Environmental Assessment Completed

Outlook Landscape Diversity Project

Willamette National Forest Lane, Oregon Middle Fork - Inactive Ranger District

Commercial thinning and fuels reduction on 4300 ac. of plantations; 110 mi. of road maintenance, closure of 130 mi. of road; special habitat restoration; 260 ac. of early-seral habitat maintenance/creation; snag creation, noxious weed abatement.

Location

Federal portions of the Lookout Point 5th-field watershed near the Lookout Point Reservoir near the cities of Westfir and Lowell, OR.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/14/2013
2
Comment Period
08/01/2016
3
Objection Period Start
12/05/2016
4
Decision
03/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
04/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Outlook Landscape Diversity ProjectDecision Signed Date: 03/22/2017
ForestsWillamette National Forest
DistrictsMiddle Fork - Inactive Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 20 and 21 South, Ranges 1 and 2 East, of the Willamette Meridian.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementRoad managementForest productsFuels managementSpecial area managementVegetation management (other than forest products)