Implement prescribed fire on approx. 7900 acres of FS land & 2400 acres of WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife land to reduce fuels (ground, ladder, canopy biomass) and rehabilitate grass and shrubs to improve wildlife forage.
Location
Forest Service and WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife land in Garfield and Asotin Counties, WA
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/14/2011
2
Decision
03/2017 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2017 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Asotin Creek Prescribed Fire Project | Decision Signed Date: 03/09/2017 |
| Forests | Umatilla National Forest |
| Districts | Pomeroy Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9N,R4E, Sections 14-16, 21-23, 24-28 and 35; T9N, R43E Sections 2-4, 9-10 and; T9N, R44E, Sections 16-17, 19-21 and 30. |