Environmental Assessment Completed

County Road 18 Healthy Forest Restoration Act Project.

Malheur National Forest Grant, Oregon Blue Mountain Ranger District

Maintain County Road 18 as a safety corridor and escape route should a wildfire close US Highways 26 and 395 between the towns of Mount Vernon and Long Creek and Prairie City and Austin. Area identified in the Grant Co Community Fire Protection Plan

Location

Located on both sides of County Road 18 from Forest boundary at Bear Creek to Forest boundary at Long Creek.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/02/2008
2
Decision
09/2009 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Special Products Sales; Timber Sales (Green)
County Road 18 Healthy Forest Restoration Act ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/18/2009
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsBlue Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.10S. - 12S., R.31E. - 33E.
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)