Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Wenatchee Pilot Project

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Chelan, Washington Wenatchee River Ranger District

Landscape scale aquatic and terrestrial restoration project which includes fuels, roads, vegetation, and aquatic habitat improvement treatments. Details also here: https://arcg.is/S1X4z https://www.facebook.com/784196435031210/videos/236848004676892

Location

Lake Wenatchee, Beaver Creek-Wenatchee River, Lower Chiwawa and Big Meadow subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/01/2018
2
Comment Period
01/13/2021
3
Objection Period Start
12/08/2022
4
Decision
07/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Upper Wenatchee Pilot ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/17/2023
ForestsOkanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
DistrictsWenatchee River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT28N, R17E various sections; T27N, R17E various sections; T27N, R18E, various sections
Fuels managementWatershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants