Environmental Assessment Completed

Flat Vegetation Management Project

Deschutes National Forest Deschutes; Klamath; Lake, Oregon Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District

Thinning in ponderosa pine, overstory removal in lodgepole, precommercial thinning and fuel treatments to maintain and restore forest health to increase stand productivity, reduce threat of large scale wildfire, and contribute wood products

Location

Approximately 2 miles east of LaPine, Oregon and 30 miles south of Bend, Oregon.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/16/2013
2
Comment Period
07/13/2015
3
Decision
01/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Flat Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/21/2016
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementForest products