Environmental Assessment Completed

Ursus Vegetation Management Project

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

About 4,000 acres of lodgepole pine and mixed conifer forest treated with salvage harvest, regeneration harvest, and fuels reduction. Located between a large expanse of Roadless and Wilderness to west and privately-held forest to the east.

Location

about 11 miles west of Bend, Oregon. This project is part of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project landscape.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/02/2013
2
Comment Period
12/14/2015
3
Objection Period Start
07/08/2016
4
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Ursus Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/29/2016
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products