Decision Memo Completed

Lostine Falls Fish Entrapment Mitigation

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Wallowa, Oregon Eagle Cap Ranger District

The Lostine Falls Entrapment Mitigation project is intended to reduce the mortality of bull trout and Chinook salmon at Lostine Falls. The project is proposing to move the boulders at the head of the falls that divert fish into the pocket pools.

Location

The Lostine Falls Fish Entrapment Mitigation is located upstream from the Pole Bridge recreation site, approximately eight miles south of Lostine, Oregon.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/04/2020
2
Decision
04/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
09/2020 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Lostine Falls Fish Entrapment MitigationDecision Signed Date: 04/20/2020
ForestsWallowa-Whitman National Forest
DistrictsEagle Cap Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT2S, R43E, Section 15
Wildlife, fish, rare plants