• OPERATION NAME: Old Mehama
  • SUBMIT DATE: 06-24-2020
  • NOAP ID: 2020-582-07372
  • LANDOWNER STATUS: The Landowner is not a Small Forestland Owner.
  • Apply for a permit to use fire or power-driven machinery (PDM) (ORS 477.625)
  • Notify for an operation (excludes applying pesticides by helicopter) (ORS 527.670)
  • Notify the Departments of Forestry and Revenue of my intent to harvest timber (ORS 321.550)

Oregon Department of Forestry Contact Information

ODF OFFICE: SANTIAM
ODF DISTRICT:
North Cascade
ADDRESS:
22965 North Fork Rd SE
Lyons, Oregon, 97358
PHONE:
(503) 859-2151
ODF FORESTER
NAME:
Wyatt Taylor
EMAIL:
wyatt.w.taylor@oregon.gov

Notifier

JARED SIMMONS
COMPANY:
Alpenglow Forestry Consulting LLC
ADDRESS:
PO Box 398
Lowell, Oregon, 97452
PHONE:
(541) 525-3582
EMAIL:
Not Available

Notifier Comment

No Notifier comments have been made on this NOAP.

Landowner(s)

Landowner Responsibility
JEREMY HART
ADDRESS:
24605 Gap Rd
Brownsville, Oregon, 97327
PHONE:
(541) 784-8106
Landowner Responsibility

The Landowner is responsible for reforestation. Early consultation with the ODF Forester is advised.

On-site inspections may be conducted by Oregon Department of Forestry employees to ensure compliance with all laws and rules governing fire protection and forest practices on private land.

For activities or operations changing the land to a non-forest use, the applicant is advised to contact the appropriate local government regarding land use regulations which may apply to the future use or development of this site.)

Timber Owner

Timber Owner Responsibility
JEREMY HART
COMPANY:
Hart Custom Cutting
ADDRESS:
PO Box 186
Brownsville, Oregon, 97327
PHONE:
(541) 784-8106
Timber Owner Responsibility

If timber harvesting is part of the proposed operation, the party shown below, owning the timber at the point it is first measured, is responsible for payment of Oregon timber taxes.

Fire Emergency Contact

NAME:
Jeremy
PHONE:
(541) 784-8106

Legal Notice

WRITTEN PLANS

A Written Plan (in addition to this NOAP) is required before operation activities can begin near the protected resources listed with the Unit information or Site Conditions below or otherwise described to you by the ODF Forester (OAR 629-605-0170(2), (3), and (5)). The Written Plan must describe in detail how the resource(s) will be protected during the operation. There is a waiting period for Written Plans that is separate from the notification waiting period. Contact your ODF Forester for more information.

Units / Activities / Operators

OLD MEHAMA [map]
127.1 ACRES

  • Clearcut/Overstory Removal

    METHOD(S):
    Ground
    OPERATOR:
    Jeremy Hart
    COMPANY:
    Hart Custom Cutting

This Unit falls within the following Regulated Use Areas: CM-1

A Statutory Written Plan is required for the resources detected in or near this Unit if activities occur within:

100 Feet of
  • Unknown: - Type F Stream
  • Unknown: - Type D Stream
300 Feet of
  • None detected.

Site Conditions

There are no known site conditions associated with this NOAP.

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Formal Comments

COMMENTS
  • Mike Thompson
    8/11/2020 10:07:25 AM
    Written plan submitted for harvest within the small fish stream buffer. All actions ordered in the written statement have been completed and the operation is presumed in compliance at this time.
  • Mike Thompson
    7/6/2020 2:21:08 PM
    The previously harvested area adjacent to the notification boundary was never planted and is in violation of OAR 629-610-0040(3). Conducting the harvest under this notification would result in a violation of ORS. 527.740 (2) which would exceed the 120 acre clearcut limit because the previously clearcut area in violation was close to 120 acres. The small unit near the highway also has high landslide hazard locations that would need further review from a geologist to assess downslope public safety risk. Call stewardship forester with questions.
  • Wyatt Taylor
    6/26/2020 12:14:57 PM
    Notification reviewed. A Statutory Written Plan is required for any operational activity that is within 100 feet of Stout Creek a Large Type F (fish-bearing) stream in the southern part of the unit and the Unknown Small Type F in the northern part of the unit. The southernmost portion of the notified operation area is located within Oregon’s Scenic Highways Visually Sensitive Corridor. Harvest operations within a visually sensitive corridor require at least 50 healthy trees/acre of > 11” DBH, or 50 healthy trees that measure > 40 sq. ft. in BA, shall be temporarily left within the 150ft of the highways edge. The harvest area is over 25 acres. State law requires that wildlife trees consisting of two green trees or snags per acre at least 30 feet in height and 11 inches DBH along with two downed logs or downed trees per acre to be retained within the harvest area. At least 50% of leave trees and down wood must be conifer. (ORS 527.740) The operational area cannot exceed 120 contiguous acres without a 300 foot buffer between areas that meets reforestation stocking standards OAR 629-610-020.