The project involves placing wood into a channel spanning log jam configuration using excavators within Smith Creek. Materials would be hand thinned from two precommercial thinning units within the project area. One culvert is proposed for removal.
Location
Smith Creek, within the Starkey experimental forest
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/14/2019
2
Decision
01/2022 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2022 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements; Species Population Enhancements; Watershed Improvements |
| Smith Creek Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 01/14/2022 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T3S R34E S17-20 |