There is a need to provide strategic fuel breaks between the wilderness, inventoried roadless areas and the Bend Municipal Watershed, private land and northwest Bend. Reduce ladder fuels along strategic Forest Service roads 4601 and 4602.
Location
11 miles west of Bend Oregon between Wilderness and the Bend Municipal Watershed, private land near the Skyliner road.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/15/2013
2
Comment Period
07/21/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Bear Wallow Mastication Project | Decision Signed Date: 09/16/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/17/2013 |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T17S R9E Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, 36; T17S R10E Sections 17, 20, 21, 28, 31, 32, 33; T18S R9E Sections 4, 5, 8. |