Environmental Assessment Completed

Gold Beach and Powers Ranger District Herbicide Use for Noxious Weed Treatment Project

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Coos; Curry, Oregon Gold Beach Ranger District

Herbicide treatment through cut and paint and wiping methods on specific high priority sites that have proven impossible to treat by other more standard means. The project proposes to use the most environmentally safe herbicides on the market.

Location

Several sites on the Gold Beach and Powers Ranger Districts that will be determined during scoping.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/30/2008
2
Comment Period
06/17/2009
3
Decision
08/2009 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityNoxious Weed Treatments
Gold Beach and Powers Ranger District Invasive Plant Treatment ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/31/2009 Legal Notice Date: 09/09/2009
ForestsRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
DistrictsGold Beach Ranger District; Powers Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionMany legals depending on what is determined in scoping.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)