Decision Memo Completed

Buckhorn Ridge Fuel Break Project

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Josephine, Oregon Wild Rivers Ranger District

Vegetation management and prescribed burning to establish and maintain a defensible location for suppressing or stopping wildfires.

Location

Buckhorn Ridge, southeast of Elder Mtn. along a north/south-oriented crest extending from Happy Camp Rd (south) to the Forest Bdry (north).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/31/2008
2
Decision
03/2010 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Buckhorn Ridge Fuel BreakDecision Signed Date: 03/10/2010
ForestsRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
DistrictsWild Rivers Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT40S, R7W, Sec 20, 21, 28, 29, 32 & 33, WM
Fuels management