Environmental Assessment Completed

Lower Steamboat Environmental Assessment

Umpqua National Forest Douglas, Oregon North Umpqua Ranger District

Commercial thinning approximately 20.8 mbf across 1,840 acres in the Ragged Ridge area adjacent to Lower Steamboat Creek.

Location

Ragged Ridge, east of the North Umpqua River / Steamboat Creek confluence and north of the North Umpqua River.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
11/01/2012
2
Comment Period
12/06/2013
3
Objection Period Start
02/12/2014
4
Decision
07/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityTimber Sales (Green)
Final Decision Notice/FONSI for Lower Steamboat LSR Thinning ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/03/2014
ForestsUmpqua National Forest
DistrictsNorth Umpqua Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT26S , R01E and R02E
Forest products