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Mixed Impact

Taking Objections Now! 7/1/26 11:59 PM PDT

Olympic National Forest

Canyon Forest Restoration

Proposed Action proposes variable density thinning of forest stands in a manner that progresses towards development of late-successional forest wildlife habitat, while protecting existing habitat. Harvesting activities are estimated to be 36% ground-based harvest, 23% cable yardin

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/21/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Olympic National Forest 🏷 Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

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Taking Objections Now! 7/1/26 11:59 PM PDT

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	6/21/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

2025 Mt. Baker Geothermal Consent to Lease

To explore or develop geothermal resources on National Forest lands, the USFS must consent to lease areas nominated by the BLM. This analysis does not authorize ground disturbance, but creates stipulations for authorized leasing areas. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/r56gzyn1msyfvj8md81arv1mo15tgoso

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/10/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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I support renewable energy, including geothermal energy, but I am concerned that this project has not been fully evaluated for its environmental impacts. Because the project is near sensitive wilderness, steep terrain, and important streams, it should undergo a more complete environmental review before any lease is issued. My main concerns are: • The project could affect local streams, groundwater, and fish habitat. • Drilling and construction could require new roads, heavy equipment access, and year-round traffic in a fragile area. • The project could disturb wilderness character, wildlife habitat, and the scenic quality of the area. • The project should not allow fracking in exploratory wells. • Water for drilling and operations should not be taken from local streams; if water is needed, it should be brought in from municipal sources. • Strong protections should be required for spills, blowouts, well failures, and site cleanup. • The project should include clear financial responsibility, including a substantial bond, so cleanup and restoration are fully covered if something goes wrong. • Any lease should be limited in time and should not remain open indefinitely. A full Environmental Impact Statement should be prepared before any lease is finalized, and it should clearly spell out what activities will and will not be allowed. At a minimum, each leasing project should require a closed-loop geothermal system, no new roads in sensitive areas, no fracking, no local stream withdrawals, and full restoration of the site if the project does not proceed safely or successfully. I support clean energy, but only if it can be developed without unnecessary harm to water, wildlife, wilderness values, and nearby communities.

📍 Mt. Baker Ranger District 🏷 Minerals and geology Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/10/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Deception Falls Trail Bridge Replacements

Replacement of 2 failing bridges with new bridges in more sustainable locations, with trail reroutes leading to the new locations. Bridges 70'-80' in length each, with about 750' of new trail total.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/15/2025
Finding/Decision Date	6/4/2026

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

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	1/15/2025
Finding/Decision Date	6/4/2026

Significant Effect

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Forestwide Thinning Analysis

This analysis will streamline the implementation of commercial thinning treatments designed to increase structural diversity of overstocked and planted stands and provide a sustainable flow of timber to local communities.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/3/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest 🏷 Forest products Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/3/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Martin Gap Restoration Thinning Project

This project aims to restore forest health and resilience, improve wildlife habitat, and support native plants that are important to Tribal communities by thinning and diversifying previously regenerated plantation stands.

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Acres (approx.)

3,834

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/1/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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

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Acres (approx.)

3,834

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	9/1/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

North Fork Stillaguamish Landscape Analysis

Landscape scale analysis of habitat restoration, and actions to improve ecological conditions.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/22/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	4/22/2022
Finding/Decision Date	—

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)

Mixed Impact

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

South Fork Canyon Creek Road Bridge Removal and Footbridge Install

Removal of the failed FSR 41 road bridge over the South Fork of Canyon Creek and removal of earth abutments in the creekbed to restore natural hydrologic flow. Construction of a footbridge for access to the area north of the creek for recreation use.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Tenas Creek Restoration Project

The Darrington Ranger District proposes to replace a bridge on the Suiattle River Road to improve an important Chinook Salmon run and restore important salmon habitat for species.

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2022
Finding/Decision Date	4/16/2026

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📍 Darrington Ranger District 🏷 Road management · Watershed management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	8/5/2022
Finding/Decision Date	4/16/2026

Mixed Impact

Olympic National Forest

Flood Damage Road Repairs

Proposed treatment of multiple sites along FS Roads 29, 30, 2922, and 2932 damaged in storm events. Range of activities proposed: debris clearing, culvert replacement, fill removal, bank stabilization, temporary bridges to restore access.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/01/2022
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

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📍 Olympic National Forest All Units 🏷 Road management Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	03/01/2022
Decision	09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation	09/2023 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur

Austin

This project includes a suite of activities to restore forest and watershed resiliency, including: fuels treatments and prescribed burning; and upland and watershed restoration.

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Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

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

In Progress

Milestone	Date
NOI in Federal Register	05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register	02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register	08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	04/2027 (Estimated)

Mixed Impact

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Bull Run Restoration Geotechnical Analysis CE

Bull Run Meadows Restoration Project geotechnical analysis of current subsurface substrates in mine waste piles. Excavation of a trench 8-10 feet deep, 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. Total disturbance will be less than 1/10th acre.

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

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📍 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units 🏷 Wildlife, fish, rare plants · Minerals and geology Added: 2026-05-28

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

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

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Huckleberry DFPZ

A Defensible Fuel Profile Zone (DFPZ) project to reduce the fuel loading in strategic areas that would help in the aid in fire suppression on FS along private boundaries, ridgelines and or road corridors.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/23/2024
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

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

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	05/23/2024
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Huckleberry Defensible Fuels Profile Zone

A Defensible Fuel Profile Zone (DFPZ) project to reduce the fuel loading in strategic areas that would help in the aid in fire suppression on FS along private boundaries, ridgelines and or road corridors.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	5/23/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 WHITMAN RANGER DISTRICT 🏷 Fuels management · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	5/23/2024
Finding/Decision Date	—

Mixed Impact

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Meadow Creek Watershed Restoration

Hazardous fuel reduction, watershed restoration, and research

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 La Grande Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Regulations, directives, orders · Vegetation management (other than forest products) · Watershed management · Wildlife, fish, rare plants Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Uncategorized

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

ODOT Summit Point Communication Site, SUP PIN201802

Renewal of communication tower lease.

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	02/18/2019
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

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

In Progress Categorical Exclusion

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	02/18/2019
Decision	09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation	10/2025 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Race Cow Project

Improve forest resilience, reduce hazardous fuels, enhance native grasslands, improve road access, develop two rock pits, reduce sediment delivery, provide timber products. Requesting EAD under IIJA, comment period per IIJA offered if granted.

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Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	01/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2028 (Estimated)

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

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
Scoping Start	01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision	01/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation	06/2028 (Estimated)

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Red Cougar Integrated Vegetation Management

Hazardous fuels reduction using prescribed burning, commercial and noncommercial thinning.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 WHITMAN RANGER DISTRICT 🏷 Fuels management · Regulations, directives, orders · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	—
Finding/Decision Date	—

Significant Effect

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Sufferin' Springs Vegetation Management Project

Hazardous fuels reduction within stands at high risk for insect and disease out break as well as a high risk fireshed.

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Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	12/10/2025
Finding/Decision Date	—

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📍 La Grande Ranger District 🏷 Fuels management · Regulations, directives, orders · Vegetation management (other than forest products) Added: 2026-05-28

Developing Proposal

Milestone	Date
NEPA Start Date	12/10/2025
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)

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)

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	—