This project seeks to provide research opportunities, promote forest structural diversity, develop a more resilient landscape, and improve watershed health. It proposes thinning, prescribed burning, fuel breaks, and transportation system changes.
Location
Buckeye Creek Watershed
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/05/2020
2
Comment Period
06/04/2025
3
Objection Period Start
08/18/2025
4
Decision
01/2026 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
02/2026 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Buckeye Integrated Resource Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 01/26/2026 |
| Forests | Umpqua National Forest |
| Districts | Tiller Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 29 South, Range 1 East, Sections 11-16, 20-29, and 32-35, and Township 29 South, Range 2 East, Sections 7-24, and 27-30, Willamette Meridian. |