Decision Memo Completed

Frog Fire Reforestation Project

Ochoco National Forest & Crooked River National Grassland Crook, Oregon Lookout Mountain Ranger District

The lighting-caused Frog Fire burned about 3,976 ac in the Maury Mountains on the Lookout Mountain Ranger District in Aug. 2020. The FS proposes to reforest about 2,176 acres within the Frog Fire burned area by hand planting native species.

Location

About eight miles south of Post, Crook County, Oregon in the western portion of the Maury Mountains.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/17/2021
2
Decision
11/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
03/2022 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
Frog Fire Reforestation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 11/10/2021
ForestsOchoco National Forest
DistrictsLookout Mountain Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSection 36, T18S, R18E; Section 31, T17S, R19E; Sections 1, 11 and 12, T18S, R18E; and Sections 5, 6 and 7, T18S, R19E.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)