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<title>OR/WA BLM  Planning Documents</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:26:01 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The most recent  NEPA planning documents. Categories include district office and document type.</description>
<managingEditor>ORwaland@blm.gov (ORWA BLM)</managingEditor>
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<title>Douglas Creek Road Stabilization - Environmental Assessment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Douglas_Cr_Stabilization_Final_02082012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Douglas_Cr_Stabilization_Final_02082012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to complete bank stabilization and stream restoration activities on Douglas Creek including road repairs along the Douglas Creek road.]]></description><category>Spokane</category><category>Environmental Assessment</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:33:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Douglas Creek Road Stabilization - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Douglas_Stabilization_FONSI_DR_02092012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Douglas_Stabilization_FONSI_DR_02092012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[For the Approved Action the BLM will repair a section of undercut bank beneath the existing Douglas Creek Road in Township 23N, Range 23E, section 14. BLM will place approximately 250 linear feet of large boulder riprap at the toe of the undercut bank slope under the road to reduce silt and sediment delivery into the stream. A large boulder barb will be installed upstream of the undercut bank to direct high flows away from the undercut bank.]]></description><category>Spokane</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:09:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>West Eugene Wetlands Threatened and Endangered Plant Augmentation - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/Decision.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/Decision.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[T&amp;E Augmentation FONSI and Decision Record]]></description><category>Eugene</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:04:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>West Eugene Wetlands Threatened and Endangered Plant Augmentation - Environmental Assessment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/EA.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/EA.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[T&amp;E Augmentation EA]]></description><category>Eugene</category><category>Environmental Assessment</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:58:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Williams Creek Road Maintenance - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/WilliamsCreekCX.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/WilliamsCreekCX.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[This CX is for maintaining the Williams Creek Road which is used to access the BLM-administration site in Fields, Oregon and serveral pastures within the Fields Allotment.  ]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:57:49 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Highway 34 Emergency Stabilization  - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/odot_project.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/odot_project.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area, has made a decision to perform emergency stabilization to repair a slide that occurred on Highway 34. The work will occur in T. 13 S., R. 7 W., Section 11, in Benton County, Oregon.]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:56:02 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Marys Peak Resource Area 2010 to 2014 Young Stand Silvicultural Activities - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/silviculture.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/silviculture.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area, has made a decision to treat approximately 4,534 acres of young forest (ages 1-35 years) across the Marys Peak Resource Area through 2014. This project includes manual maintenance, manual release, density management/pre-commercial thinning, and pruning. ]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Conde Creek Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/condeckfinal.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/condeckfinal.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[In May 2011, an environmental assessment (EA) for the Conde Creek Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization was completed and distributed for review and comment. A Proposed Decision was made in August 2011 and a protest was timely received.  A protest response and Final Decision has been made to implement Alternative 2. The Public Appeal period is within 30 days of receipt of the Final Decision. ]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Fairview Sample Tree Falling - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/FrvwSTF.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/FrvwSTF.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Record for Sample Tree Falling as analyzed in the Fairview NWFP Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-OR-C030-2010-0001-EA).  Sample tree falling may occur within 4,434 acres  of BLM-managed lands as determined by the final designation of sale areas.  Trees selected for measurement would be subsets of those already designated for removal, would be less than 80 years of age, no larger than 28 inches in dbh, and would not occur within the inner half of the riparian reserve.  Within these parameters, sample tree falling would occur on approximately 3,200 acres within the General Forest Management Area (GFMA), and 1,234 acres within the Riparian Reserve (RR) land use allocation.   On average 1 sample tree per 2.5 acres would be felled for use in volume calculations.  The BLM has determined that no more than 1,774 trees would be felled as sample trees.  This represents approximately 0.4% of the trees planned for removal as analyzed within the Fairview NWFP Project EA.]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:50:31 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI-BLM-OR-P040-2012-0005-DNA  Grazing Permit Transfer and Permit Renewal - Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2012-0005_020112.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2012-0005_020112.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Renew the Miners Flat Allotment to the applicant for five years. AUMs will remain the same at 291. All other terms and conditions will remain the same.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><category>Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI-BLM-OR-P040-2012-0002-DNA Windmill, Cold Springs and Dagus Lake Allotments - Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2012-0002_020112.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2012-0002_020112.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The permittee of the Windmill, Cold Springs and Dagus Lake Allotments has requested to renew his ten year grazing permit. All terms and conditions will remain the same. The AUMs will remain the same: 70 for Windmill, 2,142 for Cold Springs and 487 for Dagus Lake.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><category>Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:30:33 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Capehart Lake Allotment Management Plan - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/CapehartDecision_andFONSI_Feb2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/CapehartDecision_andFONSI_Feb2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Having considered the Proposed Action, No Action Alternative, and two other alternatives and associated impacts, and based on analysis in the Capehart Lake AMP/EA with consideration of public comments, it is my Proposed Decision to authorize implementation of Alternative B: Proposed Action-Management Changes and Project Development. Implementation of Alternative B includes:
-Management Changes
-Renewal of one, 10-year term grazing permit
-Adaptive management and monitoring
-Project Development]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:09:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Capehart Lake Allotment Management Plan - Environmental Assessment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/CapehartAMP_Feb2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/CapehartAMP_Feb2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the Proposed Action is:

To modify livestock grazing management on Capehart Lake Allotment  to address timing and distribution of livestock to make significant progress  toward achieving the Watershed Function -- Uplands, and Locally Important Species (sage-grouse) Standards that were not achieved within Capehart Lake and Hiway Field Pastures; to ensure grazing management continues to achieve those Standards currently being achieved; conforms to all applicable grazing management Guidelines; meets those Resource Objectives specific to Capehart Lake Allotment and the Three Rivers Resource Management Plan (RMP) listed in Part C; and consider a request to renew a 10-year grazing permit.]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Environmental Assessment</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:04:55 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Little River MMX Thinning - Finding of No Significant Impact</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/LRvrMMXDrftFNS.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/LRvrMMXDrftFNS.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Swiftwater Field Office proposes thinning on approximately 1,504 acres of forest stands, 35-62 years old, in the Little River MMX Thinning Environmental Assessment (EA).  Within this EA, there are four proposed timbersales: Root Canal (546 acres), Baker Street (212 acres), Horseshoe (542 acres), and Emile Islands (204 acres) (EA, pg.1 ).  In addition, up to approximately 21 acres would be cleared or brushed for spur right-of-ways to access the harvest areas (EA, pg. 9). ]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><category>Finding of No Significant Impact</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:57:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Little River MMX Thinning - Environmental Assessment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Little-River-EA.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Little-River-EA.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Swiftwater Field Office proposes thinning of approximately 1,504 acres of forest stands, 35-62 years old, in four proposed timbersales: Root Canal (546 acres), Baker Street (212 acres), Horseshoe (542 acres), and Emile Islands (204 acres).  Collectively, these proposed sales are referred to as the Little River MMX Commercial Thinning project (Figures 1-5, Appendix G).  
The stands in the Little River MMX project area are densely stocked stands that are currently at or beyond the appropriate relative density for thinning.  The need for action is to provide substantial timber volume in support of the local economy and, within the reserved land-use allocations, accelerate development of habitat components for the northern spotted owl. 
The purpose of the action is to reduce stand stocking in a manner that produces commercial timber in a cost-efficient manner while enhancing habitat for the northern spotted owl and improves vigor in the residual stand.  ]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><category>Environmental Assessment</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:50:09 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Keno Analysis - Scoping Letter</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview/plans/files/KENO_EA_ScopingLetter.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview/plans/files/KENO_EA_ScopingLetter.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Keno Analysis EA Scoping]]></description><category>Lakeview</category><category>Scoping Letter</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Cherry Vaughn - Environmental Assessment / FONSI</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/CVEA.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/CVEA.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[This is the Environmental Assessment and preliminary FONSI for the Cherry Vaughn project.  This project includes density management and hardwood conversion in the Late-successional Reserve and Riparian Reserve land use allocations]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Environmental Assessment / FONSI</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:32:56 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI-BLM-OR-P040-2010-0001-EA  Rudio Highlands Forest Management Project - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_fonsi_dr_2010_0001_012512.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_fonsi_dr_2010_0001_012512.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[An Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) for the proposed Rudio Highlands Forest Management Project (DOI-BLM-OR-P040-2010-0001-EA) were prepared by the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The actions included in this Decision Record were analyzed in the EA, and will occur on approximately 1,684 acres on public land in the Rudio Mountain area, within the project area shown on the maps in the EA (available at http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/planslindex.phpl). Actions are designed to manage forestland to minimize losses or damage to stands of trees from insects and disease which will also improve and maintain vegetative conditions to benefit wildlife and enhance water quality. Timber sales may be used to remove merchantable wood and the removal of forest debris and small diameter trees will be accomplished through biomass utilization, pile burning and/or jackpot burning.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:09:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Spencer Creek Treatments - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview/plans/files/spencercreekdr3.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview/plans/files/spencercreekdr3.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Record #3 for Spencer Creek Treatments EA]]></description><category>Lakeview</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:44:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DOI-BLM-OR-P040-2010-0077-DNA  Grazing Lease Renewals - Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2010-0077_012312.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville/plans/files/pdo_dna_2010-0077_012312.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The proposed action is to renew the current grazing leases associated with the authorization numbers and allotments listed in Table 1, Appendix A, for a term often years. Terms and conditions of the existing leases would remain unchanged.]]></description><category>Prineville</category><category>Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:46:08 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Alder Creek Restoration - Scoping Letter</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/AlderCreekEA_Scoping.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/AlderCreekEA_Scoping.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The purpose of this EA is to determine, through analysis of alternatives, a restoration design to stabilize and improve the overall condition of Alder Creek and prevent further loss of the wet meadow.  ]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Scoping Letter</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:43:49 PST</pubDate>
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<title>DSL Fire Rehab Seeding  - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/DSLFireRehabSeeding.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/DSLFireRehabSeeding.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The purpose of the action is to establish a ground cover of desirable perennial vegetation in areas unlikely to recover naturally.]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:29:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Tombstone Pasture 2012 Grazing - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/Tombstone2FINALProposedDecision.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/Tombstone2FINALProposedDecision.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The proposed decision is to deny Roaring Springs Ranch, Inc., their application to graze the Tombstone Pasture during the 2012 grazing season. ]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:58:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Golden Burchard DM Timber Sale - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/GldnBchdTS.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/GldnBchdTS.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Documentation for the Golden Burchard DM Timber Sale, (OR120-TS12-01) which is part of the Proposed Action analyzed within the Umpqua River-Sawyer Rapids Environmental Assessment (EA-OR125-05-01).]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Wagon Road Pilot Environmental Assessment - Decision Rationale</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WgnRdDec.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WgnRdDec.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Documentation for the Wagon Road Pilot Timber Sale  This project includes a variable retention harvest based on the principles of Drs. Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin.  The project also includes density management thinning and alder conversion not associated with demonstrating a variable retention harvest.]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Decision Rationale</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:52:10 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Clever Beaver Density Management Reoffer - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/ClvrBvrReoffer.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/ClvrBvrReoffer.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Clever Beaver Density Management was analyzed in an Environmental Analysis (EA #OR-R040-2010-002) that was released for public comment on April 20, 2010 and was updated in a Decision Document issued May 24, 2011.  The timber sale notice and notice of decision was published on May 24, 2011. Clever Beaver Density Management was offered for sale at auction on June 21, 2011 but received no bids from prospective buyers.  The sale was not purchased during the 90 days it was available for sale following the auction. ]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:46:52 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Airstrip Thinning - Decision Rationale</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/cas_airstrip_dr.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/cas_airstrip_dr.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Cascades Resource Area Field Manager has made a decision to thin approximately 201 acres of forest stands. Connected actions include approximately 1.6 miles of road construction; and fuels treatments. The project is located within Township 4 South, Range 5 East, Sections 7 and 18, W.M. within the Clackamas River watershed approximately 6 miles southeast of the City of Estacada in Clackamas County, Oregon. 

Contact: Keith Walton (503) 375-5676.
]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Decision Rationale</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:04:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title>South Fork Lobster Creek Culvert Replacement - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/lobster_cr2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/lobster_cr2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area, has made a decision to replace an undersized and failing culvert on the South Fork Lobster Creek. The new culvert is designed to restore fish habitat and be in compliance with the Salem District Resource Management Plan to accommodate the 100-year flood. ]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:32:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Special Forest Products Program - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/SFPCX_2012.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/SFPCX_2012.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area, has completed a Categorical Exclusion and Decision Record for the Special Forest Products program. The program, which authorizes the sale of permits for recreation, personal, and commercial use of various forest products, will be implemented throughout the resource area. ]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:28:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Rockhouse Early-Seral Enhancement - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/rockhouse1_12.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem/plans/files/rockhouse1_12.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Field Manager of the Marys Peak Resource area of the Salem District Bureau of Land Management has made a decision to thin approximately 54 acres of one 38 year old forest stand. This project will be implemented as the Rockhouse timber sale. No road construction will occur. Approximately 0.35 miles of road renovation will occur. This project is located in T.8 S., R. 6 W., Section 5, W.M. within the Rickreall Creek-Willamette River 5th field watershed in Polk County, Oregon.]]></description><category>Salem</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:21:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Rice Cake Commercial Thinning - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Rice-Cake-Reoffer.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Rice-Cake-Reoffer.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Rice Cake Commercial Thinning project is a component of the analysis contained in the South River 2009 Commercial Thinning Environmental Assessment (EA).  It is my decision to reoffer the Rice Cake Commercial Thinning timber sale as originally authorized.  There has been one physical change to the sale.  Roseburg Resources Company, under the terms of a reciprocal right-of-way agreement, constructed a road in the southwest quadrant of Unit 6 to access company lands to the south in Section 32, T. 29 S., R. 6 W., Willamette Meridian.  This resulted in the removal of one acre of timber from within the boundaries of the thinning unit.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:08:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Coq and Dagger Commercial Thinning - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Coq-Dagger-Reoffer.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/plans/files/Coq-Dagger-Reoffer.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Coq &amp; Dagger CT sale was originally offered at auction on February 15, 2011 and again on May 24, 2011. No qualifying bids were received on either occasion. There have been no changes to the sale as originally configured, and all contract stipulations and provisions that applied previously will remain in effect.]]></description><category>Roseburg</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:47:58 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Lower Big Applegate Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization - Scoping Letter</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/lba_scoping.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/lba_scoping.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ashland Resource Area is beginning the planning process on a proposal to renew the grazing lease on the Lower Big Applegate Allotment.  This proposed lease renewal would allow the current lessee of the allotment to renew their grazing lease on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, within this allotment, for 10 years.  ]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>Scoping Letter</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:01:07 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Wagon Road Pilot Environmental Assessment - Environmental Assessment / FONSI</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WgnRdPlt.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WgnRdPlt.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Environmental Assessment and signed FONSI for the Wagon Road Pilot Environmental Assessment.  This project includes a variable retention harvest based on the principles of Drs. Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin.  The project also includes density management thinning and alder conversion not associated with demonstrating a variable retention harvest]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Environmental Assessment / FONSI</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Jackson County Free Use Permit Renewal for Reese Creek Quarry - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/ORM05020120001CX.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/ORM05020120001CX.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Butte Falls Resource Area has decided to renew the free use permit for Jackson County. The permit allows Jackson County to remove rock from the Reese Creek quarry for an additional 10 years. The quarry is located at T35S, R1E, section 7.]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:11:03 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Deadwood Grazing Lease Renewal - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/deadwoodfonsifinal.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/deadwoodfonsifinal.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Summary: In May 2011, an environmental assessment (EA) for the Deadwood Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization was completed and distributed for review and comment. In August 2011 a revised EA was posted to BLMs website to clarify several factors that were brought up during the EA comment period. A Proposed Decision was made in September 2011 and a protest was timely received.  A protest response and Final Decision has been made to implement Alternative 2. The Public Appeal period is within 30 days of receipt of the Final Decision. ]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:50 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Howard Prairie Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/howardfonsi.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/howardfonsi.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[In August 2011, an environmental assessment (EA) for the Howard Prairie Grazing Allotment Lease Authorization was completed and distributed for review and comment. A Proposed Decision was made in October 2011 and a protest was timely received.  A protest response and Final Decision has been made to implement Alternative 2. The Public Appeal period is within 30 days of receipt of the Final Decision. ]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:11 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Steens Mountain Wilderness Inholding Acquisition - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/JohnBrandisCX.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/JohnBrandisCX.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The proposed  action is to acquire fee title to a 16.9l acre parcel and a 16.41 acre parcel within the Steens Mountain Wilderness from John Brandis III. Mineral rights will not be acquired at this time as they are owned separately by Harney County. BLM will pay market value as determined  by a qualified fee appraiser  under contract with the Office of Valuation Services with the Department of the Interior.]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:11:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Tyrrell Seed Orchard Integrated Pest Management - Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/TyrrellDNA.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/TyrrellDNA.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Tyrrell Seed Orchard Integrated Pest Management]]></description><category>Eugene</category><category>Documentation of NEPA Adequacy</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:33:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Tyrrell Seed Orchard General Operations Activities - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/TyrrellCX.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene/plans/files/TyrrellCX.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Tyrrell Seed Orchard General Operational Activities]]></description><category>Eugene</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:28:05 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Swayne Creek CT - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/SwynCrkTS.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/SwynCrkTS.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Documentation for the Swayne Creek CT Timber Sale (OR125-TS12-05), which is part of the Proposed Action within the Fairview NWFP Project Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-OR-C030-2010-0001-EA).]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Wintergreen CT - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WntrGrnTS.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/WntrGrnTS.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Decision Documentation for the Wintergreen CT Timber Sale (OR125-TS12-02), which is part of the Proposed Action within the Fairview NWFP Project Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-OR-C030-2010-0001-EA).]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Hoxie Road Right-of-Way Project - Environmental Assessment</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/Hoxie_EA.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/Hoxie_EA.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The Ashland Resource Area of the Medford District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to grant a right-of-way for the use of approximately 11,000 feet of existing road, and the construction of approximately 1,445 feet of new road for the purpose of providing the applicant with legal access (road ingress and egress) across public land to their private land parcel.  In addition, the right-of-way grant would require the applicant to effectively block vehicle access along part of BLM road 38-4E-32.3 by installing a gate, and to decommission a user created jeep road identified in the vicinity of the project area. ]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>Environmental Assessment</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:13:08 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Cove Creek Grazing Lease Renewal - FONSI/Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/coveckprotresp.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/coveckprotresp.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[In September 2009, an environmental assessment (EA) for the Cove Creek Grazing Lease Renewal was completed and distributed for review and comment. In June 2010 and September 2011 a revised EA was posted to BLMs website to clarify several factors that were brought up during the EA comment period and points brought up in a protest of the withdrawn October 2010 Proposed Decision. A protest of the September 2011 Proposed Decision was timely received.  A protest response and Final Decision has been made to implement Alternative 2. The Public Appeal period is within 30 days of receipt of the Final Decision.]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>FONSI/Decision Record</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:35:15 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Right of Way OR-66879 - Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/ROW66879Cx.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/plans/files/ROW66879Cx.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The proposed action is to grant a Right-of-Way to the applicant to authorize an existing road to a private residence.  The grant would provide the applicant with the right to construct, operate, maintain and terminate the Right-of-Way totaling 3.3 acres. ]]></description><category>Burns</category><category>Categorical Exclusion / Decision Record</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:55:14 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan Environmental Assessment - Environmental Assessment / FONSI</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/BstndfRteDes.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay/plans/files/BstndfRteDes.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Environmental Assessment and preliminary FONSI for the Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Plan Environmental Assessment.  This project proposes to designate a route network for motorized vehicles within the Bastendorff Beach Cooperative Management Area.  The proposal also limits overnight camping to a 24-hour period.]]></description><category>Coos Bay</category><category>Environmental Assessment / FONSI</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Mission Aviation Fellowship Airstrip Right-of-Way - Finding of No Significant Impact</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/files/MAF_FONSI.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/files/MAF_FONSI.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Mission Aviation Fellowship Airstrip Right-Of-Way EA.   ]]></description><category>Vale</category><category>Finding of No Significant Impact</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:14:44 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Speaking Coyote Project  - Scoping Letter</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/speakscoping.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans/files/speakscoping.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The scoping report for the proposed Speaking Coyote Project is available for public comment and review.  The Speaking Coyote Project is located on the Grants Pass Resource Area, Medford District, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) near the communities of Wolf Creek and Sunny Valley.  The Speaking Coyote Project includes approximately 1,115 acres of proposed commercial thinning in overstocked conifer stands and approximately 20 miles of roadway daylighting maintenance.  There are approximately 35 conifer stands which range from 30 to 130 years of age. The majority of harvested timber will be from 7 to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH). 

A paper copy of the Speaking Coyote Scoping Report is also available beginning December 15, 2011 and ending January 11, 2012 at the Grants Pass Interagency Office, 2164 NE Spalding Avenue, 97526.  Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., closed on holidays.  Contact Martin Lew, Planning and Environmental Coordinator, at (541) 471-6504.  
]]></description><category>Medford</category><category>Scoping Letter</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:08:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Mission Aviation Fellowship Airstrip Right-of-Way - Decision Record</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/files/20111214_MAF_EA-DR.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale/plans/files/20111214_MAF_EA-DR.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[The  Malheur Resource Area, Vale District BLM, has completed an Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-OR-V040-2011-004-EA), Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record (DR) identifying the alternative actions for the proposed construction of an airstrip 19 miles south of Adrian, Oregon.  The proposed action will be implemented in accordance with and subject to the guiding land use plan - the Southeastern Oregon Resource Management Plan and Final EIS. ]]></description><category>Vale</category><category>Decision Record</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:52:07 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Queen Seal Mine Waste Rock Removal - Scoping Letter</title>
<link>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Inman_Mine_Waste_Rock_Removal_Scoping_Draft_12072011.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans/files/Inman_Mine_Waste_Rock_Removal_Scoping_Draft_12072011.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[This information package summarizes a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to review and approve a Plan of Operations for the excavation of 40,000 tons of previously mined waste rock and to authorize an access right-of-way for the removal of that material from BLM administered public lands.]]></description><category>Spokane</category><category>Scoping Letter</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:05:05 PST</pubDate>
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