Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

Projects & Plans - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Projects

Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA)

• A quarterly publication listing all proposed projects... get more information in the SOPA Quarterly Report section.

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Records of Decision (ROD)

• Ashland Forest Resiliency FEIS and ROD - October 2009
• Tracy Placer Mining Project DEIS - February 2009
• Big Butte Springs Timber Sales - Butte Falls Ranger District - December 2005
• Special Use Permits for Commercial Operations on the Lower Rogue and Lower Illinois River ROD and FEIS - April 11, 2005
• Biscuit Fire Recovery FEIS & ROD - July 2004
• Ashland Watershed Protection Project FEIS & ROD - May 2001
• Little Applegate Stream Flow and Habitat Enhancement Project -
• Mt. Ashland Ski Area Expansion FEIS & ROD- September 13, 2004
• Port-Orford-cedar Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Web site)
  • Forest Service Record of Decision (826 KB PDF)
  • Bureau of Land Management Record of Decision (354 KB PDF)
  • A Range-wide Assessment of Port-Orford-cedar (4,042 KB PDF)
• Mill Creek Timber Sales and Related Activities FEIS - January 2002
• Suction Dredge Activities DEIS - December 2001
• Nicore Mining Plan of Operations FEIS - 1999
• Rogue River National Forest Water Quality Management Plan (PDF 671 kb)
• Upper Illinois River Landscape Management Projects - 1999

Environmental Assessments (EA) and Decision Notices (DN)

• Applegate River - McKee Bridge Legacy Roads EA - October 2009
• Fire Use Amendment - September 2009
• Pyramid Thin Project EA, DN, FONSI - September 2009
• Invasive Plant Treatment Project - July 2009
• Butcher knife/Slate Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project - February 2009
• Upper Applegate Road Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project EA, DN, FONSI - June 2008
• Big Grayback Allotment Management Plan
  • Decision Notice - February 2008
  • Updated EA - October 2007
• East Illinois Valley Managed Stands Project Environmental Assessment - Wild Rivers Ranger District
• Coastal Healthy Forest Treatments - EA December 2006 and DN May 2007
• Long Ridge/Sorrel Meadow Restoration EA, DN, FONSI - June 2008
• Black Cat Timber Sale EA - 2002
• Illinois River Recreational Development EA - June 2004
• Lewis Creek Bridge Replacement Project Decision Notice & FONSI - December 2001
• Petite Comments and Responses Decision Memo Mining Plan of Operation EA - November 2002
• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siskiyou/planning/plantation/thin_fuels_reduc.pdf
• Plantation Thinning & Fuels Reductions EA (277 KB PDF), Appendixes (172 KB PDF), Map (1,191 KB PDF) - April 2002
• Spotted Knapweed Revised EA - January 23, 2004
• Upper Bear Assessment - February 3, 2004

Categorical Exclusions (CE)

• Waters #2 and Round Prairie Creek, Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project, Proposed Action Description, Galice Ranger District - August 30, 2006 (843 KB PDF)
  • Map: Proposed Activity Areas (1,014 KB PDF)
  • Map: Treatment Areas Covered by Other NEPA Decisions (1,014 KB PDF)
  • Map: Land Management Allocations (1,002 KB PDF)

Monitoring and Evaluation Reports

• Fiscal Year 2007 - December, 2008 8,080 KB PDF
• Fiscal Year 2006 - October, 2007 6,401 KB PDF
• Fiscal Year 2005 - September, 2006 3,169 KB PDF
• Fiscal Year 2004 - October, 2005 1,930 KB PDF
• Fiscal Year 2003 - July 15, 2004 2.19mb

Late Successional Reserve Assessments

Southwest Oregon Late Successional Reserve Assessment

• October 1995 Version (253 KB PDF)
• May 2004 Updated Version (901 KB PDF)

Maps:

• 1. Southwest Oregon Late Successional Reserve Areas (1,434 KB JPG)
• 2. Southwest Oregon Draft Plant Series (1,054 KB JPG)
• 2a. Draft Plant Series - Galice Late Successional Reserve (702 KB JPG)
• 2b. Draft Plant Series - Williams Late Successional Reserve (566 KB JPG)
• 3. Southwest Oregon Interior Patch Areas (1,034 KB JPG)
• 3a. Interior Patch Areas - Galice Late Successional Reserve (554 KB JPG)
• 3b. Interior Patch Areas - Williams Late Successional Reserve (432 KB JPG)
• 3c. Southwest Oregon Botanical Areas, Botanical Sites and RNAs (978 KB JPG)
• 3d. Research Natural Areas and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - Galice Late Successional Reserve (830 KB JPG)
• 3e. Research Natural Areas and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern - Williams Late Successional Reserve (622 KB JPG)
• 4. Critical Habitat Units in Late Successional Reserves (942 KB JPG)
• 5. Southwest Oregon Special Wildlife and Plant Sites (1,266 KB JPG)
• 6. Southwest Oregon - Key Watersheds and Anadromous Fish Streams (1,427 KB JPG)
• 6a. Key Watersheds and Anadromous Fish Streams - Galice Late Successional Reserve (694 KB JPG)
• 6b. Key Watersheds and Anadromous Fish Streams - Williams Late Successional Reserve (829 KB JPG)
• 7a. East Fork Illinois River Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches AND Map 7b. Sucker Creek Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches (443 KB JPG)
• 7c. Winchuck River Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches AND 7d. Indigo Creek Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches (508 KB JPG)
• 7e. Lower Rogue Subbasin Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches AND 7f. Briggs Creek Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches (576 KB JPG)
• 7g. Johnson Creek Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches AND 7h. North Fork Smith River Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches (501 KB JPG)
• 7i. South Fork Coquille Watershed - Low Gradient Stream Reaches (342 KB JPG)
• 8. Southwest Oregon Port Orford Cedar Status (180 KB JPG)
• 9. Southwest Oregon - Risk of Decline in Tree Health in Late Successional Reserves (714 KB JPG)
• 10. Southwest Oregon 50th Percentile Flame Lengths (767 KB JPG)
• 10a. Southwest Oregon 90th Percentile Flame Lengths (771 KB JPG)
• 11. Southwest Oregon 50th Percentile Rate of Spread (Feet/Hour) (365 KB JPG)
• 11a. Southwest Oregon 90th Percentile Rate of Spread (Feet/Hour) (954 KB JPG)
• 11b. Fire Regimes Based on Plant Series, for the Rogue Rivers-Siskiyou National Forest (165 KB JPG)
• 11c. Fire Regimes Based on Draft Plant Association Groups, in Biscuit Fire Area (1,402 KB JPG)
• 12. Southwest Oregon - Candidates for Stand Treatment (719 KB JPG)

Figures:

• 1. Plant Series by Late Successional Reserve (1,826 KB JPG)
• 2. Percent Area Capable of Growing Older Forests (1,757 KB JPG)
• 3. Total and Interior Late-Successional Habitat (274 KB JPG)
• 4. Owl Activity Centers (774 KB JPG)
• 5. Older Forest Patch Size - TSHE Plant Series (919 KB JPG)
• 6. Older Forest Patch Size - ABCO Plant Series (900 KB JPG)
• 7. Older Forest Patch Size - LIDE3 Plant Series (938 KB JPG)
• 8. Older Forest Patch Size - PSME Plant Series (868 KB JPG)
• 9. Comparison of Pools and Large Wood Frequency in Selected Stream Reaches (706 KB JPG)

Appendices

• Appendix A - Vegetation Data (116 KB PDF)
• Appendix B - Genetic Plantations, Orchards, and Sites (60 KB PDF)

Acronyms and Glossary (140 KB PDF)