Klamath Falls 

Resource Area 

Planning Update

Spring 2007

Klamath Falls Resource Area

BLM

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major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who 

live in Island Territories under U.S. administration.

BLM/OR/WA/PT-07/034+1792

Cover Photograph: Lone juniper by Dana Eckard.
United States Department of the Interior 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 

Klamath Falls Resource Area 

2795 Anderson Avenue, Building 25 

Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603-7891 

Phone: (541) 883-6916 | Fax: (541) 884-2097 

E-Mail Address: Username@or.blm.gov 

IN REPLY REFER TO: 

1614(014) 

KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA PLANNING UPDATE 

Spring 2007

Planning Update General Information – This Planning Update provides information about activities 

proposed on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Klamath Falls Resource Area. A table is included that 

provides the location and brief description of most activities proposed within the Resource Area. (Refer to 

the map following the table.) Additional information can be obtained from the contact person listed in the 

project descriptions or the Resource Area Planner. News releases and public notices are published in the 

Herald and News as certain projects reach stages for public involvement. Written comments to a specific 

environmental assessment should be sent or delivered to the Field Manager, Klamath Falls Resource Area, 

by the close of (or postmarked by) the last day of the comment period specified. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may be made 

publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you have any 

questions on this update or recommendations for improvement, please notify us in person or call (541) 883-

6916. In addition, please contact us if you wish to be removed from the mailing list. 

 

Western Oregon Plan Revision Process Update – The BLM planning team is involved in a detailed 

analysis using existing data, information, and sophisticated models to determine environmental, economic, 

and social effects. Some changes and adjustments to the alternatives are expected when the analysis is 

completed. The BLM is working closely with formal plan cooperators, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Environmental Protection agency, the State of Oregon 

(10 agencies), and the cooperating western Oregon counties. A draft resource management plan and 

environmental impact statement will be released in mid-2007 for a 90-day public review and comment 

period. After consideration of public comments, a proposed resource management plan and final 

environmental impact statement will be issued in the fall of 2007. A record of decision for each district will 

be issued early in 2008. 

Periodic updates on the process will be published in the plan revision newsletter and on the BLM Internet 

web page at: http://www.blm.gov/or/plans/wopr. The BLM maintains an extensive plan revision mailing 

list. Materials, including a summary document, are available in printed format, on CD, or via the Internet. If 

you wish to be on either the postal or electronic mailing list, please write to Western Oregon Plan Revisions, 

POB 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208; or call 503-808-6629, or email orwopr@blm.gov. 

 

Sincerely, 

/s/ Mike Bechdolt

Acting Field Manager 

Klamath Falls Resource Area 
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FA

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

PROJECT TITLE & DESCRIPTION LOCATION MAP 

REF. # 

STATUS OF 

ANALYSIS 

DECISION 

DATE 

PROJE

COMPLETIO

CX = Categorical Exclusion, DNA = Determination of NEPA Adequacy, EA = Environmental Assessment, EIS = Environmental Impact Statement, D

Vegetation Treatments – New Projects

Klamath Falls Resource Area Aspen Restoration Treatments Entire Resource Area None On hold Unknown Annual Tre

Vegetation Treatments – Ongoing Implementation 

Noxious Weed Treatments – contain/ reduce noxious weed populations using integrated pest management (manual, mechanical, chemical, and biological control methods). Tiered to KFRA Integrated Weed Control Plan (IWCP) and EA-OR-014-93-09. 

Weed-infested sites 

throughout the Klamath 

Falls Resource Area 

None EA/DR completed 7/21/93 

Noxious 

Treatment

annually May 

Klamath River Oak Thinning and Big Bend Rx burn EA - Thin 200 acres of oak woodland and underburn approx. 900 acres in the Klamath River Canyon to restore plant communities and reduce fire management costs and potential for stand replacing wildfire. 

T 40S 6E Sec 11-14, 23, 26, 27, 34 T 41S 6E Sec 03, 04, 09 #46 Public Review complete September 2006 FY 20

Timber Management – New Projects

Jenny Creek EA – Forest health and restoration treatments in the Jenny Creek Watershed (commercial timber sales, non-commercial silvicultural treatments and riparian/aspen/road restoration). 

Jenny Creek Watershed None EA on hold Unknown Unkno

Buck Again Timber Sale –An estimated 700 acres is designed for treatment in the Spencer Creek watershed near Buck Lake. 

T38S., R5E., Sec.13, 15, 

23, 25 and 26 #14 Sale preparation in progress. Fall 2007 Proposed sa

Fall 20

PVJ Forest Health and Fuels Treatments EA T41S, R7E, Sec. 7, 9, 15 #17 Scoping planned for Spring 2007 Summer 2007 Proposed sa

October 

Timber Management – Ongoing Implementation

Walter’s Cabin Timber Sale EA – This EA and subsequent Decision Record address a commercial timber sale, non-commercial silvicultural and riparian reserve treatments, and restoration work.

T.39S., R. 6E., Section 15 

& 21. #26 EA and DR completed 7/25/06 August 

Adobe East Timber Sale – Approximately 1400 acre density 

management thinning sale. Located in the southern portion of Gerber Block. Analyzed in the South Gerber EA #OR-014-04-06. 

T40S, R15E, Secs. 31, 32 

T41S, R15E, Secs. 5-7, 

and 17-21 

#12 DR completed 7/22/05 Fall 20

CHEW Timber Sale – Approximately 1,000 acres density management understory reduction. 

T40S, R6E, Secs. 1, 11, 14 

T40S, R7E, Secs. 3 and 5 #16 DR completed 7/28/05 Fall 20

FY 04 - Matchbox Title II Service Contract/Timber Sale –Service contract under Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act to thin, yard, and deck trees on approximately 300 acres of overstocked mixed conifer stands. Timber sale 

contract to sell decked material. 

Chase Mountain Area 

T.40S.,R.7E., Sec. 9 #13 EA and DR completed. 2/17/2004 Summer 

Thin Sheep Timber Sale EA –Forest health and restoration treatments in the Johnson Creek area: commercial timber sale, noncommercial silvicultural and riparian, road, and aspen restoration. T.39S., R.5E., Sections 17, 21, 29, 31, 33 #8 EA completed October 2006 Winter 2

Stewardship Contracts – New Projects

Splinter Hauler Juniper Yarding Dog Hollow #24 On hold Unknown Unkno

Klamath Falls Resource Area, Spring 2007 Planning Update - Page 2
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FA

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

PROJECT TITLE & DESCRIPTION LOCATION MAP 

REF. # 

STATUS OF 

ANALYSIS 

DECISION 

DATE 

PROJE

COMPLETIO

Stewardship Contracts – Ongoing Implementation

Bryant Mtn. Forest and Juniper Woodland Thinning T.40S, R.12E. #53 Analysis completed 4/27/06 Summer 

Gerber Stew – Upper Bear Valley Small Diameter Thinning T.40S., R7E., Section 11 #31 CX completed 6/7/05 Summer Gerber Stew Stewardship – Landing biomass removal T40 & 41S, R6 & 7E #13 CX completed 6/7/05 FY 20Lower Midway Juniper Stewardship Proposal Lower Midway #54 DNA completed. 9/30/2004 FY 20

Hamaker Title II – Plantation Thinning T.40S., R.7E., Sec. 15, 23 #51 CX completed 7/13/06 FY 20

Lands/Minerals Management – New Projects

Happy Hollow Land Sale T38S, R11E, Sec.17 #1 EA in progress FY 2007 FY 20East Stukel Land Sale T40S, R11E, Sec. 9 #63 EA in progress FY 2007 FY 20Nancy Charley Trust Land Sale T38S, R5E, Sec.13 #14 EA in progress FY 2007 FY 20Boulevard Associates, LLC Wind Energy Test Sites and Road Use ROW Bryant Mountain #53 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Lands/Minerals Management – Recent Decisions

Qwest Corporation Hamaker Mountain ROW Renewal Hamaker Mountain #27 CX completed 2/6/07 FY 20

Lands/Minerals Management – Ongoing Implementation

Wood River Wetland Acquisition/Klamath County Foreclosure - Acquire 30 acres from Klamath County. T34S, R7 1/2E, Sec 36 #25 DNA completed 7/1/04 Pending c

negotiat

Prescribed Burning and Fuels Treatment – New Projects

Chicken Hills DDR Fuel Treatment and Rx Fire T40S, R7E, Sec. 29 #3 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Surveyor OGA Fuels Treatment Surveyor Campground #21 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Lower Spencer DDR Fuels Treatment T.38S, R6E, Sec. 27,34 #30 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Pankey – Grizzly Fuels Treatments Pankey Lake/Grizzly Butte #28 On hold Unknown Unkno

Horse Camp Rim #3 and #4 Fuel Treatments Horse Camp Rim #34 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Petric Marsh Fuel Treatments Wood River Wetland #25 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

West Antelope Creek Sage Grouse Habitat/ Fuels Treatment T41S R14.5E Sec 4, 5, 8 #2 CX on hold Unknown Unkno

Pokegama Winter Range Improvement and Fuels Reduction T41S, R6E, Sec. 5, 6, 7 T41S, R5E, Sec 1,5,7, 8,17 #20 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20Hopeless Fuel Treatments T41S, R14E, Secs 23 & 24 T41S, R141⁄2E, Sec 19 #38 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20Bonanza View Fuel Treatments T39S, R11E, Secs. 21, 22, 27-29 #22 CX in progress FY 2007 FY 20

Prescribed Burning and Fuels Treatment – Recent Decisions

Pleasant Valley Hazardous Fuels Treatment Grenada Butte Area #17 CX completed 12/29/06 FY 20

Klamath Falls Resource Area, Spring 2007 Planning Update - Page 3
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FA

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

PROJECT TITLE & DESCRIPTION LOCATION MAP 

REF. # 

STATUS OF 

ANALYSIS 

DECISION 

DATE 

PROJE

COMPLETIO

Prescribed Burning and Fuels Treatment – Ongoing Implementation

Tunnel Creek DDR Fuel Treatment T.38S., R.5E., Section 23 #19 CX completed 2/28/2006 FY 20

Seven Stukels Mechanical Fuels Treatments Stukel Mountain #7 CX completed 3/1/2006 FY 20Horsefly Prescribed Underburn – underburning ponderosa pine north of Gerber Reservoir Gerber Block #33 CX completed. 9/30/04 FY 20Keno Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction - Fuels treatment project to reduce hazardous fuels in the Keno WUI. Keno, Oregon #31 CX completed 5/17/04 FY 20

Big Adobe East – underburning ponderosa pine Gerber Block #12 EA/DR completed 9/8/04 FY 20

FTZ 175 Fuels Treatment Stukel Mountain #7 CX completed 7/12/05 FY 20Dorris WUI Fuels Treatment T41S R7E Sec 3, 9, 10, 15, 17 #40 CX completed 4/19/04 FY 20

Willow Sage Grouse Habitat and Fuels Treatment Willow Reservoir #39 CX completed 4/17//06 FY 20

Pine Creek Restoration Fuels Treatment Gerber Block #42 CX completed 6/26/06 FY 20West Boundary BEHMA Habitat and Fuels Treatment Gerber Reservoir #37 CX completed 7/26/06 FY 20

Wildlife Management – New Projects

Bitterbrush Seedling Planting and Seeding -Deer Winter Range South Gerber Various CX in progress Spring 2007 Spring 2Round Valley Lek Vegetation Treatment T 39S, R 14E, Sec 19-21, 28-30, 32, 33 #35 CX in progress Spring 2007 Summer 

Recreation – New Projects

Gerber South Campground Boat Ramp Reconstruction Gerber South Campground #6 Analysis on hold Unknown Unkno

Recreation – Ongoing Implementation

Wood River Wetland – Remaining projects: interpretive signs and trail system, surface rock dike roads from bridge to 7-mile Canal, and group interpretive site. 

Wood River Wetland 25 

miles north of Klamath 

Falls, Oregon 

#25 Wood River Wetland RMP/EIS 7/28/95 Pending fu

Gerber Area Recreation Improvements - (RMP ROD EIS 6-2-95, pp. 49-50) - Corrective maintenance, improvement or replacement as per the Klamath Falls RMP including: rocking and chip-sealing/paving road system and campsites, Barnes Valley Boat 

Ramp access road. 

Gerber Reservoir 

Recreation Site #6 KFRA RMP/ROD 6/2/95 Pending fu

Gerber Area Primitive Camp and Day Use Sites Recreation Improvements. Continue to update or improve existing facilities. Continue construction of Gerber Potholes Trail. 

Nine recreation sites and 

campgrounds in the Gerber 

area. 

#6 KFRA RMP/ROD 6/2/95 Pending fu

Topsy Recreation Site Improvements – Ongoing maintenance T40S, R7E, Sec. 6 #10 KFRA RMP/ROD 6/2/95 As nee

Ongoing Planning /Implementation - General

RMP Revision – As per the final settlement agreement to the American Forest Resource Council vs. BLM litigation, the BLM is directed to revise RMPs in western Oregon by December, 2008. 

Resource Area Wide None EIS in progress FY 2008 RMP Revisi

2008 

Klamath Falls Resource Area, Spring 2007 Planning Update - Page 4
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FAL

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

PROJECT TITLE & DESCRIPTION LOCATION MAP SPECIAL AREAS STATUS OF ANALYSIS COMP

REF. # AFFECTED D

Rangeland Health Standards Assessments – in progress 

These assessments compare the monitoring information collected against the five Standards for Rangeland Health and propose management changes if current grazin

Standards, or not making significant improvement towards meeting them. Changes are implemented through the grazing decision or agreement pro

Harpold Chaining Allotment (#0836) East of Klamath Falls #9 None Known Assessment in progress FY Rajnus & Son Allotment (#0864) Southeast of Klamath Falls #5 None Known Assessment in progress FY 

Bryant-Taylor Allotment (#0857) Southeast of Klamath Falls #41 None Known Assessment in progress FY 

Bryant-Stastay Allotment (#0856) Southeast of Klamath Falls #41 None Known Assessment in progress FY 

Warlow Allotment (#0831) Southeast of Klamath Falls #41 None Known Assessment in progress FY 

Pope Allotment (#0848) Southeast of Klamath Falls #15 None Known Assessment in progress FY Rajnus Bros. Allotment (#0849) Southeast of Klamath Falls #29 None Known Assessment in progress FY 

Rangeland Health Standards Assessments – completed in FY 2007*

Bryant-Smith Allotment (#0855) East of Klamath Falls #23 None Known Assessment completed Octo

Bryant-Horton Allotment (#0837) East of Klamath Falls #23 None Known Assessment completed Octo

Jump Allotment (#0854) East of Klamath Falls #4 None Known Assessment completed Novem

Stock Drive Allotment (#0802) East of Klamath Falls #11 None Known Assessment completed Novem

*A total of 61 Rangeland Health Standards Assessments have been completed to date, which encompasses 86% of the KFRA. 

Klamath Falls Resource Area, Spring 2007 Planning Update - Page 5
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FA

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

Presentations/Environmental Education Programs/Tours (Fiscal Year to Date) 

What Was Presented Date Where Group/Age 

Wetland Ecology and Wood River Wetland Project 10/19/06 OIT and Wood River Wetland College Students Interagency Travel Management Planning Meeting 11/2/06 Klamath Falls, OR Adults 

Holistic and Integrated Resource Management: Problems/Opportunities in Cultural Resource Management 11/3/06 Central Washington University - Ellensburg University Students and Fac

Wetland Ecology, Wood River Wetland Restoration and New Water Management Strategy 11/7/06 Wood River Wetland Adults (BLM and ONRCWetland Ecology, Wood River Wetland Restoration and New Water Management Strategy 11/20/06 Wood River Wetland Adults (Ducks Unlimited, USFW

land owners) 

Interagency Travel Management Planning Meeting 11/20/06 Lakeview, OR Adults Wetland Ecology, WRW Restoration and New Water Management Strategy 11/30/06 Wood River Wetland Adults (USFWS) Importance of Writing in Archaeology 12/8/06 Henley Middle School 8th Grade Students and Teac

Winter Wings Tour -Wetland Ecology and WRW Restoration 2/17/07 Wood River Wetland Adults 

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT * KLAMATH FALLS RESOURCE AREA * 2795 ANDERSON AVENUE, BLDG. #25 * KLAMATH FA

PHONE NUMBER: (541) 883-6916 

Yearly Scheduled Events - 2007 

Event/Activity Date Location Contact(s) 

Wilderness & Horse Packing Clinic May 4-6 Klamath County Fairgrounds Scott Senter International Migratory Bird Day May 12 Veteran’s Memorial Park Steve Hayner National Free Fishing Day June (to be announced) Scott Senter RAP Camp June 18-22 Camp Esther Applegate Scott Senter Klamath County 

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Fair August 9-12 Klamath County Fairgrounds Scott Senter 

Pedaling through the Past (event held every two years) September 2007 Topsy Wagon Road Michelle Durant 

National Public Lands Day September 15 Klamath River Canyon Scott Senter Sixth Grade Forestry Tour September Clover Creek Educational Area Greg Reddell 

Numbers of public participants for large events are estimates.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

LAKEVIEW DISTRICT

Klamath Falls Resource Area

Planning Update

 Spring 2007

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