Proposal includes commercial and precommercial thinning, shrub mowing, and prescribed burning across approx. 14,600 acres of the 26,500-acre project area to reduce tree densities, encourage LOS development, break up fuel continuity; 2 plan amendments
Location
East of Highway 97, South of Forest Road 9735, North of Forest Road 22 ; adjacent to the west of Newberry National Monument
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
12/31/2009
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/22/2011
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/28/2012
4
Decision
09/2012 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Ogden Vegetation Management | Decision Signed Date: 09/14/2012 Legal Notice Date: 09/19/2012 |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T21S, R11,12E; T22S, R11,12E |