Olympic National Forest

Projects & Plans

Management of Olympic National Forest involves a wide range of activities.  These activities include: (1) operation and maintenance of structures, roads, bridges, trails and recreation sites and facilities; (2) construction of new sites and facilities; and (3) management practices designed to (a) maintain or enhance habitat for late successional and old-growth forest related species; and (b) to protect and enhance watershed and aquatic habitat conditions.  As projects are planned and implemented, it is our intent to provide documentation of these activities, when appropriate, on our website for public convenience.

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Land and Resource Management Plan:

• Olympic National Forest 1990 Land and Resource Management Plan

Schedule of Proposed Action:

• Introductory Letter
• Current Listing of Planned Activities
• Current listing of planned activities occurring on other National Forests
  

Categorically Excluded Projects Available for Public Comment

Environmental Documents

The following environmental documents are shown on Olympic National Forest's website for public review.  If interested in a proposed action that is not listed below, please contact the appropriate District office. 

NOTE: The documents listed below the project name are available if the words are shown in blue.  The documents shown in black have not yet been published.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Special Forest Products

• Scoping letter (combined for commercial use, personal use, and personal use firewood)
• Thirty-day Public Comment Period Letter
• Environmental Document
• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice
• Response to Comments

Port Townsend Special Use Permit

• Environmental Document

  Cover and Table of Contents

  Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need

  Chapter 2 - Alternative Descriptions

  Chapter 3 - Existing Condition

  Chapter 4 - Environmental Impacts

  Chapter 5 - References

• Biological Assessment
• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice (letter published 5/30/08)
• Response to Comments

Dosewallips Road Washout

• Scoping Letter
• DEIS Release Letter
• Federal Register Notice of Availability (Published June 20, 2008)
• Environmental Documents
  • Summary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  • Draft Environmental Impact Statement (complete document)
    • TOC
    • Summary
    • Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need
    • Chapter 2 - Alternatives
    • Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
    • Chapter 4 - Supporting Information
    • Appendix A - Alternatives Evaluated but Eliminated
    • Appendix B - Environmental Consequences of Appendix A Alternatives
• Decision

• Record of Decision Letter
• Record of Decision

West Fork Humptulips Thinning

• Scoping Letter (Feb. 12, 2007)
• Thirty-day Public Comment Period Letter
• Environmental Document
• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice
• Response to Comments

Snow Creek Salvage

• Scoping Letter
• Project Initiation Letter
• Proposal Map
• Decision Notice (published August 19, 2008)

Cook Creek Thinning and Salvage Project

• Scoping Letter
• Decision Notice (published June 20, 2008)

RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Jackson Thinning

• Scoping Letter
• Thirty-day Public Comment Period Letter (notice published 8/29/07)
• Environmental Document

  Cover and Table of Contents

  Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need

  Chapter 2 - Alternatives

  Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences

  Chapter 4 - List of Preparers and Agencies Consulted

  Chapter 5 - Appendices

• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice (notice published 1/29/08)
• DN Map Correction Letter
• Corrected DN Map
• Response to Comments

Information on thinning as a tool for creating habitat diversity:

• Promoting habitat diversity in second growth forests (pdf brochure)
• Restoring complexity: second-growth forest and habitat diversity
• Photos of Olympic National Forest Thinning Practices
• Project Q & A's

Pine Creek Stewardship Thinning

• Letter of opportunity for public comment with vicinity map (notice published 2/8/07)
• Decision Memo

Dungeness Thinning and Road Decommissioning

• Letter of opportunity for public comment
• Decision Memo for Dungeness Thinning
• Decision Memo for Dungeness Road Decommissioning

Olympic Discovery Trail

• Thirty-day Public Comment Period Letter
(notice published on May 30, 2006)
• Environmental Document

Cover and Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need for Action

Chapter 2 - Alternatives, Including the Proposed Action

Chapter 3 - Environmental Consequences

Appendices

Map 1 - Vicinity Map

Map 2 - Trail Segments with Northwest Forest Plan allocations

Map 3 - Trail Segments with Olympic LMRP allocations

• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice (notice published on October 25, 2006)
• Response to Comments

Bear Creek Saddle

• Initial Scoping Letter (April 2004)
• Rescoping Letter (April 2005)
• Project Vicinity Map
• Thirty-day Public Comment Period Letter (notice published on May 5, 2006)
• Environmental Document

  Cover and Table of Contents

  Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need

  Chapter 2 - Alternatives

  Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences

  Chapter 4 - List of Preparers and Agencies Consulted

  Chapter 5 - Appendices

  Map of Alternative A

  Map of Alternative B

  Map of Alternative C

• Decision Notice Letter
• Decision Notice (signed September 15, 2006, legal notice published Sept. 19, 2006)
• Errata to the Decision Notice
• Response to Comments
• Aquatic Conservation Strategy Consistency - Forest Supervisor's letter and attachment
• Decision Withdrawal Letter

Beyond Prevention: Site-Specific Invasive Plant Treatment

• Regional Invasive Plant Environmental Impact Statement Website
• Legal notice for the invasive plant FEIS
• Environmental Document *Final*

  Cover Letter

  Olympic National Forest Final Environmental Impact Statement

  Appendix A - Site Specific Data Tables and Maps

  Appendix B - Common Control Measures

  Appendix C - Brief Life History Narratives for Botanical, Wildlife, and Fish

  Appendix D - Roadside Treatment Areas with High Potential to Deliver Herbicide

  Appendix E - Implementation Monitoring and Reporting Forms and Requirements

  Appendix F - 2003 Guidelines for Revegetation of Invasive Weed Sites and Other Disturbed Areas

  Appendix G - Olympic National Forest Prevention Guidelines

  Appendix H- Response to Comments

• Invasive Plant Treatment Project -  Final Biological Assessment

  Appendix A - Early Detection Rapid Response Project Consistency Evaluation Form

  Appendix B - Herbicide Mixture Analysis

  Appendix C - Final SERA Risk Assessment List with Formulations and Manufacturers

  Appendix D - Environmental Baseline Assessment

  Appendix E - Cranberry Bog Photographs and Power Point Presentation *not available online due to size constraints*

  Appendix F - Road Crossings in Treatment Areas Where There are ESA Fish

  Appendix G - Treatments Outside 100ft Buffer

• Fish and Wildlife Service Correspondence

  Letter of Concurrence

  Enclosure 1 - Project Design Features for Invasive Plant Treatments

• National Marine Fisheries Service Correspondence

  Letter of Concurrence

  Biological Opinion

  Clarification Letter

• Olympic National Forest Letter announcing DEIS
• Legal notice for the invasive plant DEIS
• Federal Register notice of availability (published 6/16/06)
• Environmental Document *Draft*

  Olympic National Forest Draft Environmental Impact Statement

  Appendix A - Site Specific Data Tables and Maps

  Appendix B - Common Control Measures

  Appendix C - Brief Life History Narratives for Botanical, Wildlife, and Fish

  Appendix D - Roadside Treatment Areas with High Potential to Deliver Herbicide

  Appendix E - Implementation Monitoring and Reporting Forms and Requirements

  Appendix F - 2003 Guidelines for Revegetation of Invasive Weed Sites and Other Disturbed Areas

  Appendix G - Olympic National Forest Prevention Guidelines

US Forest Service - Olympic National Forest
Last Modified: Thursday, 02 October 2008 at 15:30:24 EDT