This Environmental Assessment (EA) will address the Klamath Falls Resource Area proposal to
upgrade the existing concrete stream ford on the CCC road (no. 41-14E-11) where it crosses Barnes
Valley Creek at T39S, R14 ½ E, Sec. 22 (see attached map, figure 1).
The proposed construction project would be done...
The BLM bridge team inspects bridges identified as part of the BLM transportation infrastructure every two years.
Bridges identified as needing repair or replacement are placed on deferred maintenance lists and ranked based on
condition and need for action. Upon the last inspection of Rock Creek bridge the buttresses were...
Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) has been actively invading the shrub steppe community for the past 120
years. Active fire suppression, overstocking of livestock in the late 1800's, along with a wetter than normal period in
the latter half of the 19th century, has allowed juniper to encroach into areas where...
Access to BLM fuels reduction areas in the Klamath Falls Resource Area is limited to few roads in good travel condition. Many of the access roads, both system and non-system, are in poor condition due to rocky and/or seasonally wet ground conditions, requiring seasonal travel restrictions to prevent high impacts...
The purpose of this project is to restore fish passage and improve habitat for aquatic
species, especially redband trout in Miners Creek.
Following are from applicable sections in the RMP:
The RMP “responds to dual needs: the need for forest habitat and the need for forest products”
(RMP, pg. 1-3)....
The proposed action is to thin understory trees from around ponderosa pine, sugar pine, white pine, and
Douglas fir in the outer portion of Riparian Reserves in the Jenny Creek watershed. The overall objective
is to maintain and restore the diversity of forest stands near streams in a way that...
The Townsend’s big-eared bat is listed as “Bureau Sensitive” by the Bureau of Land
Management. This designation includes species restricted in range which have natural or human caused threats to their survival and which could easily become endangered or extinct in a state.
This species is also listed as “Critical”...