This project proposes harvesting up to 250 acres of dead and dying trees from a blowdown event that happened earlier this spring (2020). Logging operations will include ground-based logging systems with whole-tree yarding in proposed cutting units.
Location
T5S, R28E, Sections 26 & 35; T6S, R29E, Sections 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, & 28
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
09/21/2020
2
Decision
10/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
10/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Mallory Blowdown | Decision Signed Date: 10/02/2020 |
| Forests | Umatilla National Forest |
| Districts | Heppner Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |