Environmental Impact Statement · Blue Mountain Ranger District · updated 5/28/2026
The project is located approximately 9 miles northeast of Prairie City, Oregon and borders the Wallowa Whitman National Forest. · Baker; Grant, Oregon
This project includes a suite of activities to restore forest and watershed resiliency, including: fuels treatments and prescribed burning; and upland and watershed restoration.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed management
NOI in Federal Register
05/15/2025
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
02/02/2026
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/2026 (Estimated)
Decision
04/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2027 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Road Maintenance; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Malheur National Forest; Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Blue Mountain Ranger District; Prairie City Ranger District; Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Various sections in T10S, R35E; T 10S, R35-1/2E; T11S, R35E; T11S, R35-1/2E; T11S, R36E; T12S, R34E; T12S, R35E; T12S, R35-1/2E; T12S, R36E; T13S, R35E; T13S, R35-1/2E; Willamette Meridian. |
Categorical Exclusion · WHITMAN RANGER DISTRICT · updated 5/26/2026 · decision 11/2024 (Estimated)
Baker County, OR near NFSR 1100, 1075, 1080, 1090, and State Highway 667 · Baker, Oregon
A Defensible Fuel Profile Zone (DFPZ) project to reduce the fuel loading in strategic areas that would help in the aid in fire suppression on FS along private boundaries, ridgelines and or road corridors.
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
NEPA Start Date
5/23/2024
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | Section 605 of HFRA (16 U.S.C.6591d) |
Environmental Assessment · La Grande Ranger District · updated 5/26/2026
Starkey EFR, near Highway 244 · Umatilla; Union, Oregon
Hazardous fuel reduction, watershed restoration, and research
Fuels managementRegulations, directives, ordersVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · WHITMAN RANGER DISTRICT · updated 5/26/2026
Whitman Ranger District near Sparta · Baker, Oregon
Hazardous fuels reduction using prescribed burning, commercial and noncommercial thinning.
Fuels managementRegulations, directives, ordersVegetation management (other than forest products)
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · La Grande Ranger District · updated 5/26/2026 · decision 12/2026 (Estimated)
30 miles southeast of La Grande · Baker; Union, Oregon
Hazardous fuels reduction within stands at high risk for insect and disease out break as well as a high risk fireshed.
Fuels managementRegulations, directives, ordersVegetation management (other than forest products)
NEPA Start Date
12/10/2025
Project documents
Decision Memo · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units · updated 4/24/2026
Located near the Buckhorn Overlook recreation site · Wallowa, Oregon
A radio communication tower and associated radio shelter need to be replaced due to their poor conditions.
Facility management
Decision
04/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Facility Improvements/Construction |
| Decision Decided Date | 04/24/2026 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Hells Canyon NRA |
| Legal Land Description | T3N, R48E, SW-NE S9 |
Environmental Assessment · Wallowa Valley Ranger District · updated 2/23/2026
Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project is located 20 miles southeast of Joseph, Oregon, on the Wallowa Whitman National Forest. · Wallowa, Oregon
The purpose of the Project is to conduct restoration management activities to improve forest resiliency and sustainability and improve hydrologic functioning, thereby moving the landscape toward the goals, objectives, and desired future condition(s).
Forest productsFuels managementWatershed managementRoad management
Comment Period
11/20/2024
Objection Period Start
05/07/2025
Decision
02/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Wallowa Valley Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · La Grande Ranger District · updated 2/11/2026
National Forest System Roads 5125 and 5138 · Union, Oregon
Redistribute waste rock from dredge mining along 2 miles of the Upper Grande Ronde River and relocate approximately 1 mile of road to improve floodplain conditions.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed management
Comment Period
04/30/2025
Objection Period Start
08/13/2025
Decision
02/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
07/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units · updated 10/24/2025
Upper Breshears Trailhead, National Forest System Road 6210 · Union, Oregon
Relocate the Breshears trailhead to an existing rock pit with better access to improve safety and an anticipated increase in use.
Recreation management
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (24), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(24) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Developed Site Management |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Whitman Ranger District · updated 10/24/2025
Near Halfway, OR adjacent to National Forest System Roads 7700, 7705, 7710, 7741, 7715 · Union, Oregon
Establish and maintain fuel breaks to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire within the Carson/Pine Valley Wildland Urban Interface.
Forest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management
Decision
10/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
12/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.3 (9) |
| Special Authority | Hfra Title Vi: Wildfire Resilience Ce |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Assessment · Salmon River Ranger District · updated 9/25/2025
The project area is located approximately 7 miles northwest of Riggins, Idaho, in Idaho County. · Idaho, Idaho
Improve forest resilience, reduce hazardous fuels, enhance native grasslands, improve road access, develop two rock pits, reduce sediment delivery, provide timber products. Requesting EAD under IIJA, comment period per IIJA offered if granted.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementRoad management
Scoping Start
01/2026 (Estimated)
Decision
01/2027 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2028 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green) |
| Forests | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest; Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Salmon River Ranger District; Hells Canyon NRA |
| Legal Land Description | T27N, R1W, Sec. 36; T26N, R1W, Sec. 1, 2, 11-15, 21-28, 33-36; T25N, R1W, Sec. 1-5, 7-20, 22-27, 33-36; T24N, R1W, Sec.1-4, 9-12; T26N, R1E, Sec.6, 7, 18-21, 29-32; T25N, R1E, Sec. 5-8,17-20,29-32. |
Environmental Assessment · Whitman Ranger District · updated 7/31/2025
This project is located in the Baker City Municipal Watershed. · Baker, Oregon
The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuels between the Baker City Watershed and nearby private land.
Forest productsFuels managementWatershed management
Comment Period
03/09/2024
Objection Period Start
03/05/2025
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Revised Final Baker City Watershed Fuels Management Project | Decision Signed Date: 06/06/2025 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T 09 S R 38 E Sec 2,3,4; 9,10,11,12; 13,14,15,16; 22, 23,24; 25,26; 36 T 09 S R 39 E Sec 17, 18, 19, 20, 30, 31 |
Decision Memo · Whitman Ranger District · updated 6/2/2025
Sumpter, OR area, Huckleberry, Phillips Lake area · Baker, Oregon
A Defensible Fuel Profile Zone (DFPZ) project to reduce the fuel loading in strategic areas that would help in the aid in fire suppression on FS along private boundaries, ridgelines and or road corridors.
Fuels management
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.3 (9) |
| Special Authority | Hfra Title Vi: Wildfire Resilience Ce |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels) |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T8S R37E, T8S R36E, T9S R37E, T9S R38E, T10S R37E, T10S R38E |
Decision Memo · Whitman Ranger District · updated 6/2/2025
Approximately 10 miles northwest of Halfway, Oregon. · Baker, Oregon
Renewal of communication tower lease.
Special use management
Decision
09/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (15) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T7S, R45E, Sec 5, WM |
Decision Memo · La Grande Ranger District · updated 5/30/2025
Meadow Creek, along NFSR 2120 · Union, Oregon
Project managers propose the installation of 3 new surface water streamgage stations along Meadow Creek and 20-30 piezometer groundwater wells along the creek's floodplain. Installation is proposed for the summer of 2025.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsWatershed managementResearch
Decision
05/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.11, 7 Cfr 1B.3(A) (3) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Environmental Impact Statement · Whitman Ranger District · updated 12/5/2024
Powder River watersheds · Baker, Oregon
Analyze proposed mining plans of operations within the Powder River watersheds.
Minerals and geology
NOI in Federal Register
03/23/2018
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/18/2022
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/20/2024
Objection Period Start
07/17/2024
Decision
12/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T 8,9,10S, R 36,37,38,39E |
Decision Memo · Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units · updated 9/6/2024
The project occurs in the headwater meadows of Bull Run Creek approximately 6 miles east of Granite on the 24 Road. · Grant, Oregon
Bull Run Meadows Restoration Project geotechnical analysis of current subsurface substrates in mine waste piles. Excavation of a trench 8-10 feet deep, 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. Total disturbance will be less than 1/10th acre.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsMinerals and geology
Decision
10/2024 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2024 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T. 09S R. 36E Sections 19, 20, 27, 28, 29 |
Decision Memo · Whitman Ranger District · updated 5/23/2024
North Phillips Lake Trail #1608-Project length approx. 400%u2019 with bridge span approx. 50%u2019 · Baker, Oregon
The North Phillips Lake Trail #1608 parallels State Hwy 7 at Deer Creek Bridge. Currently there is no hiker/bike bridge there. The area is near a state right-of-way. dev of a new foot/bike bridge over Deer Creek will eliminate a hazard
Recreation management
Scoping Start
03/2023 (Estimated)
Decision
09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
10/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Trail Management |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | Whitman Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T 10 S, R 38 S, Sec 16 |
Decision Memo · R6 - Pacific Northwest Region All Units · updated 4/7/2023
National Forest units, typically high elevation, where blister-rust resistant white-bark pine trees have been identified or are in screening, and areas that are high priority for new selections. · Baker; Deschutes; Douglas; Grant; Jefferson; Klamath; Lake; Lane; Union; Wallowa; Chelan; Ferry; King; Kittitas; Okanogan; Pend Oreille; Skagit; Snohomish; Stevens; Whatcom; Yakima, Oregon; Washington
The Pacific Northwest Region is collaborating with nine Forests to develop a region-wide project to protect whitebark pine trees (Pinus albicaulis) that have a high level of white pine blister rust resistance.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)
Scoping Start
04/2023 (Estimated)
Decision
09/2023 (Estimated)
Implementation
09/2023 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (25), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(25) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Forests | Deschutes National Forest; Fremont-Winema National Forest; Malheur National Forest; Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; Umatilla National Forest; Umpqua National Forest; Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Colville National Forest |
| Districts | Deschutes National Forest All Units; Fremont-Winema National Forest All Units; Malheur National Forest All Units; Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest All Units; Umatilla National Forest All Units; Umpqua National Forest All Units; Wallowa-Whitman National Forest All Units; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest All Units; Colville National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · La Grande Ranger District · updated 6/5/2019
Mt. Emily Communication site near NFS road 3120 · Union, Oregon
Renewal of an existing Special Use Permit
Special use management
Decision
06/2019 (Estimated)
Implementation
06/2019 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (10) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Decision Decided Date | 06/05/2019 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T1S R38E S32 |
Decision Memo · La Grande Ranger District · updated 2/8/2019
Mt. Emily · Union, Oregon
Permit renewal for PacifiCorp's existing Mt. Emily site.
Special use management
Decision
02/2019 (Estimated)
Implementation
02/2019 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (10) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Special Use Authorizations |
| Decision Decided Date | 02/01/2019 |
| Forests | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Districts | La Grande Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T1S R38E S32 NW1/4 |