Proposal to use low intensity prescribed fire to improve elk forage in open grasslands and grass/forb/shrub understories in historical elk transition and summer range in the Chesnimnus Watershed.
Location
The project area is approximately 30 miles northeast of Enterprise, Oregon.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
01/30/2013
2
Comment Period
01/30/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Chesnimnus Elk Burn | Decision Signed Date: 09/12/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/18/2013 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Wallowa Valley Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T 4N, R 47E, Sections 27, 28, 33, 34; T 3N, R 47E Section 3; T 4N, R 48E, Sections 26, 35, 36; T 3N, R 48E Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 24, 25; T 4N, R 4W Section 31; T 3N, R 4W Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, |