Environmental Assessment Completed

Bear Creek Stream Restoration

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Union, Oregon La Grande Ranger District

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 Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements
Bear Creek Stream RestorationDecision Signed Date: 04/30/2010
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsLa Grande Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT4S - R34E, sections 3, 4, 9, 16, lower Meadow Creek subwatershed and Sullivan Gulch
Wildlife, fish, rare plants