Environmental Assessment Completed

Lex Vegetation Management

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

Treat roughly 6,500 acres of lodgeopole and mixed conifer forests to restore historic species composition, structure, and process. Treatments would include fuels reduction and prescribed burning.

Location

The project lies roughly 10 miles west of the City of Bend east of FS road 45 and south of Cascade Lakes Highway.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/25/2015
2
Comment Period
11/17/2017
3
Objection Period Start
04/30/2018
4
Decision
09/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Lex Vegetation ManagementDecision Signed Date: 09/13/2018
ForestsDeschutes National Forest
DistrictsBend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT18S R9E sections 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36; T18S R10E sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; T19S R9E sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13; and T19S R10E sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, and 19
Forest productsFuels management