Use of prescribe fire (burning beneath trees) on approx. 3670 acres w/in Deer Management land allocation (MA7). Objectives are to reduce surface fuels and shrub densities beneath large, open-grown ponderosa pine canopies and to improve deer forage.
Location
La Pine-Crescent approximately 30 miles south of Bend, OR
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/25/2005
2
Comment Period
12/15/2005
3
Decision
03/2006 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2006 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Species Habitat Improvements |
| Flattop Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/02/2006 |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest |
| Districts | Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T24S R12-14E & T25S, R13E |