Environmental Assessment Completed

West Alsea Landscape Management Project

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

Commercially thin about 4,300 acres; plant about 500 acres of gaps and up to 2,000 acres in commercially thinned plantations; create about 8,800 nesting cavities in trees in plantations and 500 cavities in mature stands (see other project info)

Location

The westernmost portion of the Alsea River watershed from Waldport, OR, east to FS roads 5800 and 5200.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/09/2007
2
Comment Period
02/12/2008
3
Decision
04/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
West Alsea Landscape Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/25/2008 Legal Notice Date: 05/02/2008
ForestsSiuslaw National Forest
DistrictsCentral Coast Ranger District/Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of T13S and T14S, and R10, 11, 12W.
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Road managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management