Environmental Assessment Completed

Bear Creek Restoration Thin

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Skamania, Washington Mt Adams Ranger District

The Bear Creek Restoration project includes commercial thinning on 533 acres, road improvements and road decommissioning. The draft decision has been published for a 45-day objection period. Email ekblack@fs.fed.us with questions on this process.

Location

Bear Creek Municipal Watershed, just north/east of the town of Carson, WA.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/17/2014
2
Comment Period
07/11/2016
3
Objection Period Start
11/25/2016
4
Decision
01/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green)
Bear Creek Restoration ThinDecision Signed Date: 01/13/2017
ForestsGifford Pinchot National Forest
DistrictsMt Adams Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT4N, R8E, Willamette Meridian
Forest productsRoad management