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Mt. Hood
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16400 Champion Way
Sandy, OR 97055
(503) 668-1700
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Projects & Plans
Forest-wide
Projects
Palomar Gasline Transmission
Project
Proposed Forest Plan Amendment
Posted December 11, 2008
The 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.
Aquatic Restoration
Decision Notice
Posted January 6, 2009
The
Mt. Hood National Forest has prepared an Environmental Assessment to improve
hydrologic function and reduce adverse impacts to aquatic habitat by decommissioning
unneeded roads in eight high priority sixth-field subwatersheds. Forest
Supervisor Gary Larsen has decided to implement Alternative 3, with some
modifications, which will result in decommissioning approximately 76 miles
of unneeded roads. This alternative was selected because it best meets
the need to restore impaired hydrologic function on the Forest , while
also minimizing the impacts to recreation access.
This
decision is subject to appeal pursuant to Forest Service regulations at
36 CFR 215. Any individual or organization that submitted comments during
the comment period may appeal. Any appeal of this decision must be in
writing and fully consistent with the content requirements described in
36 CFR 215.14. The Appeal Deciding Officer is the Regional Forester. An
appeal should be addressed to the Regional Forester at the following address:
Appeal
Reviewing Officer: Regional Forester
USDA
Forest Service, Region Six
ATTN:
1570 Appeals/Objections
P.O.
Box 3623
333
SW First Avenue
Portland
, OR 97208-3623
Hand
delivered appeals must be presented to the above address between 8:00
am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. Appeals can
be sent via fax to 503-808-2255. Also, appeals can be filed electronically
at: appeals-pacificnorthwest-regional-office@fs.fed.us
. Electronic objections must be submitted as part of the actual e-mail
message, or as an attachment in Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format
(.rtf), or portable document format (.pdf) only. E-mails submitted to
email addresses other than the one listed above, or in formats other than
those listed or containing viruses, will be rejected. It is
the responsibility of the appellant to confirm receipt of objections submitted
by electronic mail .
The
appeal, including attachments, must be postmarked or received by the Appeal
Deciding Officer within 45 days of the date legal notice of this decision
was published in the Oregonian.
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.
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 September 30, 2008)
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
Red Hill Bridge Replacement
Posted December 30, 2008
Lake Branch Thin
Posted October 27, 2008
North Fork Mill Creek - Restoration
Project
Revisions and additions posted
January 5, 2009
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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