Environmental Assessment Completed

Lobster Restoration Project

Siuslaw National Forest Benton; Lane; Lincoln, Oregon Central Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Commercially thin about 2,800 acres of plantations 25 to 60 years old; underplant 600 acres of thinned areas; repair 55 miles of roads; decommission about 10 miles of roads; non-commercially thin younger plantations; maintain and create meadows.

Location

South Zone

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/20/2005
2
Comment Period
05/10/2006
3
Decision
09/2006 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2007 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Lobster Landscape Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/29/2006 Legal Notice Date: 10/16/2006
ForestsSiuslaw National Forest
DistrictsCentral Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Legal Land DescriptionT14S., R9W; T15S., R9W.
Road managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management