Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Prescribed Fire in the Wilderness

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

The project would use prescribed fire in and adjacent to the Three Sisters Wilderness area to modify vegetation and fuels to reduce the threats to values at risk outside of Wilderness to allow fire to play a more natural role within the Wilderness

Location

Three Sisters Wilderness between Todd Lake and Cascade Lakes Highway

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/30/2014
2
Comment Period
01/2015 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
08/2015 (Estimated)
4
Decision
10/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Special Area Management
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 18S, Range 8E
Special area managementFuels management