Anderson West Forest Management Project: This is an integrated forest management project being planned in the western portion of the Deer Creek watershed in Josephine County. Resource conditions on BLM land will be evaluated for potential forest health and resource restoration treatment needs and opportunities.
Birdseye Jones Forest Management Project:: This is an integrated forest management project being planned in the Birdseye and Jones Creek watersheds in Josephine County. Resource conditions on BLM land will be evaluated for potential forest health and resource restoration treatment needs and opportunities. The project may include low-elevation providing easily accessible recreational opportunities, riparian restoration, a special forest products program, young stand forest development treatments, forest thinning, fire hazard reduction, wildlife habitat restoration and enhancement, and road renovation or decommissioning.
Cathedral Hills Fuel Hazard Reduction and Recreation Management Project: The Cathedral Hills Fuel Hazard Reduction and Recreation Management project will reduce hazardous fuels through thinning, hand pile burning and underburning. Recreation projects include trail construction, reconstruction and decommissioning, trailhead parking area expansion, and installation of informational kiosks and vault restrooms.
Free & Easy 2 Forest Management Project: This is an integrated forest management project being planned in the Cave Junction and Kerby area in Josephine County. Resource conditions on BLM land have been evaluated for potential forest health and resource restoration treatment needs and opportunities. The project proposal includes commercial and precommercial forest stand thinning, fire hazard reduction, prescribed fire restoration of serpentine and meadow habitats, and road decommissioning, renovation and maintenance.
Granite Horse Forest Management Project: Released for public review and comment on March 2, 2000. This is an integrated forest management project proposal which includes precommercial and commercial thinning, young tree pruning, fire hazard reduction work, wildlife habitat improvement, riparian reserve restoration, and road construction and decommissioning. It is located in the Jumpoff Joe watershed north of Grants Pass.
Iron Creek Amendment Application and Road Construction EA: The proposed project is to grant Spalding and Son, Inc. a permit to construct approximately 624' of road across BLM in T37S, R6W, Section 26 (see attached maps).
Josephine County Road Use Permit for West Ash Gulch (revised): In March 2005, we completed an environmental assessment (EA) for the Josephine County Road Use Permit for West Ash Gulch. In response to public comments, we are issuing a revised EA for the project that includes more detailed analysis regarding the potential effects of road construction, log haul on existing roads, and timber harvest on a variety of resources.
North Murphy Forest Management Project
Pickett Snake EA Addendum 2 for the Pickett Charge Area: We have updated our proposal and completed additional analysis for the Pickett Charge portion of the Pickett Snake Landscape Management Project.
Pickett Snake Landscape Management Project EA: The Pickett Snake Landscape Management Project EA supplement was prepared in response to a court ruling. In June 2004, the District Court of Oregon enjoined the timber sale until the BLM completed supplemental National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and documentation that further addressed three issues: the range of alternatives, visual resource impacts, and soil and water cumulative impacts. Because this document supplements an EA previously available for public review and comment, we will only accept comments regarding the three issues addressed by this supplement.
Pickett Snake Forest Management Project: This is an integrated forest management project being planned in the Pickett Creek watershed in Josephine County. Resource conditions on BLM land are being evaluated for potential forest health and resource restoration treatment needs and opportunities. The project may include work such as forest stand thinning, fire hazard reduction, riparian restoration, road renovation or decommissioning, and erosion reduction needs.
Peavine Project: The Peavine Project proposes precommercial and commercial thinning of approximately 450 acres of 35 - 50 year old plantations of primarily off-site pine, fuel hazard reduction treatments, road renovation and decommissioning.
Pickett Snake Landscape Management Project EA: The Pickett Snake Landscape Management Project EA supplement was prepared in response to a court ruling. In June 2004, the District Court of Oregon enjoined the timber sale until the BLM completed supplemental National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and documentation that further addressed three issues: the range of alternatives, visual resource impacts, and soil and water cumulative impacts. Because this document supplements an EA previously available for public review and comment, we will only accept comments regarding the three issues addressed by this supplement.
Rand Equipment Storage Area: The Rand Equipment Storage Area proposal is to fence a 1/3 acre previously disturbed area at the south end of the Rand complex for equipment storage using a 7' tall fence. Trees would be planted to provide a visual screen when viewed from the river.
Rand Recreation Site Vault Toilet: The Rand Recreation Site Vault Toilet proposal is to replace the current toilet facility at the Rand Recreation Site with a concrete vault toilet farther up the hill and away from the river.
Rogue River Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project: The purpose of this project is to reduce the fire hazard in areas located within the boundary of the Hellgate Recreation Section of the Rogue Wild and Scenic River. Many years of effective fire exclusion has resulted in conditions of high fuel loads and fire hazard. The project would reduce vegetative fuel loads to protect property values within the corridor and to protect the special river values, should a severe wildfire occur. Fuel hazard reduction treatments would be done in a manner consistent with the management goals of the Wild and Scenic River. This is a Healthy Forests Initiative project and a national pilot NEPA project.
Scattered Apples Forest Management Project:
South Deer Landscape Management Project: This is an integrated forest management project being planned in the Deer Creek watershed in Josephine County. Resource conditions on BLM land will be evaluated for potential forest health and resource restoration treatment needs and opportunities. The project may include riparian restoration work, forest stand thinning and timber harvesting, prescribed burning, understory thinning to reduce fire hazard, young forest stand thinning and brushing, and various types of road work.
TLK Investment, LLC Road Reconstruction and Right-of-Way Application EA: TLK Investment, LLC, has applied for a right-of-way across BLM lands to access their property and business, the OK Corral. They are also requesting to build two turnouts and improve sight distance at one location along the road.
Waters Creek In-stream Restoration Project:
West Fork of the Illinois River Landscape Management Project: An environmental assessment (EA) addendum for the West Fork of the Illinois River Landscape Management Project on the Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is available for public review and comment. This EA addendum includes an updated proposal and additional analysis of effects. The revised proposal would harvest approximately 72 fewer acres on matrix lands and two additional acres in riparian reserves. Four additional acres in riparian reserves would be treated for fuel hazard reduction. Additional analysis addresses the nominated Waldo-Takelma Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
White Fir Fuel Hazard Reduction Project: The proposed project would reduce hazardous fuels on BLM lands bordering rural residential private property by thinning or prescribed burning vegetation on 120 acres using manual and mechanical methods. The project area is near White Fir Drive and Azalea Road in T35S, R6W, Section 33, approximately 5 miles northwest of Grants Pass.