 ac. of plantations; 110 mi. of road maintenance, closure of 130 mi. of road; special habitat restoration; 260 ac. of early-seral habitat maintenance/creation; snag creation, noxious weed abatement.

The bridge was burned up during the 2017 Jones Fire. This bridge is along the Fall Creek National Scenic Trail. Surrounding snags that could hit the bridge would be cut.

The Middle Fork Ranger District proposes density management on ~1720 acres of young plantations in the Little Fall Creek subwatershed. The project would include reconstruction of existing roads, hazardous fuel treatments, and noxious weed treatment

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat 56 acres in a stand that is approximately 56 years old. Treatments would include 40 acres of commercial thinning including gaps and 16 acres within the riparian reserve left untreated as skips.

Add three rental yurts, replace cabin, run utility (power lines) to them.

The purpose of this project is to install a gateway sign at the east end of the McKenzie River corridor as a part of the McKenzie River Wayfinding Plan.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat 85 acres in three stands that are approximately 44 years old. Treatments would include 62 acres of commercial thinning 8 acres of gaps and 15 acres left unharvested as skips.

The project proposes to re-route 500 feet of the Tombstone trail on the west side of the parking area. The current entrance to the trail is in close proximity to Highway 20 and this creates a safety hazard for both vehicles and hikers.

Plant native mix of conifers, hardwoods, and shrubs in up to 50% of those acres that burned at a moderate to high severity within the 2020 Beachie Creek, Lionshead, and Holiday Farm fire boundaries outside of wilderness areas.

Three miles of new trail (up to 48" wide and surfaced with pea gravel or wood chips) are proposed along with a 1/4 mile connector trail to the 5852 road and a few very short connector trails to make the trail system more useful and easy to follow.

The proposed action is to update existing documentation, specify new protections, and open up new opportunities for those seeking timber and non-timber special forest products on the district (excluding firewood).

The project would propose salvaging fire damaged trees of no more than 250-acres inside the Beachie Creek Fire area within the conjunction of the Upper North Santiam River, Breitenbush River, and Headwaters North Santiam River watersheds.

The project proposes to construct a new bat house at Walton Ranch to provide quality habitat and the ability to monitor bat populations for WNS. A new gate at the entrance would protect the sensitive area from illegal traffic.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to salvage all fire damaged trees within a 213-acre area located in stands that are 60-115 years old. The project will be harvested using skyline, and ground-based equipment.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 49 acres to reduce hazardous vegetative fuel accumulations outside the Delta A Recreational Residence's cabin tracts. Treatments would include removal of surface and ladder fuels.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to implement precommercial thinning (PCT) and conifer release on approximately 127 acres of young managed conifer stands. The thinning and release operation would be accomplished by using chainsaws.

The McKenzie River Ranger is proposing to treat approximately 91 acres in three stands that are approximately 44 years old. Treatments would include 63 acres of commercial thinning, 7acres of gaps and 21 acres left unharvested as skips.

The Middle Fork Ranger District is proposing the development of the West Abutment Quarry. A pit plan will be developed which maximizes the amount of suitable rock to be extracted from the pit while minimizing impact to the surrounding ground.

The project proposes to install US Postal Service mailboxes at the Cascadia Day Use area to give nearby residents access to mail service. The mailboxes would sit on a cement pad adjacent to the existing parking area and be maintained by the USPS.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to remove all fire damaged danger trees within a 20-acre area located in 2 stands that are 120-200 years old. The dead and dying fire damaged trees will be removed with ground-based equipment.

Contribute a sustainable supply of timber to local communities, promote health, vigor and resilience in timber stands younger than 80 years old and identify a minimum road system in the Calapooia watershed. Treatments are proposed for ~1,132 acres.

American Tower and AT&T are proposing to extend the height of the cell tower by about 20 feet and install a new equipment shelter. The purpose of this extension and new equipment is to increase network coverage and support First Net services.

ODOT seismic geoexploration and analysis on HWY 58 designated as a Lifeline Route that will lead to the selection of a practical cost-effective mitigations that will allow the highway to be restored for emergency and essential freight traffic.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 60 acres located in two stands that are approximately 60 years old. Treatments would include 60 acres of commercial thinning.

Replace equipment shed at State Fish Hatchery

We are proposing to install two gates (one on Forest Service road 2633-706 and the other on Forest Service road 2654-782) and establish a motorized closure on a combined total of 1.25 miles of road behind these gates to protect habitat.

The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests are considering visitor use management strategies for five wilderness areas in the central Cascades in order to reduce resource impacts and negative effects to wilderness character due to high use.

A project to reroute approximately a mile of the Olallie Mountain Trail (Tr. No. 4100). The Olallie Mountain Trail is a Class 3 Pack and Saddle trail.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 74 acres located in two stands that are approximately 60 years old. Treatments would include 60 acres of commercial thinning, 7 acres of gaps and 7 acres left unharvested.

The project is to conduct meadow restoration at 90 identified sites, and similar unidentified sites where restoration needs become known and treatments fall within the same scope of work, on Detroit, Sweet Home, McKenzie River, and Middle Fork RDs.

improve public safety by widening the turning radius of the campground access road at the turn around loop and to provide parking slots that are located off of the existing drivable portion of the access road.

The project will increase stream resilience, hydrologic function and improve spawning, rearing, and forage habitat for Upper Willamette Winter Steelhead in the upper Calapooia River.~19 trees will be tipped or fallen into the stream.

Currently the Alpine Trail is coincident with a section of Forest Service road 5828-585 for 1/4 mile. The road is within a Burnt Stewardship harvest unit and the district wants to move the trail to improve the trail experience.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 43 acres located in three stands that are approximately 60 years old. Treatments would include 43 acres of commercial thinning.

To replace the footbridge that crosses Boulder Creek on the McKenzie National Recreation Trail.

The SUP for this area has expired. There is a need to renew the SUP.

The identified stands are densely stocked, ranging between 50 and 65 years of age. The overarching goal is to produce a healthy and vigorously growing stand for future management activity. Stands would be thinned at variable densities.

Commissioning the user trail between Big Lake YC and the PCT while closing and rehabing the user trail from Big Lake YC to Patjens Lake Trail and (2) closing and rehabing the 0.8-mile user trail between Obsidian Trail 3528 and Scott Trail 3531.

A single track connection between the Bunchgrass segment of the Eugene to Crest Trail (3559) and the Fuji Mountain Trail is needed to give mountain off-road bicyclists a legal non-wilderness option to access the Waldo Basin.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to remove danger trees from a 2 acre area that is approximately 80 years of age. The location of the project is in the WUI (Blue River Wildland Urban Interface) surrounding the Assembly of God property.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to remove trees across approximately 2 acres of an area that is 65 years of age. Treatment will provide a safe and adequate space for an administration facility to accomplish resource goals.

This project proposes to create defensible space around the Stahlman Summer Homes through various treatments, including brush reduction, commercial sales, and using the downed logs for fish habitat.

Fence to be installed around water building on Breitenbush Rd. Install emergency drainline from water storage tank. Reissue special use permit.

Proposed change to existing seasonal closure boundary to provide species protection during the critical nesting and fledging period.

Enhance and maintain meadow complex by reducing encroachment of conifers (remove saplings under 4 inches), seed collection, girdling 1-2 trees/acre under 12 inches DBH and falling 1 tree/acre for down wood.

Pruning of limbs to 12' or 1/2 tree height, 70 to 110 TPA at an average spacing of 25'x25'. Species to be pruned; Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western white pine, grand fir, noble fir and western redcedar. This will take place on one 30 acre unit.

A 94 acre hazardous fuels reduction project to aid in wildfire prevention and management. There would be an understory thin (<7" dbh), completed with hand and mechanical work. Brush will be piled and burned, underburned, or chipped and scattered.

This project is being reissued with a new decision. The purpose of the project is to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest health to protect values at risk in the Hoodoo/Big Lake area through 2,135 acres of treatments in the Santiam Pass area.

To commercially thin 70 acres in a 50 year old stand using ground base equipment. This project will also include two gaps 1-3 acres in size to promote understory forbs and shrubs.

The McKenzie River Ranger District is proposing to treat approximately 37 acres located in two stands that are approximately 40 years old. Treatments would include 32 acres of commercial thinning and 5 acres of skips that would be left unharvested.

There is a need to build two segments of trail that would get trail users off the road system and back onto the trail system. These two connections will connect Clover Patch to the Clover Patch Tie and Alpine Trail.

Coal Floodplain Restoration is to improve the current habitat by(1)removing remnant constructed features that reduce channel complexity and restrict historic floodplain connectivity,(2)reconnect historic side-channels,(3)stabilize the stream bed.

The project proposes to commercially three stands for a total of 70 acres. The units are second-growth stands that are approximately 42 years old. The units would be harvested with ground base and skyline equipment.

Stand density management and conifer pruning in on about 5,700 acres of young plantations across the district. In the Staley Cr. area, thinning will occur through riparian reserves.

This is a permit renewal for 11 recreation events, as they expire, for a new term of up to 5 years. This action is administrative in nature. There is no change to the existing uses for the currently expired permits at this time.