A combination of mechanical thinning, slash busting, hand piling/burning, and prescribed burning would be used to mange vegetation and fuels within the area. Benefits include healthier stands, reduced fire behavior potential and enhance public uses.
Location
Upper Catherine Creek Watershed, southeast of Union, Oregon.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
03/26/2012
2
Comment Period
08/21/2013
3
Objection Period Start
11/22/2013
4
Decision
02/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T5S, R42E |