Environmental Assessment Completed

Polallie Cooper Hazardous Fuels Reduction

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

Reduce fuels loading in fire adapted plant communities in the Cooper Spur Wildland Urban Interface located in the East Fork of Hood River watershed. Treatments may include plantation thinning, firewood removal, fuel break & natural stand thinning.

Location

East Fork Hood River Watershed; Pinnacle Creek, East and Middle Fork of the Hood River, and Dog River Subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/16/2015
2
Comment Period
01/26/2016
3
Objection Period Start
08/31/2017
4
Decision
11/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityBiomass; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green)
Polallie Cooper Hazardous Fuels Reduction - Phase 1Decision Signed Date: 11/30/2017
ForestsMt. Hood National Forest
DistrictsHood River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT1S, R9E Sections 10-11, 14-15, 35-39, PB43 & PB44; T1S R10E Sections 4-10, 17-18 & 32-33
Forest productsFuels management