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Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Forest Update |
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
 Forest Sevice Ranger Garry Oye goes to Washington, D.C. as new Wilderness Stewardship and Recreation Management chief.PHOTO COURTESY USFS
“I am honored to be selected for this national leadership position. I feel fortunate to have lived and worked in the Eastern Sierra,” said Oye, who has been on the Inyo National Forest since 2002. “I have enjoyed working with the Inyo Forest employees, numerous partners and government agencies, and with local citizens. As I look back on our efforts, I am very proud of the progress we made together. The Inyo National Forest is truly a gem of this nation and I am so thankful for the time I spent here. I’ll be back.”
Oye's public land management career has included a broad range of field and leadership assignments in Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California and Washington, D.C. His accomplishments include a key role in the development of the Forest Service’s Wilderness Recreation Strategy and the Chief’s National Wilderness Advisory Group, as well as providing regional leadership for the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and designated wilderness areas in the Pacific Southwest Region. Oye is also a recipient of the Bob Marshall – National Wilderness Champion Award.
“Garry comes to us with a distinguished career in public land management,” said Karen Taylor-Goodrich, Associate Director for Visitor and Resource Protection. “Along with his strong background in field operations, he has provided solution-based leadership on significant Forest Service and interagency wilderness and recreation management issues over the years, and I am delighted that he is joining our team.”
Oye begins his new assignment in Washington, D.C., in late April. -USFS
Forest Service proposes reforestation of June Lake burn area
Officials with the Inyo National Forest announced last last month they are proposing to plant approximately 360 acres within the June Fire, which burned in July 2007. The project area is along both sides of U.S. 395, approximately one mile north of the south June Lake junction, Hwy 158. The area proposed for planting was formerly forested with Jeffrey pine trees, and would be replanted with two-year-old Jeffrey pine seedlings starting in the spring of 2010.
The action involves activities associated with site preparation and reforestation. A combination of hand felling and mechanical piling of resulting and existing fuels, in addition to use of prescribed fire (pile burning), is expected to occur in 2009 to reduce current fuel loading to acceptable levels on approximately 200 acres. Planting of Jeffrey pine seedlings, approximately 200 per acre, would occur in 2010. Currently 360 acres of the 680 acres burned in the fire have been identified for planting.
Seedlings to be planted would come from seed collected in the Inyo National Forest, from the appropriate seed zone and elevation. Additionally, as grasses and shrubs sprout in the burned area, some site preparation or post-planting release may be necessary to limit competition for soil moisture and ensure seedling survival.
Comments on this proposed project should be addressed to Jon Regelbrugge, District Ranger, Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Ranger District, P.O. Box 148, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546, and should be received by April 21.
Contact Scott Kusumoto at the Mammoth Ranger Station, (760) 924-5522. -USFS
Forest Service schedules route resignation public meeting
The Forest Service will share the results of nearly 400 comments for Route Designation or Travel Management scoping during a public meeting on April 16 from 7–8:30 p.m. at the Forest Service–BLM Interagency building on Pacu Lane in Bishop. At the meeting the Forest Service will present an overview summary of the comments that were received, the issues raised by the public, and alternatives currently being developed to address the issues. Prior to the meeting, on April 2, the Forest Service was scheduled to post a Scoping Report with a summary of public comments and issues, on the Inyo National Forest Web site, www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/.
In the Route Designation–Travel Management process, national forests across the country are developing a designated system of roads and trails open for motorized travel. In California most national forests will finish this multi-year process by the end of this year. The Inyo National Forest plans to release a Draft EIS for public review and comment this summer.
While the Forest Service inter-disciplinary team is working on developing alternatives that address the various issues raised through the scoping process, a diverse group of local citizens has been meeting independently to work on finding common ground, or areas of agreement, on some of the more contentious routes on the Inyo National Forest. The group was convened by the Desert Mountain Resource Conservation and Development District, and plans to submit their list of route-specific agreements to Forest Supervisor Jim Upchurch by the end of the month. Upchurch stated that the Forest Service will use the group’s input in the formulation of a community based collaborative alternative, which will be analyzed in the EIS.
For more information about the Route Designation–Travel Management process, or the upcoming public meeting, visit the Inyo National Forest Web site, or call project manager Marty Hornick at (760) 873-2461. -BLM
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