• OPERATION NAME: Yakona Nature Preserve
  • SUBMIT DATE: 02-26-2021
  • NOAP ID: 2021-553-02658 (c)
  • 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)
  • Before you use fire, contact the local office of the Oregon Department of Forestry or Forest Protective Association to see if additional burn permit and/or Smoke Management Program regulations apply.

NOAP CONTINUATIONS

  • Issued on: 01-10-2022
    Expires on: 12-31-2022
    Continuation issued by Shirl Fredenburg

Oregon Department of Forestry Contact Information

ODF OFFICE: TOLEDO
ODF DISTRICT:
West Oregon
ADDRESS:
763 NW Forestry Rd
Toledo, Oregon, 97391
PHONE:
(541) 336-2273
ODF FORESTER
NAME:
Leo Williamson
EMAIL:
leo.h.williamson@oregon.gov

Notifier

ANDREW BIRD
COMPANY:
Miller Timber Services Inc.
ADDRESS:
24745 Alsea Hwy
Philomath, Oregon, 97370
PHONE:
(541) 740-1552
EMAIL:
Not Available

Notifier Comment

Swamper Buring exsisting handpiles to reduce wilfire risk. Talked to Protection Supervisor Charlie Redheffer on 2/26/21 about tactics to be used. Estuaries and other wetland ares will not be affected during Swamper Burning. Very low intensity heat and flame lengthes predicted.

Landowner(s)

Landowner Responsibility
JOANNE BARTON
COMPANY:
Frog Willows LLC
ADDRESS:
214 SW Coast Hwy, P.O. Box 870
Newport , Oregon, 97365
PHONE:
(541) 270-2057
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.)

Fire Emergency Contact

NAME:
Andrew Bird
PHONE:
(541) 740-1552

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

YAKONA NATURE PRESERVE [map]
197.9 ACRES

  • Use of Fire

    METHOD(S):
    Burn Piles
    OPERATOR:
    Andrew Bird
    COMPANY:
    Miller Timber Services Inc.

This Unit falls within the following Regulated Use Areas: WO-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
  • Wetlands: Freshwater Emergent Wetland, Estuarine and Marine Wetland
300 Feet of
  • Eagle

Site Conditions

RESOURCES THAT MAY REQUIRE A WRITTEN PLAN
  • Stream within 100 feet of area.
  • Seep or spring within 100 feet of area.
  • Estuary within 300 feet of area.
  • Large wetlands (> 8 acres) within 300 feet of area.
ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS MAY APPLY
  • Slope of steepest 1/3 area: 20 %.

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Formal Comments

COMMENTS
  • Shirl Fredenburg
    1/10/2022 10:15:50 AM
    NOAP Continued per request by Tanner Scott with Miller Timber.
  • Joe Koch
    3/1/2021 8:15:20 AM
    Waiver of the 15-day waiting period to operate has been granted per request of the Landowner / Operator / Notifier