Environmental Assessment Completed

Welcome Station Trail Connections

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

Provide additional paved non-motorized trails, designated single-track mountain bike trails, and a trailhead facility on National Forest System lands between the City of Bend and the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Welcome Station.

Location

West of Bend, parallel to the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway from the Forest boundary to the Welcome Station, parallel to FSR 41 between Slough Day Use and Highway 46, and areas within Phils trail system

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/06/2013
2
Comment Period
11/22/2013
3
Objection Period Start
03/31/2014
4
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTrail Management
Welcome Station Trail ConnectionsDecision Signed Date: 07/29/2014
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 18 South, Range 11 East, Sections 5, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 32 and 33.
Recreation management