Environmental Assessment Completed

Blue Fly Fuels Reduction Project

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

Reduce suface and ladder fuels through mechanical thinning (chainsaws) and precribed burning within the Blue Fly WUI.

Location

Sheep Creek and Lower Fly Creek subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/17/2009
2
Objection Period Start
09/18/2010
3
Decision
10/2010 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2010 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Blue Fly Fuels ReductionDecision Signed Date: 10/25/2010
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsLa Grande Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT5S, R35E, sec 15-17, 20-23, and 26-30
Fuels management