Decision Memo Completed

Balance Private Land Prescribed Fire Project

Malheur National Forest Grant, Oregon Blue Mountain Ranger District

Proposal to burn approximately 215 acres of private land in conjunction with a FS prescribed fire under the Wyden Amendment authority. Purpose is to reduce fuels and possible future suppression costs on land adjacent to NFS lands.

Location

Middle Fork John Day River: approximately 215 acres of private land adjacent to the Balance Thinning and Fuels Reduction Project on National Forest System (NFS) lands.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/05/2011
2
Decision
10/2011 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2011 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Balance Private Land Prescribed Fire ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/12/2011
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsBlue Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.10S, R.33E, Sections: 20 and 21; W.M.
Fuels management