Seccretarial Fo orestry Pilo ot Projectss Update: March 188, 2011 n motion a pla n to apply the principles of ecological In Deecember 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar set in 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 The Roseburg Distrrict BLM is currrently workingg on developme ent of an Interrdisciplinary Teeam (ID Team) within the er Field Office staff to prepare e for the requi red National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Roseeburg District and South Rive w the stands w ould be markked in sample areas. The proccess. The next public meetingg will be a field trip to see how his field trip waas March 26, 20 011. This trip has been canceelled due to snow and poor weather original date for th ditions. A new w date for this field trip is stilll being determ mined and will b e posted as so oon as possiblee. Drs. Johnson n cond and Franklin will id dentify specific units from the e unit pool by mid‐April 20111. Maps that show these units will be posteed he pilot project website. on th Mid ddle Apple egate Wate ershed Pilo ot Project Update: e Medford BLM M worked with Drs. Johnson a nd Franklin Fu urther reviewing the pilot During the week of March 14 the e and the process thus far for selecting stan nds for restoraation. Drs. Joh hnson and Fran nklin also workked projeect’s landscape with BLM silvicultu ure staff and marking crew co oordinators to discuss prescrriptive approacch in a variety of stand types. d trip (attended by approxim mately 40 people) that review wed several stands On Saturday, Marcch 19, there waas a public field oration through a collaborative process to v iew a sample mark of trees to be removed d. that have been selected for resto oming meetinggs for the Midd dle Applegate Watershed Pilo ot Project incluude: Upco May 20,, 2011 Mayy 5, 2011 Time: 9 to 12 Noon, 1 to 3 p.m. (if neeeded) Timee: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. onstration site es where the pu ublic can Public w orkshop to draaft the monito oring plan. A fieeld trip to demo Location n: BLM Medforrd Interagencyy Office revieew stands and trees marked for harvest. 3040 Bidddle Road Locaation: Informattion forthcoming on logistics. Medfordd, OR 9750 ng Middle Applegate Watersh hed Pilot Project‐related evennts please RSV VP to Stephaniee Kelleher at: For these upcomin 1) 618‐2205, orr Stephanie_Ke [email protected] (541 Coo os Bay Wagon Road Forest Maanagementt Pilot: The Coquille Indian n Tribe proposed the Coos Baay Wagon Road d Forest Manaagement Pilot to the Secretarry of the Interior 010. The Department of the Interior and BLM are review wing the propossal. In the meaantime, a copyy of on December 8, 20 the Tribe’s pilot proposal is now online on the Coos Bay Wagon Road Foresst Management Pilot websitee at: http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/coosbay/forestrypilot/ . No public meeetings/field trip ps are scheduleed at this time,, but theyy will be offered d in the near fu uture. 1
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