Decision Memo Completed

Dry Creek Greater Sage-grouse Habitat Restoration Project

Malheur National Forest Harney, Oregon Emigrant Creek Ranger District

Treat 1500 acres of western juniper and ponderosa pine trees up to 16 inches in diameter (dbh) that are sparsely scattered across open sagebrush and Mountain Mahogany vegetation types.

Location

Dry Creek, south of 31 rd, in Emigrant Creek Ranger District.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/12/2014
2
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsEmigrant Creek Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT20S, R30E, Parts of Sections 12, 13, 24, and T20S, R31E, Parts of Sections 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Wildlife, fish, rare plants