Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Touchet Vegetation Management Project

Umatilla National Forest Columbia, Washington Walla Walla Ranger District

Vegetation management with commercial and non-thinning, prescribed burning and recreation area management treatments to protect values at risk including forest resiliency, human safety, and infrastructure protection

Location

20 Miles south of Dayton Washington. Including all of the area within the permit boundary of the Ski Bluewood Resort and adjacent lands to the north.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
04/17/2018
2
Comment Period
05/31/2019
3
Objection Period Start
01/24/2020
4
Decision
04/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityDeveloped Site Management; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Scenery Management
Upper Touchet Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 04/24/2020
ForestsUmatilla National Forest
DistrictsWalla Walla Ranger District
Legal Land Description22 miles southeast of Dayton WA. T7, R 39E S12, 13 and R40E S2, 3, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Recreation managementFuels management