Environmental Assessment Completed

South Bend Hazrdous Fuels Reduction Project

Deschutes National Forest Deschutes, Oregon Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District

Project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels within Bend Community Wildfire Protection Plan area south of Bend. Proposed treatments include prescribe fire, mechanical shrub treatment (mowing), tree thinning, and piling of excess fuels.

Location

Bend-Redmond

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/27/2007
2
Decision
11/2008 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
12/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
South Bend Hazardous Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/03/2008
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18S R12E Sections26-29 and 32-36; T19S R12E Sections1-9; and T19S R11E Sections 1, 2, 11, and 12.
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)