The goal of this project is to accelerate late-successional forest conditions in plantations through commercial and pre-commercial thinning. Funds generated from commercial harvest may be used to conduct other watershed restoration projects.
Location
Upper Yakima Watershed
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/15/2006
2
Comment Period
09/30/2007
3
Decision
02/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2008 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Stewardship Contract, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution Of 2003 |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Roaring Thin Restoration | Decision Signed Date: 02/29/2008 Legal Notice Date: 03/14/2008 |
| Forests | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest |
| Districts | Cle Elum Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T22 N, R11 E, WM. and T21 N, R 12 E, WM |