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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Special Area Management |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 18S, Range 8E |