Recommend the Secretary of the Interior withdraw from location and entry under mining laws about 101,022 acres of NFS and BLM lands, subject to valid existing rights, for a period of 5 years in aid of legislation (HR682/S346).
Location
Approximately 5,216 acres of BLM-managed and revested O&C lands and 95,806 acres of NFS lands within the Hunter Creek and Pistol River Headwaters and the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creek Watersheds.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/29/2015
2
Comment Period
04/27/2016
3
Decision
08/2016 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Land Use Adjustments; Special Area Management |
| 2015 SW Oregon Mineral Withdrawals - FONSI and Recommendation | Decision Signed Date: 07/13/2016 |
| 2015 SW Oregon Mineral Withdrawals | Decision Signed Date: 08/15/2016 |
| Forests | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest |
| Districts | Wild Rivers Ranger District; Gold Beach Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | See project record for complete legal land description of the withdrawal area as described in the "Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015 "(S. 346 and H.R. 682). |