Comment on the Fall Creek thinning project in the Willamette National Forest before October 28

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Why this Matters

The Forest Service's Middle Fork Ranger District is taking public comments on the Fall Creek project (#301396) in the Willamette National Forest. The agency describes it as a vegetation management project, with a commercial thinning harvest and restoration work, meant to improve stand growth and diversity and support the local economy. Comments are requested through Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 11:59:59 p.m.

More Than Just Parks, a public lands group that tracks these decisions, reports the proposal as about 11,906 acres of commercial thinning, about 190 million board feet of timber, and 325 miles of haul road, in a watershed it describes as impaired for Chinook salmon. The Forest Service project page lists no acreage or volume, so those numbers are the group's, not the agency's. Check them in the project documents before you quote them.

The agency's comment page says comments go to the responsible project official, and that anonymous comments and comments sent after the deadline do not give you standing to object later. The Forest Service lists its expected analysis as an Environmental Assessment and an estimated decision in March 2027.

A comment in your own words, naming what you want protected or changed, is worth more than a form letter.

Steps to Take

Step 1

Read the Forest Service project page for Fall Creek. It names the Middle Fork Ranger District and the project contact. More Than Just Parks has its own page on the project if you want a second view.

Step 2

Decide what you want the Forest Service to hear: a stand or stream you care about, older trees you want left, roads you do not want built, or what you want from a thinning project on public land. Say who you are and where you live.

Step 3

Submit your comment on the Forest Service comment form by Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Add your name, because anonymous comments do not give you standing to object. Do not put your address or email in the comment box, since the text may be published.

Step 4

The page gives the deadline as 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Do not wait for the last hour.

Step 5

You can also email project contact Tyler Steele at Tyler.Steele@usda.gov or call the Middle Fork Ranger District at 541-735-1645.

Sample Text

Option 1

I am writing about the Fall Creek project (#301396) on the Middle Fork Ranger District. I am [your name] from [your town and state]. I ask the Forest Service to [say what you want, such as leave older trees, keep stream buffers wide, or avoid new roads] and to explain how the project would protect water quality and salmon habitat. [Add a sentence about why this forest matters to you.] Thank you for considering my comment.

Option 2

The Forest Service is taking comments through October 28 on the Fall Creek thinning project in the Willamette National Forest. Use your own words and add your name. The comment form: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=301396

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