Environmental Assessment Completed

Summit Creek Restoration Project

Malheur National Forest Grant, Oregon Prairie City Ranger District

Reduce fire hazard near evacuation route for at-risk communities; reduce stand density to increase resilience to insect and disease; protect bull trout habitat; develop pre-fire suppression old-growth stand composition; protect scenic and roadless

Location

15 miles southeast and of Prairie City and approximately 30 miles from the cities of John Day/Canyon City

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/14/2015
2
Comment Period
12/21/2016
3
Objection Period Start
05/17/2017
4
Decision
09/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements
Summit Creek Landscape Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/28/2017
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsPrairie City Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management