Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Prescribed Fire in Wilderness: Scott Mountain and Cascade Lakes Areas, Deschutes and Willamette NF

Willamette National Forest Deschutes; Lane; Linn, Oregon Deschutes National Forest All Units

The project would use prescribed fire in the Three Sisters Wilderness area to modify vegetation and fuels to sufficiently reduce the threats to values at risk outside of Wilderness in order to allow fire to play a more natural role within Wilderness

Location

There are two focus areas: Scott Mountain on the Willamette NF and Cascade Lakes on the Deschutes NF

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/09/2013
2
Comment Period
12/2013 (Estimated)
3
Decision
03/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Wilderness Management
ForestsDeschutes National Forest; Willamette National Forest
DistrictsSisters Ranger District; McKenzie River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT15S R07E, sec. 21,22,23,24,26,26,27,28,33,34,35,36. T17SR08E, sec. 32,33,34,35,36; T17S R09E, sec. 31; T18S R08E, sec. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,16,17,18. T18S R09E, sec. 5,6,7,8,17,18
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management