Seccretarial Fo
orestry Pilo
ot Projectss Update: April 8, 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 eetings schedu
uled for the Rosseburg Secretaarial Pilot Projeect will be two field trips to ssee how standss The next public me
er refine the sttand selectionss. The dates off the field tripss will be Sundaay, would be marked in sample areas and to furthe
Mayy 1, 2011, and Monday, May 2, 2011. Please note, exact times for the field trips will be announced in a future upddate. Drs. Johnson and Franklin will identiffy 011. Maps thaat show the pootential stands in the Myrtle Creek watersh
hed speccific units from the unit pool by mid‐April 20
are available on the Pilot Project website at: http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/roseburg/fo
orestrypilot/piilot‐maps.php Mid
ddle Apple
egate Wate
ershed Pilo
ot Project Update: ping Notice for the first project of the Middle Applegate Pilot went out t o approximately 600 interessted persons o
on Scop
April 8. This will be
e available on the Middle Applegate Pilot website at: orestrypilot/ http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/medford/fo
dle Applegate Pilot marking crew continuess to mark stand
ds in the Pilot Area. Medforrd BLM staff prrovided a tour of Midd
o the BLM’s Waashington, D.C. Forestry Lead
d and discussedd stand treatm
ments. A full Interdisciplinaryy the Pilot Project to
Team
m meeting took place this we
eek to discuss current status and issues. Thhe BLM Medfo
ord District also
o set up the firsst mon
nitoring meetin
ng with collabo
orative partners. This meetin
ng will take placce in two weekks. Other upco
oming meetinggs for the Middle App
plegate Watersshed Pilot Proje
ect include:
May 20,, 2011 Mayy 5, 2011 Time: 9 a.m. to 12 Noo
on, 1 to 3 p.m. (if needed) 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 proposed the Coos Baay Wagon Road
d Landscape M anagement Proposal to the Secretary of the 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. n Tribe and BLM
M are continuiing to discuss and define rolees and responssibilities for thee planning and
d The Coquille Indian
implementation off the Coos Bay Wagon Road pilot. 1 Addiitional informaation on the ne
ear‐term Coos Bay Wagon Ro
oad pilot and thhe Tribe’s longg term manageement proposaal is now posted to the Coos Bay pilott page: http://www.blm.ggov/or/districtts/coosbay/forestrypilot/ Mo
oist Forest Workshop
p Video On February 17, 20
001, Drs. Norm
m Johnson and Jerry Franklin held a workshoop that focuseed 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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