Seccretarial Fo
orestry Pilo
ot Projectss Update: March 111, 2011 In Deecember 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar set in
n motion a pla n to apply the principles of ecological oration, as suggested by Drs. Norm Johnson
n and Jerry Fraanklin, on BLM lands within the Roseburg and Medford resto
ward with thesse pilot projects we’ll be reguularly posting updates about their status. Distrricts. As the BLLM moves forw
Rosseburg Pilo
ot Project Secretarial Pilot Prroject Open Ho
ouse: The BLM
M hosted a mee
eting with mem
mbers of the pu
ublic on Tuesday, March 8, 1, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
m. Roughly 25 members of th
he public were in attendancee along with Drrs. Norm Johnsson 2011
and Jerry Franklin and BLM resou
urce specialistss. The meetingg opened with a n overview off the Roseburgg Pilot project b
by n and Jerry Franklin addressin
ng the scope of the pilot and the stand agees being consid
dered. Roseburrg Drs. Norm Johnson
ologist, Chris Foster and Fore
ester, Abe Whe
eeler walked paarticipants thrrough a GIS dem
monstration Distrrict Wildlife Bio
wing incorporation of criteriaa from public in
nput received in previous meeetings in February and Marcch. Theresa show
n Consensus faacilitator, helpe
ed to facilitate discussion on the nature of the stand pool Roseburg Jensen, the Oregon
d as potential a reas for the Pilot. The next public meetingg Distrrict staff identified and Drs. Johnson and Frranklin selected
will be a field trip to see how the
e stands would be marked in sample areas. The date for this field trip iss still being pril 30th or Mayy 2nd, 2011. A final date has n ot been set att this time. Drrs. Johnson and
d deteermined but wiill be either Ap
Franklin will identify specific unitts from the unit pool by mid‐April, 2011. M aps that show
w these units will be posted o
on ess by memberrs of the publicc. Contact: Cheeyne Rossbach
h, (541) 464‐32
245. the pilot project website for acce
Mid
ddle Apple
egate Wate
ershed Pilo
ot Project Update: Nextt week, Jerry Franklin and No
orm Johnson will meet with Medford Districct staff to transfer knowledgge about marking guidelines and the restoration prrescription. Jerry and Norm will also be meeeting with ourr collaborativee partners to undational info
ormation aboutt their restorattion approach.. On March 19
9, there is a public provvide them with additional fou
0 persons have thus far confirrmed attendan
nce) to a numbber of stands th
hat have been selected for field trip (about 40
oration througgh a collaboratiive process to view a sample mark of trees to be removedd. The details about which resto
stands to place sam
mple marks will be worked out in consultattion with Norm
m and Jerry at the beginning of their week h
here nd Resource Arrea, (541) 618‐‐2438. in Medford. Contaact: John Gerriitsma, Field Maanager, Ashlan
oming meetinggs for the Midd
dle Applegate Watershed Pilo
ot Project incluude:
Upco
Locatioon: Information forthcoming on
n logistics. March 19, 2011 Timee: 9 AM‐5 PM blic field trip to demonstration sites in the Keele
er and A pub
Chap
pman Creek areaa. on forthcoming on logistics. Locattion: Informatio
Mayy 5, 2011 Timee: 9 AM‐5 PM A fielld trip to demon
nstration sites where the public can review ds and trees marrked for harvest. stand
May 20,, 2011 Time: 9‐112 Noon, 1‐3 PM
M (if needed) A public w orkshop to draaft the multi‐parrty monitoring plan. Location:: Medford Interaagency Office 3040 Bidddle Road Medford, OR 97504 For these upcomin
ng Middle Applegate Watersh
hed Pilot Project‐related evennts please RSV
VP to Stephaniee Kelleher at (5
541) 618‐‐2205, or Steph
[email protected] Coo
os Bay Wagon Road Forest Maanagementt Pilot: On March 9, 2011 the BLM an
nd Coquille Indian Tribe he
eld a field dayy with Professsors Johnson, Franklin, don, and Ree
eves to identiffy potential units for the demonstrationn marking areeas. The Dep
partment of th
he Gord
Interior and BLM are continuing to review the Coquille Indian Tribe'ss Coos Bay Wagon Road Fo
orest Man
nagement Pilo
ot proposal, while the Trib
be and the BLM continue tto work closely on manageement activvities affectin
ng tribal foresst lands. Conttact: Mark Johnson, (541) 751‐4353. 1