The Blue Mountain Ranger District is proposing to plant about 4,500 acres of upland forests and riparian areas to accelerate the vegetative recovery of a portion of the area burned in the Parish Cabin Fire of 2012.
Location
Junction of Forest Road 15 and 16, approximately 4,500 acres mostly within Upper Bear Creek Subwatershed
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/01/2013
2
Comment Period
02/06/2013
3
Decision
03/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
04/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Parish Cabin Fire Reforestation Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/14/2013 Legal Notice Date: 03/20/2013 |
| Forests | Malheur National Forest |
| Districts | Blue Mountain Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T15S, R33E, Sections 26, 34, and 35: T16S, R33E, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11,14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, and 22 |