Bend Municipal Watershed Fuel Breaks
Thin both snags and green trees within several hundred feet of both sides of a few key roads in the area including: FS road (FSR) 4601370 and 4601. Treatments would create roughly 15 miles of strategic roadside fuel breaks and would also include reducing ladder fuels and down woody debris and brush. Roadside treatment could be accomplished with a variety of tools including forest crews used to masticate down material with a small tracked vehicle, firewood sales, and small commercial bid sales. Project implementation would include thinning of snags and some live green trees to reduce fuels along the selected roads, application of some spot rock in places to allow fire suppression vehicles access during a wildfire event and ladder fuel reduction and mastication of slash generated by tree removal.
Project Summary
Location Summary:
11 miles west of Bend, OR between the wilderness and the Bend Municipal Watershed
Project Milestones:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Scoping Start | 02/15/2013 |
| Decision | 05/2014 (Estimated) |
| Implementation | 09/2014 (Estimated) |
Expected Analysis Type:
Decision Memo
Categorical Exclusion:
32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special Authority:
Not Applicable / Other
Lead Management Unit:
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District
Notice and Comment Regulation:
Not Subject to Regulations
Project Purpose:
Fuels Management
Project Activity:
Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Current Status:
Completed
Project Decision Information
Bend Municipal Watershed Strategic Fuel Break Project
Decision Signed Date: 05/05/2014
Forests:
Deschutes National Forest
Districts:
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District
States:
Oregon
Counties:
Deschutes
Legal Land Description:
T17S, R9E, Sec. 11-14, 24-25, 33-36; T18S, R9E, Sec 4-5, 8; R8E, Sec. 31
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Christy McDevitt
63095 Deschutes Market Rd
Bend, OR 97701
541-383-4714
cmcdevitt@fs.fed.us
Last Updated: 5/6/2014