Decision Memo Completed

Cloud Cap Road Tree Removal and Native Vegetation Planting for Gnarl Ridge Fire Area

Mt. Hood National Forest Hood River, Oregon Hood River Ranger District

Remove felled trees within 100-feet of Cloud Cap Road. The equipment would remain in road prism, and would swing logs onto trucks or pull logs with cable and picked them up with grapples. Logs would be stored for future aquatic restoration projects.

Location

Cloud Cap Road (Forest Service Road 3512)

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/04/2009
2
Decision
02/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Watershed Improvements
Cloud Cap Road Tree Removal and Native Vegetation Planting for Gnarl RidgeDecision Signed Date: 02/05/2010
ForestsMt. Hood National Forest
DistrictsHood River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S, R9E, Sections 10 and 11
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management