Environmental Assessment Completed

Flank Vegetation and Fuels Management

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

Commercial thinning, small tree thinning, salvage and overstory removal treatments on about 5,640 acres to help improve forest resiliency, move watershed toward historic range of variability, contribute forest products, and reduce fuels.

Location

Northeast flank of the Newberry caldera; south of US 20 and east of US 97

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/24/2009
2
Comment Period
06/22/2010
3
Decision
01/2011 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2011 (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)
Flank Vegetation and Fuels Management Project and Forest Plan AmendmentDecision Signed Date: 01/28/2011 Legal Notice Date: 03/08/2011
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT20S R13E, Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; T20S, R14E, Sections 19, 29, 30, 32, and 32.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products