Environmental Assessment Completed

Sandbox Vegetation Management

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

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 Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsLa Grande Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT5S, R42E
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementForest products