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Temporary Closure of Ochoco-Deschutes FS Roads 4601 and 370 – October 28th – 30th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests
Contact: Marv Lang
October 23, 2009 (541) 383-4793
Sue Olson
(541) 383-5561

Bend, Oregon – Approximately ten miles of Forest Service (FS) Roads 4601 and 370 will be
temporarily closed for maintenance next Wednesday through Friday. Portions of road
from the Happy Valley area on FS Road 370 east to the 4601/4602 junction, and from the
370/4601 junction north to FS Road 16 near the Three Creeks Lake area will be closed.

Work to be done on these popular routes before winter includes removal of dead trees for
safety along the roadside and reinforcement of drainage structures. This maintenance
work aims to improve these routes both as roads and as snowmobile trails for the months
to come.

Road crews will manage as best they can to have one road section open while another one
is closed. These roads connect to Todd Lake and FS Road 46, to the Sisters Three Creeks
Lake area and to the Skyliner area. Access to any of these destinations could be blocked
off by the maintenance operations during that time period.

Road managers are scheduling so as to have the least impact on hunters and
recreationists.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/news/2009/10/20091023_temprd_close370.pdf

Deschutes National Forest Proposes Three Trails OHV Project

February 25, 2009 – The Deschutes National Forest in Oregon has published a notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Three Trails OHV Project located on the Crescent Ranger District as part of the Travel Management Plan for the Forest.

Read more at the ARRA web site at Deschutes National Forest Proposes Three Trails OHV Project

Forest Service to Host Next Series of Open Houses on Motorized Access

BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!

Forest Service to Host Next Series of Open Houses on Motorized Access

The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River Grassland are formulating a new travel plan that will limit ALL vehicle use to designated roads, trails and areas. The public is invited to attend any of several upcoming open houses scheduled in Central Oregon communities. The Forest Service (FS) is asking for your input during the 45-day public comment period, which will run through June 15, 2008.

Over the past year, personnel at the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests have been working with citizens, as well as state, county and local governments to identify how to provide for motorized access to dispersed campsites. The FS is now ready to begin environmental analysis of the proposal.
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Oregon: John Day to Prineville via Malheur, Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests

Over on Expedition Portal, there is a great post on a backroads trip a member (beers_52) took from basically John Day to Prineville, Oregon. Great story and photos.

You can read the post at http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7122

Enjoy.

The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland are formulating new travel plans

The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland are formulating new travel plans that will limit ALL vehicle use to designated roads, trails and areas. Over the past few months the Deschutes/Ochoco Travel Management Working Group has been busy. The working group is made up of Tribal, Federal, State, and Local Government Agencies; interest groups such as tourism, recreationists (both motorize and non-motorized), users and industry; and private individuals that use or are neighbors to the forest.

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