Environmental Assessment Completed

Snow Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project

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

Project proposes to reduce hazardous fuels using a combination of salvage harvest of dead and down timber, commercial & non-commercial thinning, ladder fuel reduction, prescribe fire, & piling and burning of excess fuels on approximately 6,017 acres.

Location

High Cascade Lakes

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/26/2007
2
Comment Period
03/19/2008
3
Decision
08/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Snow Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/01/2008 Legal Notice Date: 08/06/2008
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT19S R8E, T20S R8E, and T21S R8E.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management