Vegetation management will address landscape departures from historical conditions. Includes the following estimated treatments (acres): timber harvest (2000), ladder fuel reduction (500), precommercial thinning (5711) and fuels treatment (5700).
Location
The project is north of Highway 20, west of County Road 4953 to Bonaparte Lake, east of Island Mountain, and south of Siwash Creek, about 15 miles east of the town of Tonasket, off Highway 20.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
10/21/2014
2
Comment Period
05/05/2016
3
Objection Period Start
01/24/2017
4
Decision
04/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Light Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 04/20/2017 |
| Forests | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest |
| Districts | Tonasket Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 38 North, Range 30 East, Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, 23, 30, 34, 35, 36; Township 38 North, Range 29 East, Sections 27, 34, 35, 36; |