Environmental Assessment Completed

East Face Vegetation Management Project

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

Mechanical thinning, slash busting, prescribed fire, hand piling and burning to manage and improve vegetation and treat fuels near wildland urban interface and private/public land interface. May include some road construction, maintenance, closures.

Location

20 miles south of La Grande, along the east face of the Elkhorns, between the 43 Road and the 73 Road.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/01/2013
2
Comment Period
10/07/2015
3
Objection Period Start
02/17/2016
4
Decision
07/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
East Face Vegetation Management ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/28/2016
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsLa Grande Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT5S, T6S, T7S. R36E, R37E, R38E.
Fuels managementForest products