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John Day Umatilla Snake River Basin Forest Management

Counties: Grant, Umatilla, Union, Morrow, Wheeler, Wallowa

Primary Resource Concern Addressed:

  • Fire management - Wildfire hazard from biomass accumulation
  • Degraded plant condition - Plant productivity and health
  • Pest pressure - Plant pest pressure

Project Description
The goal of this project is to improve the health and resiliency of the Non Industrial Private Forest land of the John Day/ Umatilla Basin by assisting landowners with pre-commercial thinning and slash treatment to reduce the risk of fire and pest infestations. Reducing stocking densities and slash loads currently in place will result in long term forest health and ecosystem sustainability.

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Forest Stand Improvement (666)
  • Woody Residue Treatment (384)
  • Fuel Break (383)
  • Tree/Shrub Pruning (660)
  • Forest Management Plan (106)
  • Firebreak (394)
  • Prescribed Burning (338)
  • Brush Management (314)
  • Forest Management Practice Design (165)
  • Forest Management Assessment (223)

Project Partners

  • Oregon Department of Forestry
  • Oregon Small Woodlands Association
  • Soil and Water Conservation Districts
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Oregon State University Extension
  • Contractors
  • NRCS Oregon
  • Private landowners

Application Questions
NRCS uses prioritization questions to evaluate applications for this initiative. See the list of workload prioritization questions on the Oregon EQIP page. Ranking questions below will also apply.

Ranking Questions

  1. The primary purpose of this project is to reduce fuels within how many miles of publicly owned forestland?
  2. Is the planned project area directly adjacent to forest thinning projects that have occurred in the last five years?
  3. Will the planned project include biomass removal under woody residue treatment OR the primary treatment will be mastication?
  4. Is the property located within the Wildland Urban Interface Priority Layer (WUI)?
  5. Does the applicant have a forest stewardship plan, forest management plan, or ODF inventory that verifies property needs treatment?
  6. Does the planned reduction in stand density fall within the county's high, medium, or low
  7. Based on CIS cultural overview, what is the likelihood of impact to Cultural Resources?
  8. Are there more than 800 trees per acre in the proposed treatment area on average, and does the proposed action include precommercial thinning and slash treatment?
  9. Does insect and/or disease damage exceed 30%?