Environmental Assessment Completed

Upper Little Fall Project

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

The Middle Fork Ranger District proposes density management on ~1720 acres of young plantations in the Little Fall Creek subwatershed. The project would include reconstruction of existing roads, hazardous fuel treatments, and noxious weed treatment

Location

This area is in the Little Fall Creek fifth-field watershed located approximately 16 miles northeast of the city of Lowell.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/24/2015
2
Comment Period
09/18/2017
3
Objection Period Start
03/12/2018
4
Decision
06/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
08/2018 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Upper Little Fall Creek ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/28/2018
ForestsWillamette National Forest
DistrictsMiddle Fork - Inactive Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT17S, R1E, Sections 4-7,9,17,18, T17S, R2E, Sections 1-3,10, and 11 of the Willamette Meridian.
Forest productsRoad managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementFuels management