National Forest Site-Specific
Invasive Plant Treatment Projects

Project Information

Deschutes-Ochoco NF Invasive Plant
Draft Supplemental Environment Impact Statement

the legal expected date June 26, 2009
(when the Federal Register and legal notice are dated)

The Forest Service has developed a plan to control existing infestations of invasive plants on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, and Crooked River National Grassland. Our proposal involves treatment at 1,892 invasive plant sites totaling approximately 14,500 acres. We have completed a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), which assesses activities proposed and discloses the expected environmental consequences of the plan.

This DSEIS is made available for a 45-day Comment Period, under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1500-1508). The Forest Service will accept comments as provided in §215.6(a)(4), beginning on the day following the date of publication of the Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register, which is scheduled to be June 26, 2009. The date of publication in the Federal Register will then be posted in a legal notice The Bulletin newspaper. In order to be considered in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, comments must be received within the formal comment period.

Written comments may be mailed to Deschutes National Forest Headquarters, 1001 SW Emkay Drive, Bend, OR 97702. Comments will also be accepted by phone, number 541-383-4769, or by fax, number 541-383-5531. Comments may be hand-delivered to the Deschutes National Forest Headquarters during regular business hours, which are Monday through Friday, 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM (except legal holidays). Please identify the comment with the project name.

Notice of DSEIS Public Comment Period (55 Kb word) June 10, 2009

Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Vol 1- Chapters 1-4 (16 MB PDF) 512 pages

Appendicies....

Appendix A Project Area Summary (2 MB PDF)

Appendix B Common Control Measures (200 Kb PDF)

Appendix C Management Direction and Compliance (60 Kb PDF)

Appendix D Herbicide Info Table (250 Kb PDF)

Appendix E Revegetation (600 Kb PDF)

Appendix F Implementation Guidelines (200 Kb PDF)

Appendix G Invasive Plant Prevention Practices (100 Kb PDF)

Appendix H Fish Info (260 Kb PDF)

Appendix I Watersheds (40 Kb PDF)

Federal Register Announcing DSEIS (expected Late June 2009) (?? Kb PDF) (updated when the notice is ready)

Previous items of interest:

Link to March 2008, Final Environmental Impact Statement

Link to February 2, 2007, Draft Environmental Impact Statement

1950-3 Letter to Public Announcing Release of DEIS (January 8, 2007) (130 Kb PDF)

1950-3 Letter to Readers Announcing Release of DEIS (January 8, 2007) (127 Kb PDF)

Project Area Unit Summaries and Treatments, Draft, July 12, 2006 (537 Kb PDF)

We welcome your particpation and will gladly add you to our mailing list at any time during this project's planning.

Please use the attached form to indicate if you'd like to receive the Draft EIS in the mail.

Or, simply send an e-mail the team leader, Beth Peer, at bpeer@fs.fed.us.

March 22, 2006 Project update FieldCode: 1950-3

(selected Highlights of the letter, Please read for details in information)

 

FORM to keep on the DEIS mailing list-(28Kb pdf) not interactive. need to print out and fill in...

and either mail to:

Deschutes National Forest
C/O Beth Peer
1001 SW Emkay Dr.
Bend, OR 97702

 

or send the info in an email back to Beth Peer at:

bpeer(at)fs.fed.us with "Mail List - Invasive Plant Project" in the subject line.

 

Thank you

Information from Team Leader