Environmental Assessment Completed

Copper Salmon Wilderness Legacy Roads

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

Decommission or convert to hiking trails up to 16 miles of existing roads within the wilderness. Identify locations for future hiking trails. Relocate gravel stockpiled in the wilderness to outside of the wilderness.

Location

Copper Salmon Wilderness: Approximately 12 miles east of Port Orford, Oregon in Curry and Coos Counties.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/28/2011
2
Comment Period
08/29/2012
3
Decision
12/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Watershed Improvements; Wilderness Management
Copper Salmon Wilderness Legacy Roads Project Decision Notice and FONSIDecision Signed Date: 12/11/2012 Legal Notice Date: 12/18/2012
ForestsRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
DistrictsPowers Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 22 & 23 south; Ranges 12 & 13 west; Willamette Meridian
Special area managementRecreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRoad management