Decision Memo Completed

Cow Fire Reforestion (tree planting)

Malheur National Forest Baker; Grant, Oregon Prairie City Ranger District

Planting 41 acres of severely burned (greater than 90 percent mortality) general forest (Management Area 1 and 2) within the 2019 Cow Fire boundary with native western larch and ponderosa pine.

Location

T15 S, R 35.5 E, section 3. Subbasin: Upper Malheur North Fork Malheur River Watershed: Upper North Fork Malheur River Subwatershed: Swamp Creek/North Fork of the Malheur River

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/04/2021
2
Decision
03/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
05/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (11), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(11)
Special AuthorityNational Fire Plan - Healthy Forests Initiative Ce
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Cow Fire Reforestion (tree planting)Decision Signed Date: 03/02/2021
ForestsMalheur National Forest
DistrictsPrairie City Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT15 S, R 35.5 E, section 3
Vegetation management (other than forest products)