LFDC NEPA Tracker

Mixed Impact

Colville National Forest

Buckhorn Project

Vegetation management, fuels management, and aquatic restoration.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Tonasket Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management Added: 2026-06-15

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Restorative Impact

MBS, ONF, Okan-Wen, Colville

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Comprehensive Plan

The Comprehensive Plan will develop administrative and management objectives and practices and desired conditions for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail on public lands in Forest Service Regions 1 and Regions 6.

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📍 R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units 🏷 Recreation management · Special area management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Mixed Impact

MBS, Okan-Wen, Colville, Wallowa-Whitman, Fremont-Winema, Deschutes, Umatilla, Malheur

Region 6 Elite Tree Protection Project

The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

49 Degrees North Mountain Resort Enhancement

New bike park and alpine roller coaster for summer use. Expansion of snowmaking to include additional terrain and reservoirs. Modification of 4 ski trails to improve access. Construction of Saddle Lodge and restrooms.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/26/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/26/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Boulder Park Ecological Resotration Project

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/12/2018
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/12/2018
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Bulldog

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Bulldog supplemental

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Burnt Taco Salvage

Approximately 200 acres of fire salvage within the Little Tacoma Creek Stewardship Sale area. To view the FANEC, please visit the public Pinyon site: https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/folder/362928529671

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Acres of Salvage

200

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📍 Newport Ranger District 🏷 Forest products Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Acres of Salvage

200

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Chewelah A-Z

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/27/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/27/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Ferry Lake Campground Hazard Tree Removal

Removal of Hazard Trees from the Ferry Lake Campground to provide for public safety.

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📍 Colville National Forest All Units 🏷 Fuels management · Recreation management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Harvey Creek Subwatershed Restoration

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/15/2017
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District 🏷 Forest products Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/15/2017
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Katy Creek Salvage

Dead and dying fire-damaged trees between 7 in and 21 in dbh will be salvaged on approximately 137 acres from within the fire perimeter. Approximately 270 trees over 21 in dbh have been identified as safety concerns and/or hazard trees to be removed.

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Acres (approx.)

137

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District 🏷 Forest products Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Acres (approx.)

137

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Leclerc Creek Grazing Allotment Management Planning

Analyze the options for management of grazing in the LeClerc Creek drainage.

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	04/22/2013
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	07/13/2015
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2018 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	08/2018 (Estimated)
Decision	11/2018 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2018 (Estimated)

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📍 Sullivan Lake Ranger District 🏷 Grazing management Added: 2026-05-28

Cancelled

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	04/22/2013
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	07/13/2015
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2018 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	08/2018 (Estimated)
Decision	11/2018 (Estimated)
Implementation	11/2018 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Meadow Lakes

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/25/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/25/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Colville National Forest

Meadow Maintenance

Maintain Meadows by removing encroaching conifers and maintaining infrastructure (e.g. exclosures, boulders).

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/2/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/2/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Quartz

Up to 2,900 acres of forest health treatments, about 4 miles of hand and machine fireline to support prescribed fire underburning, about 3 miles of temporary road access to treatment units, reconstruction of about 5 miles of existing non-system road templates (all 8 miles would be decommissioned).

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Acres Treated

2,900

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/15/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Republic Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Acres Treated

2,900

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/15/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Colville National Forest

Sherman Highway Aquatic Restoration

Project includes culvert replacements, installing aquatic organism passages, bridge work, and historic streambed reconstruction. Activities will occur on/along State Highway 20 between Kettle Falls and Republic, WA.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/28/2020
Decision	10/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Three Rivers Ranger District 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Watershed management · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

On Hold Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	09/28/2020
Decision	10/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2026 (Estimated)

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Colville National Forest

Slate

Improve forest health and resilience to disturbance through 13,000 acres of forest thinning, and improve aquatic and wildlife habitat with over 6 miles of instream restoration projects.

Acres of Forest Thinning

13,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/3/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres of Forest Thinning

13,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/3/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Colville National Forest

Sweet-Ione Integrated Resources Improvement Project

Create a range of forest structural stages that supports resilience and is compatible with characteristic disturbance processes (wildland fire, insects and diseases), and supports aquatic and terrestrial habitat conditions and associated species.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/30/2019
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Grazing management · Heritage resource management · Recreation management · Road management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/30/2019
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Sxwuytn-Kaniksu Connections (Trail) Project

This is a multi-faceted project focusing on restoring healthy forests, connecting lands and people, improving watershed function, and providing economic stability.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/23/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/23/2020
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Tacoma Creek Salvage

Salvage trees within previously identified units of the Swamp Creek sale area that burned in the Tacoma Creek Fire.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/30/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/30/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Colville National Forest

Tonata Trout

A project to conduct vegetation and fuels management, meadow restoration, aquatic restoration, and other work in the Tonata Trout project area.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/14/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Republic Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Recreation management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/14/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Colville National Forest

Upper West Branch LeClerc Creek fish Management Structure

Installation of a fish management structure on Upper West Branch LeClerc Creek for the purpose of non-native trout eradication by WDFW and Kalispel Tribe

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/3/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Newport Ranger District Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/3/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

2025 Crescent Lake Recreation Residence Small Projects Fall

Authorization was requested from 2 recreation residence owners on Crescent Lake to complete two projects. Project one is the installation of a new septic system. Project two is the removal of a cabin damaged beyond repair due to a fallen tree.

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

2025 Crescent and Odell Lake Recreation Residence Small Projects Batch 1

Authorization was requested from 5 recreation residence owners on Crescent Lake, 4 owners on Odell Lake, and from the Shelter Cove Resort to complete minor upgrades or replacements such as deck or stair replacements and roof repairs.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/15/2025
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/15/2025
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Bend to Lava Lands Paved Path

Construct a non-motorized paved path that would provide connections to recreation sites south of Bend, OR. The entire length of the path would be from Baker Road to Lava Lands Visitor Center.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/3/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/3/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Black Butte Ranch Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction

The BBR WUI project proposes to maintain and restore resiliency and forest health and to address the potential risk of large-scale high severity wildfires. Proposed actions include thinning, mowing and prescribed burning on up to 2,800 acres.

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Acres (approx.)

2,800

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Acres (approx.)

2,800

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Boundary Road Fuels Reduction Project

Fuels reduction project to reduce wildfire risk to local communities in La Pine, OR and to enhance forest resilience to insect and disease. The project area is in the Wildland Urban Interface and in a high-risk fireshed adjacent to neighborhoods.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

City of Bend Outback Site Conveyance

The purpose of this EA is to respond to the application submitted by the City under the Townsite Act. The proposed action would allow for 48 acres to be conveyed to the City at fair market value and would be used to expand its potable water infrastructure.

Acres

48

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📍 Deschutes National Forest 🏷 Land ownership management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Acres

48

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Class 1, Pedal-assist E-bikes on Select Trails

This project is considering the use of class 1 e-bikes on select trails with the designed use of bicycle. The proposed action includes 67 trails, totaling 161.4 miles as open to class 1 e-bikes.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/2/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Deschutes National Forest 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/2/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Cougar Rock Restoration Project

The project proposes to maintain and restore resiliency and forest health and to address the potential risk of large-scale high severity wildfires. Proposed actions include thinning, mowing and prescribed burning on up to 2,800 acres.

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Acres (approx.)

2,800

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	12/16/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

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Acres (approx.)

2,800

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	12/16/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Crate Vegetation Management Project and Site-Specific Forest Plan Amendment

Vegetation management on approximately 18,168 acres to move forest conditions toward historic range of variability and improve forest resilience to disturbance to reduce the likelihood of uncharacteristic large-scale loss of forest habitat.

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Acres (approx.)

18,168

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/21/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Forest products Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

18,168

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/21/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Deschutes Fuels Maintenance Project

Proposed fuels maintenance actions including non-fire and prescribed fire treatments on previously treated units on the east side of the forest.

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📍 Deschutes National Forest 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Flat Top Fire Site Preparation and Reforestation Project

This project proposes site preparation cutting and reforestation on approximately 9,530 acres that experienced a high basal area loss of vegetation as a result of the Flat Top Fire in 2024.

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Acres (approx.)

9,530

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/24/2025
Comment Period	12/08/2025
Decision	01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	03/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Deschutes National Forest All Units 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Acres (approx.)

9,530

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	11/24/2025
Comment Period	12/08/2025
Decision	01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	03/2026 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Green Ridge Landscape Restoration

The project would maintain and restore forest conditions closer to the historic range of variability and contribute to the restoration of ecosystem process and function in the planning area. Timber products are an outcome of restoration activities.

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Acres (approx.)

25,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/1/2017
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres (approx.)

25,000

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/1/2017
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

MEC Walker Mountain Tower Replacement

MEC is proposing to replace their existing communications tower and expand their control building at Walker Mountain Communication Site. Proposal includes moving the tower's location to improve line-of-sight with nearby microwave devices.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/04/2024
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

On Hold Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/04/2024
Decision	09/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2024 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

MODA Active Management Project

The MODA Active Management Project proposes dry forest restoration techniques in order to improve and maintain the forested ecosystem of of the Moore Creek and Davis Creek Subwatersheds on the Crescent Ranger District.

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Acres

14,723

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/2/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres

14,723

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	3/2/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Managed Stands Eastside Project

This project proposes vegetation management actions on 14,830 acres within previously managed stands on the eastside of the Crescent Ranger District.

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Acres

14,830

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Acres

14,830

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Meissner Groomer Garage Number 2

Meissner Nordic Club is proposing to build a second garage to store an additional groomer at an existing storage facility just north of the Virginia Meissner Sno-Park. The site currently has one garage and one metal storage container. The second garage will be placed in the existing site clearing.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Facility management · Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Mt. Bachelor Northwest Lift Improvements

Mt. Bachelor proposes to modernize the existing Northwest Express lift by replacing the lift's electric drive components and safety switches as well as replacing two operator shacks and increasing chair storage.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Mt. Bachelor Outback Lift Bottom Terminal Power Supply Replacement

Mt. Bachelor is proposing to replace a 0.83 mile segment of power cable that supplies the bottom terminal of Outback Lift to maintain safe resort operations.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Mt. Bachelor Summer 2025 Maintenance Projects

Maintenance proposals within Mt. Bachelor's special use permit area: installing new fiber optic conduit route to replace a damaged section of fiber line and connecting a power supply to the propane tank that serves Sunrise Lodge.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Mt. Bachelor Sunrise Deck Expansion, Little Pine Power Distribution, and West Village Base Area Powe

Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort is proposing to expand the existing deck at Sunrise Lodge, upgrade the power feed to Little Pine Ski Lift to combat power supply issues, and install a generator and associated transformers, junction/sector cabinets, and buried powerlines in the West Village area.

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

Royce Mountain Roadside Hazardous Fuels

Intent is to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire on Federal land or catastrophic wildfire for an adjacent, at-risk community by reducing fuel loading, ladder fuels, and raising canopy base heights.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	08/26/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Crescent Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management Added: 2026-05-28

On Hold Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	08/26/2024
Decision	03/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Sisters RD Recreation Shuttle Services

The Forest Service is proposing to approve special use permits for two local businesses, Stagecoach Adventures and Cog Wild. The two companies would provide shuttle services to and from several trailheads within the Sisters Ranger District.

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Special use management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

Sisters Trail Additions and Realignments (STAR)

The STAR project proposes several trail actions including new trail construction, additions of existing routes to the official Forest Service trail system, as well as realignments and decommissioning of existing trails on the Sisters Ranger District.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/23/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	7/23/2023
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Deschutes National Forest

Upper Black Butte Swamp Restoration

Upper Black Butte Swamp is a 34-acre wetland that has incised channels and drying out vegetation. The project would restore the fen through channel filling, planting native vegetation, aspen restoration and invasive weed management.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/17/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Sisters Ranger District 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/17/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Deschutes National Forest

West Bend Trails Project

Trail modifications, such as reroutes, new trails, decommissioning to create a more sustainable trail network while minimizing resource impacts.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/29/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/29/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Deschutes National Forest

West Bend Vegetation Management Project

Moving the area toward a more resilient landscape, providing a diversity of habitats, & reducing hazardous fuels. Approximately 14,750 acres of commercial thinning, for a total of 22,000 acres proposed for thinning, mowing, and/or underburning.

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Acres of Thinning, Mowing, And/Or Underburning	22,000
Acres of Commercial Thinning	14,750

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/24/2010
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District 🏷 Forest products · Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Acres of Thinning, Mowing, And/Or Underburning	22,000
Acres of Commercial Thinning	14,750

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/24/2010
Finding/Decision Date	—