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 Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| East Face Vegetation Management Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/28/2016 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T5S, T6S, T7S. R36E, R37E, R38E. |