Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

Project Documents

EXF Vegetation Management Project

Deschutes National Forest

Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District

Deschutes County Oregon

Project Description: Vegetation management and research within the Lookout Mountain unit of the Pringle Falls Experimental Forest (PFEF).

The PFEF is located about 30 miles southwest of Bend, Oregon, and was established in May 1931 as a center for silviculture, forest management, and insect and disease research in ponderosa pine forests east of the Oregon Cascade Range (see Figure 1, page 5). The 3,535-acre Lookout Mountain Unit of the Experimental Forest is proposed for silvicultural and fuel treatments because the forest and scientific studies being conducted there are threatened by wildfire and forest health problems. It also presents an opportunity to combine research and management.

Project Documents

• Notice of Intent 9/18/09
• Draft EIS - Environmental Impact Statement 9/09
• Letter - alternatives 4/13/09
• Study Plan - Signed 3/09
• Northwest Forest Plan Allocations with EXF Units - Map
• EXF Map Project with Units 5/15/08
• EXF Scoping Letter
• EXF Notice of Intent

Links

• Pacific Northwest Research Station - Experimental Forests

  Experimental Forests and Ranges of the Pacific Northwest Research Station - The USDA Forest Service has an outstanding scientific resource in the 77 Experimental Forests and Ranges that exist across the United States and its territories. These valuable scientific resources incorporate a broad range of climate conditions, forest and range types, research emphases, and history. The Pacific Northwest Research Station of the Forest Service currently administers the eleven experimental forests and ranges in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.