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Forest-wide
Projects
Huckleberry Enhancement
Posted September 21, 2009
Off-highway Vehicle Travel Management Plan
The Mt. Hood National Forest has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to document and disclose the potential environmental effects of establishing and designating a system of roads, trails and areas for off-highway vehicles (OHV). The Proposed Action would change OHV access through much of the Forest in order to meet the intent of the Travel Management; Designated Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle Use; Final Rule that was published on November 9, 2005 (70 FR 216). The Proposed Action focuses on travel management within six proposed OHV locations. Within each location, specific OHV routes are proposed by motor vehicle class, and new trails are proposed for construction where they would create trail loop opportunities.
Link to 08-28-09 letter announcing release of DEIS and public comment period
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement (download the entire DEIS as one pdf file)
You can also download smaller segments of the DEIS by clicking on the various links provided below.
- DEIS Cover Page, Preamble, Abstract, and Table of Contents
- DEIS Chapter 1, Purpose and Need for Action
- DEIS Chapter 2, Alternatives Including the Proposed Action
- DEIS Chapter 3, Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
- DEIS Chapter 4, Consultation and Coordination
- DEIS Chapter 5, List of Preparers
- DEIS Chapter 6, Distribution List of Draft EIS
- References
- Glossary
- Index
- Appendix A - Updated Maps
- Link
to Appendices B through H (Appendices contained within this
link identified below)
Appendix B, Mt. Hood National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (1990) Appendix C - Access and Travel Management Guide Summary
Appendix C , Oregon State Regulations
Appendix D, Applicable Forest Plan and Northwest Forest Plan Standards and Guidelines
Appendix E, Alternative 2 Road Data
Appendix F, Alternative 3 Road Data
Appendix G, Alternative 4 Road Data
Appendix H, Natural Range of Variability
The Forest is now seeking comments from those who may be interested in or affected by this project. The Forest is providing a 60-day public comment period for this DEIS, commencing on the date that legal notice is published in the Federal Register on August 28, 2009. Written comments must be received by October 28, 2009. Comments will be accepted via mail, fax and email at the following address:
Jennie O’Connor Card, OHV DEIS
Hood River Ranger District
6780 Highway 35
Mount Hood-Parkdale, OR 970415Phone: (541) 352-6002 x634
Fax: (541) 352-7365
Email: comments-pacificnorthwest-mthood@fs.fed.us
Electronic comments must be in a format such as an email message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc). You may also hand-deliver your comments to the above address during normal business hours from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.
Comments received in response
to this solicitation, including names and addresses of those who comment,
will be considered part of the public record and will be available for
public inspection. Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted and
considered; however, those who submit anonymous comments may not have
standing to appeal the subsequent decision under 36 CFR Part 215.
Earlier documents:
Palomar Gasline Transmission Project
Proposed Forest Plan Amendment
Posted December 11, 2008The Proposed Palomar Gasline Transmission Project (PGT) that is being evaluated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) crosses east/west through the middle of the Mt. Hood National Forest (Forest). The Forest Service is a cooperating agency on the environmental impact statement (EIS) that is being prepared by the FERC and we have identified aspects of the proposed pipeline that would not be consistent with the Mt. Hood National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).
PGT has proposed constructing and operating a new natural gas pipeline and associated structures. The project would be located in northwest Oregon and consist of a 211-mile-long, 36-inch-diameter pipeline running from near Shaniko, Wasco County, Oregon to the Bradwood send-out pipeline in Clatsop County, Oregon. Approximately 47 miles of the pipeline would be located on the Forest.
The staff of the FERC is preparing the EIS that will discuss the environmental impacts of the PGT project that could result from the construction and operation of a new underground natural gas pipeline. An initial Notice of Intent (NOI) for the proposed pipeline was issued by the FERC on October 29, 2007. An analysis of a Forest Plan amendment will be included in the EIS being prepared by the FERC.
The FERC is the lead federal agency in the preparation of the EIS, and is preparing the EIS to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC will use the EIS in its decision-making processes to determine whether or not to authorize the Project. The Forest Service will use the EIS to evaluate the proposed amendments to the Mt. Hood Forest Plan and for any forest plan amendment decisions made subsequently if the FERC authorizes this project.
The timeline to receive comments concerning the scope of analysis for the proposed Forest Plan amendment has been extended from January 5, 2009 to February 4, 2009. For additional information on the proposed Forest Plan amendment and the scoping comment period please see the scoping letter below.
- Scoping letter
- Letter extending the comment period
- Overview Map
- Forest Map
- Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register
- Link to FERC website
- Link to Palomar website
Invasive Plant Treatment
The
Mt. Hood National Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
released the Record
of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement on March 20,
2008.
The Record of Decision culminates over four years of intensive planning and analysis for invasive plant treatments, and we believe this decision will help retain healthy native plant communities that are diverse and resilient.
We have selected Alternative 2, the Proposed Action, for implementation. Our decision approves the implementation of the proposed site-specific invasive plant treatments.
If you have any questions on this document, please contact Jennie O'Connor, Team Leader at (503) 668-1645 or jmoconnor@fs.fed.us.
Good Things Are Happening in the Sandy River Basin.
Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreement
Link to News Release on March 31, 2009 Working Group Meeting
The USDA Forest Service (Mt. Hood National Forest) and Portland Water Bureau have prepared a new Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreement pursuant to Public Law 95-200, commonly known as the Bull Run Act. This Agreement serves as a partnership guide for the long-term stewardship of the Bull Run watershed and will replace a 1979 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Agreement provides the revised administrative direction and agreements needed to structure the roles, responsibilities, functional processes, and working relationships for the Forest Service and City of Portland as joint managers of the Bull Run.
Drafts of the Agreement were first submitted for public review in June 2005 and again in February 2006. The most recent draft of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreement was made available for public review and comment during a two-month period in the spring of 2007. The public was also provided the opportunity to learn more about the draft agreement or to provide comment at two public meetings held on March 20, 2007 in Portland and March 21, 2007 in Sandy , OR . The public was asked to submit written comments by April 16, 2007.
Based on public input, staff from the Water Bureau and from the Mt. Hood National Forest have made changes to the final draft of the agreement. Click on the link provided to access the Report to the Community , a short history of the interactions and relationships among the City of Portland , the Mt. Hood National Forest and interested stakeholders in the Bull Run watershed.
You may also access a Response to Comments document which summarizes the public comments received during the spring 2007 public review period with responses from the agencies.
The Portland City Council considered the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreeement at the regular City Council meeting on October 3rd, 2007. Public testimony was also heard by the City Council at this time. The Council voted to adopt the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreement during the regular City Council Meeting on October 10, 2007. The Agreement was signed by Commissioner Randy Leonard, Regional Forester Linda Goodman, and Mt. Hood National Forest Supervisor Gary Larsen on December 17, 2007.
Restoration 2003
- Decision Notice #4 - Adobe PDF file, 140 kb (Posted 27 April 2005)
- Decision Notice #3 - Adobe PDF file, 119 kb (Posted 04 August 2004)
- Decision Notice #2 - Adobe PDF file, 307 kb (Posted 19 August 2003)
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 258 kb (Posted 28 July 2003)
- Notice of 30-day comment period - Adobe PDF file, 44 kb (Posted 13 May 2003)
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 281 kb (Posted 13 May 2003)
- Project
Descriptions and Maps - Adobe PDF file, 3.19 MB (Updated March 24,
2003)
District Projects
Barlow RD | Clackamas River RD | Hood River RD | Zigzag RD
Barlow Ranger District
Sportsman's Paradise Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Posted November 16, 2009
Badger Grazing Allotment
Posted September 21, 2007
Billy Bob Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Posted January 31, 2008
Environmental Assessment
The Dalles Watershed Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Posted June 27, 2007
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file,
179 kb (Posted 6/27/07)
- Decision Map - Adobe PDF file,
405 kb (Posted 6/27/07)
Environmental Assessment
Cover Letter - Availability of the EA and the Objection Process
- Document Cover
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3 (part 1)
- Chapter 3 (part 2)
- Chapter 4
- Figure 1.3 - Land Use Allocations
- Figure 3.18 - Fire History
- Figure 3.19 - Post Harvest Activity
- Figure 3.20 - Distribution of Lower Columbia River Steelhead Trout
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Map of Proposed Action
Posted January 4, 2007
Zip
File - All Documents
Eightmile Salvage
(Posted April 14, 2006)
Sportsman's Park
(Posted April 14, 2006)
Expired Special Use Permits
(Posted July 6, 2004)- Decision Notice (pdf-145kb)
- Environmental Assessment (pdf-259kb)
Clackamas River Ranger District
Oak Grove Hydroelectric Maintenance Facility Project
(Posted July 10, 2009)
- Public Notice
- PGE Letter: Cleanup Proposal
- FS Response to PGE Letter
- Statement of Work
- Work Plan
- Engineering Evaluation / Cost Analysis
- Settlement Agreement
- Bridgewater Group Statement of Qualifications
- Site Inspection Report
2009 Clackamas Restoration Projects
(Posted June 24, 2009)
- Decision Notice Letter
- Adobe PDF file, 17kb
- Decision Notice -
Adobe PDF file, 43 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 129 kb
- Map - Adobe PDF file, 103 kb
Clackamas Road Decommissioning for Habitat Restoration
(Posted May 11, 2009)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 17 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 43 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 404 kb
- Appendix A Road List - Adobe PDF file, 33 kb
- Appendix B Response to Comments - Adobe PDF file, 96 kb
- Appendix C Maps - Adobe PDF file, 1,504 kb
- Appendix D Design Criteria - Adobe PDF file, 473 kb
Rethin
(Posted March 9, 2009)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe
PDF file, 17 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file,
50 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe
PDF file, 1,423 kb
- Appendices - Adobe PDF file, 3,528 kb
Upper Clack Thinning
(Posted August 20, 2008)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 38 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 104 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 1,609 kb
2007 Clackamas Restoration Project
- Decision Notice #2 - Adobe PDF file, 39kb (Posted Nov 13, 2007)
- Notice of Availability for Decision Notice #2 - Adobe PDF file, 303kb (Posted Nov 13, 2007)
- Decision Notice #1 - Adobe PDF file. 37kb (Posted Oct 2, 2007)
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 253kb (Posted Oct 2, 2007)
Cascade Crest Shaded Fuel Break Project
(Posted March 19, 2008)
- Preliminary Assessment - Adobe PDF file 1,285 kb
- Notice of 30-day Comment - Adobe PDF file 12 kb
Side Channel and Culverts Restoration Projects
(Posted July 2, 2007)- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file , 75 kb
- Environmental
Assessment - Adobe PDF, 436 kb
Plantation Thinning - 2007
(Posted March 12, 2007)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 97 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 158 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 1,158 kb
- Appendices
Summit and Wildcat Thinning
(Posted December 5, 2005)
- Notice of Availability - Adobe PDF file, 46kb
- Summit Thin Decision Memo- Adobe PDF file, 262 kb
- Wildcat Thin Decision Memo - Adobe PDF file, 151kb
No Whisky Thinning
(Posted April 17, 2006)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 98 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 132 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 2,121 kb
- Appendices
South Fork Thinning
(Posted February 5, 2006)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 98 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 84 kb
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 626 kb
- Appendices
Collawash Thinning
(Posted September 6, 2005)
- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 95 kb
- Decision Notice One - Adobe PDF file, 110 kb
- Decision Notice Two - Adobe PDF file, 102 kb
- Environmental Assessment- Adobe PDF file, 691 kb
- Appendices
Precommercial Thinning FY05 through FY09
- Decision Memo
(Posted March 21, 2005)
Slip Plantation Thinning
(Posted December 27, 2004)- Decision Memo with Attachaments (Adobe pdf file, 285kb)
Cloak Thinning
(Posted November 16, 2004)- Decision Notice Letter - Adobe PDF file, 91 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 110 kb
- Environmental Assessment- Adobe PDF file, 993 kb
- Appendices
Site Inspection of Kiggins-Nisbet Mines
- April
22, 2009 - Kiggins-Nisbet Long-Term Monitoring Report
March 5, 2009- Final Kiggins-Nisbet Removal Action Report
- February 22,
2008 - Kiggins-Nisbet Removal Action Memo
- April 2007 - Reply
to: Notice to Current and/or Past Owners and Operators of Proposal to
Add Contaminated Property to DEQ's Confirmed Release List (CRL) and
Inventory
- August 2006 - Letter
to DEQ - NW Region Portland Office
- May 2006-
Engineering Evaluation / Cost Analysis
- March 2004
- Site Inspection Report - Final
- Sept. 2003
- Field Operations Plan - Adobe PDF file, 980kb
- May 2003 - Nisbet
Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 634kb
- April 2003 - Kiggins
Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 907kb
- Feb. 2003 - Memorandum: Initiation of CERCLA* Investigation
* Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (1987)
Orchard Project
- Environmental Assessment - Adobe PDF file, 6893 kb
- Decision Notice - Adobe PDF file, 164 kb
- Appendix 1 - Continued (response to comments) - Adobe PDF file, 943 kb
Hood River Ranger District
Gnarl Ridge Projects
Posted June 19, 2009
- Scoping Letter
- Map 1 - Gnarl Reforestation - Autumn 2010
- Map 2 - Cloud Cap Road Log Removal for Aquatic Restoration
- Map 3 - Proposed Weather Station
Red Hill Bridge Replacement
Posted December 30, 2008
Lake Branch Thinning
Posted September 21, 2009
- Decision Notice Letter
- Decision Notice
- Environmental Assessment
- Appendix A - Maps
- Appendix B - Design Criteria
- Appendix C - Response to Comments
- Large Map
North Fork Mill Creek - Restoration Project
Revisions and additions posted January 5, 2009
-
Envronmental Assessment
- Final Scoping Letter
FY 2008 Precommercial Thinning
Posted March 28, 2008
- Letter
- Decision Memo
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 - Maps
- Appendix 2 - Precommercial Thinning Units
- Appendix 3 - Response to Comments
- Appendix 4 - Aquatic Conservation Strategy
- Appendix 5 - Noxious Weed Risk Assessment
DB Cooper Fuel Reduction Demonstration Project
Posted April 11, 2008
Long Prairie Grazing Allotment
Posted September 14, 2005
- Decision Notice
- Environmental Assessment
- Appendix A - Response to Comments
- Appendix B - Fisheries Biological Assessment
- Appendix C - Botany Biological Assessment
- Appendix D - Wildlife Biological Assessment
- Appendix E - Cumulative Activities Table
- Appendix F - Response to Scoping Comments
Bear Knoll Thinning Project
Updated April 12, 2005
- Preliminary Environmental Assessment
- Decision Notice
- Final Environment Assessment
- Appendices
- A - Response to Comments
- B - Wildlife Biological Evaluation/Assessment
- C - Aquatics Biological Evaluation
- D - Botany Biological Evaluation
- E - Roads Analysis
- F - Heritage Resource Consultation
- Acronyms
- Glossary
Zigzag Ranger District
Road Decommissioning for Habitat Restoration
(Posted September 21, 2009)
The Mt. Hood National Forest is now preparing an environmental assessment to improve hydrologic function and reduce adverse impacts to aquatic habitat by proposing to decommission approximately 42 miles of unneeded road on the Zigzag Ranger District. We are now seeking comments from those that may be interested in or affected by this proposal. Your comments will help us assess the proposed action, develop alternatives, and prepare the environmental assessment.
For more information on the project and how to comment, please see the scoping letter and maps below.
- Scoping Letter
- Maps
Timberline Lodge Landmark Sign
- Decision Memo (Posted July 15, 2009)
Trails Club of Oregon
Special Use Term Permit Renewal
- Decision Memo (Posted June 6, 2009)
Muddy Fork Bridge Replacement
- Decision Memo (Posted June 6, 2009)
Permit Re-issuance for Recreation Residences within the Cool Creek Tract
- Scoping Letter
- Invitation to Public Meeting
- Proposed Action and Preliminary Analysis
- Appendix A - Fisheries
- Appendix B - Aquatic Assessment
- Appendix C - Wildlife
- Appendix D - Botany
- Appendix E - Heritage
- Letter: 30 Day Comment Period
- Letter to National Marine Fisheries Service
Bull Run Road Decommissioning
- Environmental Assessment (Posted
December 14, 2006)
- Decision Notice (Posted
December 15, 2006)
- Legal Notice of Decision
(Posted December 14, 2006 - Published in The Oregonian Newspaper
December 13, 2006)
- Scoping Letter
(Posted Dec. 14, 2005)
- Map (Posted Dec.
14, 2005)
Chute Access Improvement and Cutbank Restoration
- Decision Memo (Posted Oct. 4, 2005)
Government Camp Trails Project
Posted Jan 12, 2006
- Final Environmenal Assessment
- Decision Notice
- Table of Contents
- Appendices A & B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G & H
Precommercial Thinning FY05 through FY09
- Decision Memo (Posted March 21, 2005)
Tamarack Quarry Expansion Project
Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Figure 1_FEIS
- Figure 2_FEIS
- Figure 3_FEIS
- Figure 4_FEIS
- Figure 5_FEIS
- Figure 6_FEIS
- Figure 7_FEIS
- Figure 8_FEIS
- Figure 9 _FEIS
- Figure 10_FEIS
- Figure 11_FEIS
- Figure 1_Visual Report
- Figure 2_Visual Report
- Figure 3 _Visual Report
- Figure 4 _Visual Report
- Figure 5 _Visual Report
- Figure 6_Visual Report
- Figure 7_Visual Report
- Figure 8_Visual Report
- Figure 9_Visual Report
Appendix C - Fish - Wildlife Biological Evaluation Report
Appendix E - Botanical Biological Evaluation - Noxious Weed Report
Appendix F - Response to Comments
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Abstract - DEIS (1 page - 22kb)
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement ( 141 pages - 519kb)
Maps and Photos
- Figure 1 - Vicinity Map (4.12mb)
- Figure 2 - Alternatives Under Consideration ( 4.51mb)
- Figure 3 - Wintertime View from Timberline Lodge ( 505kb)
- Figure 4 - Summertime View from Timberline Lodge (525kb)
- Figure 5 - Visual Simulation of Alternative 1 in Winter (500kb)
- Figure 6 - Visual Simulation of Alternative 1 in Summer (524kb)
- Figure 7 - Visual Simulation of Alternative 2 in Winter (500kb)
- Figure 8 - Visual Simulation of Alternative 2 in Summer (525kb)
- Figure 9 - Vascular Plant Communities in the Tamarack Quarry Study Area (2.21mb)
- Figure 10 - Noxious Weeds Along Tamarack Quarry Haul Route (2.84mb)
- Figure 11 - Noxious Weeds in the Tamarack Quarry Study Area (2.23mb)
Appendices
- Appendix A - Visual Resources Technical Report (42 pages - 303kb)
- Appendix B - Soil and Water Resources Technical Memorandum ( 37 pages - 297kb)
- Appendix C - Fish and Wildlife Biological Evaluation and Report ( 29 pages - 127kb)
- Appendix D - Wildlife Bilogical Assessment ( 10 pages - 345kb)
- Appendix E - Botanical Biological Evaluation and Noxious Weed Report ( 15 pages - 262kb)
US Forest Service - Mt. Hood National Forest
Last Modified: Monday, 16 November 2009 at 14:13:19 EST