The project will add large wood to 4.5 mi of Bear Creek, restore the disconnected floodplain, and remove portions of the railroad grade that impinge on the stream channel and block Bear Creek access to the floodplain.
Location
2120 road crossing to major forks of Bear Creek
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/25/2009
2
Comment Period
03/26/2010
3
Decision
04/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
07/2010 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements |
| Bear Creek Stream Restoration | Decision Signed Date: 04/30/2010 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T4S - R34E, sections 3, 4, 9, 16, lower Meadow Creek subwatershed and Sullivan Gulch |