Decision Memo Completed

Blowout-Divide Creeks Log Placement

Willamette National Forest Linn; Marion, Oregon Detroit Ranger District

This restoration project would improve habitat for rainbow and cutthroat trout and increase sediment storage along 1.0 miles of central Blowout Creek and 0.7 miles of lower Divide Creek.

Location

Upper Blowout Creek T 11 S, R 06 E, Sections 5, 6, 7 & 8: Blowout & Divide Creeks restoration reaches, Lower Divide Creek Rock Pit T 11 S, R 05 E, Section 31; and T 11 S, R 06 E, Section 6: Roads 10 & 1011 roadside large wood sources

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/15/2016
2
Decision
05/2016 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
07/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (7), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(7)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Blowout-Divide Creeks Wood Placement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 05/09/2016
ForestsWillamette National Forest
DistrictsDetroit Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management