Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Pine Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project

Malheur National Forest Harney, Oregon Emigrant Creek Ranger District

The proposal includes hazardous fuel reduction activities including biomass removal and salvage of recently dead trees, landscape scale prescribed burning activities, and access and travel management activities.

Location

Pine Creek Watershed, Upper and Middle Pine Creek subwatersheds.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/19/2012
2
Objection Period Start
06/19/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityBiomass; Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green)
DN, FONSI and Forest Plan Amendment #74 for Upper Pine Hazardous Fuel Proj.Decision Signed Date: 09/23/2013
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsEmigrant Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT19S R33E sec 17-21 and 27-35, T30S R33E sec 2-28 and 34-35, T21S R33E sec 1, 2, 11, 12, T19S R32E sec 24-26 and 35-36, T20S R32E sec 1-2, 11-13, and 24, T20S R33.5E sec 30, 32 and T21S R33.5E sec 5-8
Fuels management