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The comment period on the Draft EIS closed on February 15th. The Record of Decision and the Final EIS were issued in July 2003. Alternative 3, with modifications, is the alternative selected for implementation. The legal notice was published in The Bulletin on July 16, 2003. The 45 day appeal period will ended on Sept 2, 2003. An appeal has been filed by the League of Wilderness Defenders - Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project. The appeal has been filed with the Region 6 Regional Forester in Portland, Oregon. It generally takes approximately 45 days for the a final decision to be made on an appeal.
Guided Walking Tours of the Metolius Heritage Forest Demonstration Project
Tours through examples of different kinds of forest management. For more information contact the Friends of the Metolius (Kent Gill 541-595-2269) or see their website, http://www.metoliusfriends.orgHow can you get involved?
- Be informed, Ask questions
- Get involved with the Stewardship Monitoring Committee
- Provide feedback on the website
Multiparty Monitoring
The Metolius Multi-Party Monitoring Team's "pilot stewardship project" status has been dropped and now our team operates under the standard agency wide stewardship contracting regulations.
Multiparty Monitoring Notes
PAST EVENTS
Metolius Basin Forest Management Project Guided Tours
June 29 - Wildflowers- Visited rare and common wildflowers and weeds with Ecologist Maret Pajutee. Learned more about the fire ecology of Peck's Penstemon, a rare wildflower found only in the Metolius/Black Butte area and no where else in the world. Click here to view article from Sisters, Oregon Nugget Newspaper
July 27th Birds of a Feather - Learn about white-headed woodpeckers, owls, goshawks and other unique animals with Wildlife Biologist, Lauri Turner. (Canceled due to district fires)
August 31 - Surviving Wildfire - Learn how to create defensible space at you house and in the forests beyond with Fire Prevention Specialist, Jinny Pitman Click here to view article from Sisters, Oregon Nugget Newspaper
September 14 - Applied Forest Ecology - Learn more about the art and science of silviculture and how it is used to manage different forest habitats with Silviculturist Brian Tandy. Click here to view article from Sisters, Oregon Nugget Newspaper
September 28 - Wild Fish and the River - Bull Trout, Redbands and the dream of salmon. Explore spring fed fish habitats with Fish Biologist Mike Riehle. Click here to view article from Sister, Oregon Nugget Newspaper
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- Email or phone Tom Mafera, the project leader, on the Sisters
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Phone: 541-549-7700
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EIS Team:
Kris Martinson,
Project leader
Email: kmartinson@fs.fed.us,
Maret Pajutee,
District Ecologist
Rob Schantz,
Silviculturist
Brian Tandy,
Silviculturist
Mike Riehle,
Fisheries Biologist
Lauri Turner,
Wildlife Biologist
Jeff
Bell,
Fire Specialist
Rob
Tanner,
Hydrologist
Ronnie
Yimsut,
Landscape Architect
Ray
Horgen,
Engineer
Don Zettel,
Archaeologist
Web Design Team:
Traci
Mc. Merritt,
Website design and creation,
Landscape Architect,
Social Ecology Design
Leo
Yanez,
Flash Media Design
Maret
Pajutee,
Editor, EIS team liasion, District Ecologist
Helen Maffei,
Website initiator and editor, Forest Pathologist
Bob Jensen,
Deschutes-Ochoco National Forests Webmaster