A small timber stand was commercially thinned and underburned in 2014 as part of the Sawtooth Huckleberry Restoration Project. Fire intensity and flame lengths resulted in overstory tree mortality. This project would salvage up to 40 of those trees
Location
Forest Road 24 in the Sawtooth Berryfields
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
05/21/2015
2
Decision
10/2015 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Roadside Salvage in the Sawtooth Berryfields | Decision Signed Date: 10/01/2015 |
| Forests | Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| Districts | Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument |
| Legal Land Description | T7N, R8E, SECTION 2 AND 3, Willamette Meridian |