Environmental Assessment Completed

Bridge Creek and Buck Creek Subwatersheds Restoration

Fremont-Winema National Forest Lake, Oregon Silver Lake Ranger District

Based on 2006 Bridge/Buck watershed analysis. Fuels reduction, thinning (including commercial), meadow and stream restoration and aspen/cottonwood restoration to improve sustainability of vegetative systems and hydrologic functon.

Location

Bridge Creek and Buck Creek subwatersheds in the west-central portion of the Silver Lake Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/12/2006
2
Comment Period
02/01/2007
3
Decision
04/2007 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityStewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Bridge Creek and Buck Creek Subwatersheds Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/27/2007 Legal Notice Date: 04/30/2007
ForestsFremont-Winema National Forest
DistrictsSilver Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT30S, R13E (central)
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementForest productsWildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels managementRoad management