Seccretarial Fo
orestry Pilo
ot Projectss Update: April 4, 20011 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 eeting for the Roseburg Secre
etarial Pilot Pro
oject will be a field trip to see how stands would be markked The next public me
nditions improvve sufficiently to in saample areas. The date of the field trip will be announced when weathe r and road con
w access to the
e sample areass. Drs. Johnson
n and Franklin will identify sppecific units fro
om the unit pool by mid‐April, allow
1. Maps that show these units will be poste
ed on the pilott project websiite for access by members off the public: 2011
orestrypilot/ http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/roseburg/fo
Mid
ddle Apple
egate Wate
ershed Pilo
ot Project Update: ping Notice for the first project of the Middle Applegate Pilot will likely be going to ap
pproximately 60
00 interested Scop
ot team membbers walked po
ortions of the Middle Applegaate persons sometime the week of April 8. Middle Applegate Pilo
e and Fuels staff to discuss firre resiliency an
nd strategic plaacement of hazzardous fuels treatments. Th
he Pilott area with Fire
BLM Medford District Silviculturist has been wo
orking on implementing “Skipps and gaps” while integratin
ng wildlife and ncerns. Middle
e Applegate Pillot staff and th
he Biomass Cooordinator toureed the project with cable logging system con
mercial potentiial. Upcomingg meetings for the Middle loggeers to discuss size of materiaal and commercial/non‐comm
hed Pilot Proje
ect include:
Appllegate Watersh
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 Pilot Proje
ect n Tribe (CIT) prroposed the Co
oos Bay Wagon
n Road Landscaape Management Proposal to the Secretary of The Coquille Indian
he Departmentt of the Interio
or and BLM conntinue to review the long term managemen
nt Interrior on December 8, 2010. Th
prop
posal. of On March 29, the BLM Coos Bay District Managger and District Archeologist met with the chairman and tribal council o
the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Um
mpqua, and Siu
uslaw Indians t o update them
m on the progress of the foreestry pilott. The tribe is expected to pro
ovide suggestio
ons on potential project loca tions in the neear future. n Tribe and BLM
M are discussin
ng and definingg roles and ressponsibilities fo
or the planningg and The Coquille Indian
he near‐term CBWR pilot and
d the implementation off the Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) pilot. Additional infoormation on th
w posted to the
e Coos Bay piloot page: Tribee’s long term management proposal is now
http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/coosbay/forestrypilot/ 1 Mo
oist Forest Workshop
p Video On February 17, 20
001 Drs. Norm Johnson and Jerry Franklin held a workshoop that focused
d on a review of the damentals of Moist Forest ecosystems. A core objective of this presentaation was to im
mprove undersstanding amon
ng fund
ectives of reten
ntion harvestin
ng. The progra m will presentt information on: participants of the basis and obje
 Natural sttand developm
ment and the sttructure and fu
unction of Paci fic Northwest coniferous forrests;  Disturban
nces and the naature and role of biological le
egacies of distuurbance;  Nature an
nd importance of early successional (pre‐fo
orest) ecosyste ms; and  Silviculturral applicationss of this science in ecological forestry, incluuding variable retention regeneration harvestingg. orest Worksho
op is now availaable online in f ive parts. Thee videos can bee viewed on thee A complete video of the Moist Fo
BLM’s website at: w.blm.gov/or//districts/roseb
burg/forestryp
pilot/pilot‐vide
eos.php www
o being upload
ded to the BLM
M’s YouTube page, and will bee available for viewing at: The videos are also
w.youtube.com
m/blmoregon www
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