Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Deschutes River Fuels Reduction HFRA

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

Ladder fuel reduction, commercial thinning, shrub mowing, and prescribed burning totaling about 4200 acres, within the wildland-urban interface of several small communities in the Upper Deschutes River area.

Location

Southwest of Bend in the following subdivisions: Ponderosa Pines Estates; Haner Park Access; UDRC WUI.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/10/2015
2
Comment Period
05/02/2016
3
Objection Period Start
07/31/2016
4
Decision
09/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Upper Deschutes River Fuels Reduction HFRADecision Signed Date: 09/26/2016
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18S R11E, T19S R11E, T20S R9E, T20S R10E, T20S R11E, T21S R9E, T21S R10E, T21S R11E, T33S R9E, T22S R11E. Various sections in these townships, call for map or full legal description.
Fuels management