LFDC NEPA Tracker

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

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

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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)

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

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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	—

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

Five Green Restoration Project

The project purpose is thinning stands less than 80 years old in order to enhance and accelerate old-growth conditions in Late Successional Reserve and Matrix areas. There are commercial thinning actions as well as road work, invasive weed treatments, and slash disposal.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/1/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

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

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	2/1/2026
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Siuslaw National Forest

Forest Plan Amendment for Wilderness Management

Updating standards, guidelines, and other Forest Plan components for stewardship of the Siuslaw's four wilderness areas. Responding to changed conditions since Forest Plan approval, including designation of new wilderness in 2019.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	12/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Siuslaw National Forest All Units 🏷 Land management planning · Special area management · Projects that may affect wilderness (for mailing list contacts) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	12/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	12/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	05/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	07/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	07/2026 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Siuslaw National Forest

Integrated Invasive Species Project

This project would develop a strategy that allows an array of tools to be used for reducing invasive weeds across the Siuslaw NF. One component would add four new chemicals to approved use list, requiring a plan amendment. https://bit.ly/3RT9D4e

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	06/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	12/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	03/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	03/2026 (Estimated)

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📍 Siuslaw National Forest All Units 🏷 Land management planning · Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Projects that may affect wilderness (for mailing list contacts) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	06/2025 (Estimated)
Comment Period	06/2025 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	12/2025 (Estimated)
Decision	03/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation	03/2026 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Siuslaw National Forest

Long Term Development of a Plan to Restore Vehicular Access to Cascade Head via FSR 1861

To re-establish safe vehicular access to upper Cascade Head and stabilize landslide impacted areas from a 2021 landslide.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	01/2029 (Estimated)
Implementation	01/2029 (Estimated)

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📍 Hebo Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

On Hold

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	01/2029 (Estimated)
Implementation	01/2029 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

Marys Peak Thatch Burning Project

This project is intended to remove built-up thatch produced from a large patch of treated creeping velvetgrass (Holcus mollis) by mowing, burning, and other actions and to revegetate these sites with native plants sourced exclusively from Marys Peak.

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📍 Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

North Fork Smith Restoration

This is a landscape-scale terrestrial restoration project in the North Fork Smith River watershed area. Activities include: plantation thinning, wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, and road improvements.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	08/12/2024
Comment Period	08/12/2024
Objection Period Start	06/02/2025
Decision	08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

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📍 Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	08/12/2024
Comment Period	08/12/2024
Objection Period Start	06/02/2025
Decision	08/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2025 (Estimated)

Uncategorized

Siuslaw National Forest

ODNRA South Jetty and Eel Creek Water Systems

Drinking water system replacement at Eel Creek Campground and South Jetty Area. Work at this facility would include waterline and treatment system replacement and well rehabilitation.

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📍 Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area 🏷 Facility management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area OHV Sound Limit Forest Plan Amendment

Forest Plan amendment proposal to increase the sound limit for ORVs to more nearly match those of Oregon State DEQ limits.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/25/2021
Comment Period	12/2022 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	02/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	05/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 Siuslaw National Forest All Units 🏷 Land management planning · Recreation management Added: 2026-05-28

On Hold Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/25/2021
Comment Period	12/2022 (Estimated)
Objection Period Start	02/2023 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	05/2023 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

Sand Lake Restoration Project

This is a landscape-scale restoration project in the Sand Lake watershed. Activities include: plantation thinning, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant treatments, road and recreation improvements, and sand dune restoration.

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📍 Hebo Ranger District 🏷 Recreation management · Special area management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Forest products · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Road management Added: 2026-05-28

Completed

Significant Effect

Siuslaw National Forest

Yamina (Yamhill-Willamina) Restoration Project

The Yamina project will focus on commercial thinning to support development of old growth characteristics for the future in the Yamhill-Willamina Watershed.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/3/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	11/3/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—