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Mt. Hood NF
16400 Champion Way
Sandy, OR 97055

(503) 668-1700

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Projects & Plans

Forest-wide Projects

2008 - Integrated Weed Management Program

Posted July 9, 2008

An integrated weed management program which includes the use of herbicides, hand pulling, mechanical methods and biological controls will be implemented on the Mt. Hood National Forest (Barlow, Clackamas River, Zig Zag, and Hood River Ranger Districts) beginning June 1st, 2008 and continuing through summer and fall season, as conditions permit.

All restrictions and regulations regarding the use of herbicides will be followed as stated in the Record of Decision and Final Environmental Impact Statement for Site Specific Invasive Plant Treatments for Mt. Hood National Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon, including Forest Plan Amendment #16 (March 2008) which may be viewed on-line at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/invasiveplant-eis/site-specific/MTH/

Invasive species scheduled for treatment include: Japanese knotweed; orange hawkweed; yellow hawkweed; diffuse knapweed; meadow knapweed; rush skeletonweed; false brome; Himalayan blackberry; houndstongue; dalmation toadflax; tansy ragwort; and English ivy.

Herbicides will be applied directly to target weeds using ground based equipment. Application dates are weather dependent. Information regarding sites proposed for treatment under early detection rapid response (EDRR) is available from Ranger District Weed Coordinator's.

Treatment Areas

Herbicide treatment sites will be posted prior, during and after application. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Celeste Coulter, Clackamas River and ZigZag Ranger Districts, at (503) 780-6360 or Dan Fissell, Barlow Ranger District at (541) 467-5117.

Aquatic Restoration

Posted March 25, 2008

The Mt. Hood National Forest will prepare an Environmental Assessment to improve hydrologic function and reduce adverse impacts to aquatic habitat by proposing to decommission unneeded roads in eight high priority sixth-field subwatersheds, which include: Headwaters Fifteenmile Creek, Upper Fifteenmile Creek, Upper Eightmile Creek, Upper Middle Fork Hood River, Linney Creek, Lower Salmon River, Upper Salmon River, and Still Creek.

Written comments to be considered in the preparation of the Environmental Assessment should be submitted by April 21, 2008.


Please send your written comments to:

Michelle Lombardo, Aquatic Restoration Team Leader
Mt. Hood National Forest
16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055
FAX (503) 668-1413


You may also hand deliver your comments to the above address during normal business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Electronic comments may be submitted to: comments-pacificnorthwest-mthood@fs.fed.us in a format such as an e-mail message, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc).

Off-highway Vehicle Travel Management Plan

Update Letter Posted September 4, 2008

Posted August 29, 2007, Updated September 18, 2007

The Mt. Hood National Forest will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 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 will 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 areas and motorized access to dispersed (undeveloped) camping. Within each area, specific OHV routes are proposed by motor vehicle class, and new trails are proposed for construction where they would create trail loop opportunities.

 

Good Things Are Happening in the Sandy River Basin. 

Find Out More.

Bull Run Watershed Management Unit Agreement

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. 

 

Site-Specific Invasive Plant Treatments

The Mt. Hood National Forest and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Oregon are proposing treatment on 208 sites (approximately 13,000 acres). The purpose of this project is to reverse the negative impacts caused by the invasive plants and to restore ecological communities and function at the impacted treatment sites in a cost-effective manner that meets current management direction. The establishment and spread of invasive plants can be slowed, with timely action.

The document is available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/invasiveplant-eis/site-specific/MTH/

 

Restoration 2003

District Projects

Barlow RD | Clackamas River RD | Hood River RD | Zigzag RD

Barlow Ranger District

Cooks Meadow Trail Restoration

 

Badger Grazing Allotment

Posted September 21, 2007

Billy Bob Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Posted January 31, 2008

Decision Letter

Decision Notice

Environmental Assessment

 

The Dalles Watershed Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Posted June 27, 2007

       179 kb (Posted 6/27/07)

       405 kb (Posted 6/27/07)

Environmental Assessment

Cover Letter - Availability of the EA and the Objection Process

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)

Juncrock Timber Sale

(Posted April 14, 2004)

Final Environmental Impact Statement

 

Clackamas River Ranger District

2008 Clackamas Road Decommissioning for Aquatic Restoration

(Posted August 5, 2008)

 

Rethin

(Posted December 31, 2007)

 

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
    • A Response to Comments - Adobe PDF file, 55 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 367 kb
    • C Fish Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 1,283 kb
    • D Botany Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 177 kb
    • E Maps - Adobe PDF file, 1,690 kb

2007 Clackamas Restoration Project

 

Cascade Crest Shaded Fuel Break Project

(Posted March 19, 2008)

 

Side Channel and Culverts Restoration Projects

(Posted July 2, 2007)

 

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
    • A Response to Comments - Adobe PDF file, 572 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 360 kb
    • C Fish Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 9,117 kb
    • D Botany Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 297 kb
    • E Other Documents - Adobe PDF file, 1,362 kb
    • F Maps - Adobe PDF file, 10,608 kb

 

 

Summit and Wildcat Thinning

(Posted December 5, 2005)

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
    • A Response to Comments - Adobe PDF file, 205 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 560 kb
    • C Fish Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 467 kb
    • D Botany Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 252 kb
    • E Other Documents - Adobe PDF file, 2,898 kb

 

 

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
    • A Response to Comments Adobe PDF file, 164 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 213 kb
    • C Fish biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 653 kb
    • D Botany biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 165 kb
    • E Other Documents - Adobe PDF file, 767 kb

 

 

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
    • A Response to comments - Adobe PDF file, 304 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 202 kb
    • C Fish Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 146 kb
    • D Botany Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 196 kb
    • E Other Documents - Adobe PDF file, 280 kb

Precommercial Thinning FY05 through FY09

Slip Plantation Thinning

(Posted December 27, 2004)

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
    • A Response to comments - Adobe PDF file, 314 kb
    • B Wildlife Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 234 kb
    • C Fish Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 190 kb
    • D Botany Biological Evaluation - Adobe PDF file, 117 kb
    • E Other Documents - Adobe PDF file, 321 kb

 

Site Inspection of Kiggins-Nisbet Mines

 

  • 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

  • November 2005 - Engineering Estimate / 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

 

Hood River Ranger District

 

North Fork Mill Creek - Restoration Project

Posted March 12, 2008

 

Posted July 31, 2008

Middle Fork Irrigation District (MFID) Maintenance Projects

 

 

Robinhood Creek Helicopter Log Delivery Project

Posted June 13, 2008

Posted May 13, 2008

 

FY 2008 Precommercial Thinning

Posted March 28, 2008

 

DB Cooper Fuel Reduction Demonstration Project

Posted April 11, 2008

Long Prairie Grazing Allotment

Posted September 14, 2005

 

Bear Knoll Thinning Project

Updated April 12, 2005

Lift 21 at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Area

 

 

Zigzag Ranger District

 

Bull Run Road Decommissioning

 

Chute Access Improvement and Cutbank Restoration

Government Camp Trails Project

Posted Jan 12, 2006

Precommercial Thinning FY05 through FY09

 

Tamarack Quarry Expansion Project

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Appendix A-Visual Report

Appendix B-soil water report

Appendix C - Fish - Wildlife Biological Evaluation Report

Appendix D-wildlife BA

Appendix E - Botanical Biological Evaluation - Noxious Weed Report

Appendix F - Response to Comments

Appx G - Reclamation Plan

Record of Decision

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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)

 

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