Environmental Assessment Completed

Tamarack Grazing Allotment Management Plan

Umatilla National Forest Grant; Wheeler, Oregon Heppner Ranger District

There is a need to continue authorization of livestock grazing consistent with the goals and objectives of the Umatilla National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to maintain or improve resource conditions.

Location

Located in the southern portion of the Heppner Ranger District in portions of the Wall Creek and Lower John Day River/Kahler Creek watersheds within Grant and Wheeler counties.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/02/2015
2
Comment Period
12/20/2016
3
Objection Period Start
08/01/2017
4
Decision
09/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
10/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityGrazing, Rescissions Act Of 1995
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management; Grazing Authorizations; Grazing Structural Improvements
Tamarack Grazing Allotment Management PlanDecision Signed Date: 09/25/2017
ForestsUmatilla National Forest
DistrictsHeppner Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT7S, R25E, Sec 13, 14, & 24-26 T7S, R26E, Sec 21, & 26-36 T8S, R25E, Sec 1, 2, & 11-14 T8S, R26E, Sec 2-11, & 14-22, & 28-30 Willamette Meridian Surveyed
Grazing management