NCT and Prescribed fire will be used in areas of previous treatment and/or wildfire in order to maintain vegetation characteristics and disturbances that would be expected to occur under natural disturbance regimes.
Location
West Patit: in the Maloney Mtn. area. Mt. Horrible: east of Saddle Spring & south of Mt. Horrible. Tucannon: so. of Willow Springs between Salter Trail & Sheep Cr. Ables: in the Ables Ridge area. Charley: between Iron Springs Rd & Charley Cr. Rd.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/30/2020
2
Comment Period
04/07/2021
3
Decision
05/2021 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2021 (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); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Pomeroy Maintenance Non-Commercial Thinning and Prescribed Fire - Phase 1 | Decision Signed Date: 05/27/2021 |
| Forests | Umatilla National Forest |
| Districts | Pomeroy Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T9N R43E S 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 9, 17. T7N R43E S 8, 9, 16, 17, 21, 22. T9N R41E S 32, 33, 34, 35. T8N R41E S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12. T9N R42E S 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19. T8N R41E S 12. T9N R42E S 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24. T9N R43E S 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18. |