The U.S. Forest Service has a decision open here and is taking comments on it. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
The agency files it as “2026 Newberry Geothermal Consent to Lease”
Closes todaycloses October 19
Places to check
1
People it would take
6
Said they’ll go
0
Photographs filed
0
Opened
October 3
Window closes
October 19
Evidence
Nothing filed yet.
No photograph has been filed on this mission yet. The first one lands here with its fingerprint, where its location came from, and how far inside the agency’s own boundary it was taken. The places to check are below.
The objective
What we are testing.
Deschutes National ForestSprings and water
The agency has published no document here with a sentence a photograph could settle, only a notice. The line below is read from that notice.
On the Deschutes National Forest acres being considered for geothermal leasing, walk to the springs, seeps and small creeks you know. Photograph each one dated: water flowing or dry bed, plus any elk or deer tracks at the edge.
Open. Anything filed before October 19 goes into the comment file the agency has to answer. After that it backs the formal objections, goes to the lawyers on the fight, and is the story.