Remove encroaching lodgepole in the meadow to sustain pumice moonwort and remove high fuel loadings and selectively thin encroasching lodgepole pine to improve the health of whitebark pine stands.
Location
Located in the Newberry National Monument within the Caldera Zone of the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
10/05/2015
2
Decision
10/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements |
| Caldera Habitat Enhancement | Decision Signed Date: 10/13/2016 |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |