Environmental Assessment Completed

Slater Fire Road System Risk Reduction and Safety Project

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Josephine; Del Norte; Siskiyou, California; Oregon Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest All Units

Restore safe public and employee access on arterial roads that were affected by the Slater Fire. Publicly accessible roads impacted by the Slater Fire are now exposed to an elevated risk from danger trees along affected roadways

Location

Wild Rivers Ranger District. The project area runs south of the community of Takilma, west of Sucker Creek, and east of Oregon State Highway 199.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/12/2022
2
Comment Period
04/07/2023
3
Objection Period Start
06/14/2023
4
Decision
10/2023 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2023 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Slater Fire Road System Risk Reduction and Safety ProjectDecision Signed Date: 10/04/2023
ForestsRogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
DistrictsWild Rivers Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementRoad managementFuels management