Decision Memo Completed

Clarks Fork Wildlife Habitat Enhancement & Fuels Treatment Project

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Jackson, Oregon High Cascades Ranger District

Prescribed burning (some Spring prep burning, with all units burned in fall) on up to 6,450 acres to improve wildlife habitat (improve quantity and quality of forage) and maintain current low fuel loading in project areas.

Location

Approximately 5 miles east of Butte Falls, Oregon along County Highway 821

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/09/2014
2
Decision
08/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2014 (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); Species Habitat Improvements
Clarks Fork Wildlife Enhancement and Fuels Treatment ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/14/2014
ForestsRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
DistrictsHigh Cascades Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 35 & 36 South, Range 3 & 4, East, Willamette Meridian, Jackson County, Oregon
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management