Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Wind Forest Management

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Skamania, Washington Mt Adams Ranger District

This project intends to accomplish a range of vegetative treatments including thinning and early seral creation on 4,308 acres. It also includes a number of other restoration activities to benefit forest habitats including road closure

Location

The project is located within the Wind River watershed (including the smaller subwatersheds of Dry Creek, Paradise Creek, Falls Creek, and Upper Wind River).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/02/2020
2
Comment Period
03/26/2021
3
Objection Period Start
09/09/2021
4
Decision
12/2022 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
12/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Upper Wind Forest ManagementDecision Signed Date: 12/02/2022
ForestsGifford Pinchot National Forest
DistrictsMt Adams Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT5N, R6E, T5N, R7E, T5N, R8E, T6N, R6E, T6N, R7E, T6N, R8E, Willamette Meridian
Forest productsRoad management