Environmental Assessment Completed

Lemon Butte Project Environmental Assessment

Umpqua National Forest Douglas; Lane, Oregon North Umpqua Ranger District

The Lemon Butte Project proposes to thin approx. 650 acres and includes several restoration and mitigation activities to promote the development and maintenance of late-successional forest conditions in existing even-aged stands within LSR.

Location

Lemon Butte, west of Steamboat Creek and north of the North Umpqua River.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/21/2014
2
Comment Period
01/13/2016
3
Objection Period Start
04/22/2016
4
Decision
06/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Lemon Butte Project Environmental AssessmentDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2016
ForestsUmpqua National Forest
DistrictsNorth Umpqua Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT23S, 24S, 25S, R01E and R02E
Forest productsFuels management