Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests
Crooked River National Grassland

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GW Fire (Sisters Area) Emergency Closure Order & Map

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• Ryan Ranch Meadow/Willow/Aspen Enhancement Project (preliminary decision memo & letter)
• Five Buttes Briefing Paper
• Opine Travel Management Area (includes press release, maps & signs)
• 2007 Hazard Fuel Reduction Projects - Prairie Division
• Canyon Creek and Reservoir grazing allotments - Decision Memo
• New page added to Heritage - with new articles and presentations
• 2006 Monitoring Report for the Ochoco National Forest & Crooked River National Grassland
• Metolius River Wood Resoration Project-Notice of comment period extension & corrected email address
• Spruce Creek Riparian Rehabilitation Project
• New Office Collocation Environmental Assessment and Public Comment Period
• Conveyance of Tract C Lands
• Ryan Ranch Meadow/Willow/Aspen Enhancement Project
• Deschutes County Road Department Sand Shed Project - decision memo
• Lakeside Hazard Fuel Reduction Project
• Gray Butte Sidehill Antenna - Final Environmental Analysis, all chapters
• Lava Cast - Map - Alternative 3, Modified
• Sisters Area Fuel Reduction Final Environmental Analysis
• Volunteer Showcase
• Year in Review - Ochoco Annual Report and Deschutes Annual Report
• 2007 Volcanic Vistas (pdf) - Recreation Information for Deschutes and Ochoco NFs including Newberry National Volcanic Monument
• NOTE: Hwy 242 reconstruction, present and future closure Reconstruction work has begun on the west side of Hwy 242, Mckenzie Pass, and the 5-6 mile section from Alder Springs (west snow gate) to Frog Camp/Obsidian Trailhead is now closed until mid August. Frog Camp/Obsidian Trailhead and Scott Lake are open at this time. For more information and updates.

Weed Free Feed in the Wilderness

If you are traveling with stock in the wilderness make sure your feed is certified "weed-free." For more information, follow this link: Weed Free Feed Required in Wildernes

Fires, Closures, Advisories, Restrictions, Safety Alerts, Rec Report

	Hot Off the Press! Central Oregon Fire News Bureau of Land Management Approves Geothermal Exploratory Drilling Project (11/1) Controlled Burn Planned Adjacent to Highway 20, West of Sisters (10/25) Controlled Burn Planned Adjacent to Highway 20, West of Sisters (10/24) Five Buttes Briefing Paper (10/22) Prescribed Burn Projects Scheduled on Deschutes National Forest (10/12) New Motorized Use Restrictions in Effect on the Deschutes National Forest “Opine Travel Management Area” East of Bend; No Changes to the Existing East Fort Rock Trail System (10/10) National Forest Projects Chosen for Funding (10/9) Controlled Burns Planned on Crescent Ranger District (10/5) FIREBUSTERS Life and Safety Program Coming to an Elementary School near YOU! (10/3) Crooked River National Grassland Seeks Input on Wildlife Project (10/2) Odell Lake Resort Receives Clean Marina Program Certification (9/28) IFPL Levels Decrease on Public Lands (9/27) Sisters Ranger District to Prescibe Burn (9/26) New Office Collocation Environmental Assessment and Public Comment Period (9/25) Matsutake Mushroom Season Opened on National Forest Lands (9/11)
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