Environmental Assessment Completed

Elk 16

Malheur National Forest Grant, Oregon Prairie City Ranger District

Application of thinning, slash treatments, and prescribed fire to reduce insect outbreak and fire hazard.

Location

Elk Creek and Crane Creek subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/27/2013
2
Comment Period
08/13/2014
3
Objection Period Start
04/08/2015
4
Decision
09/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2015 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Elk 16 Final Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant ImpactDecision Signed Date: 09/14/2015
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsPrairie City Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT16S R34E, T16S R35E, T17S R34E, T17S 35E
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)