Light Restoration Project
Vegetation management will address landscape departures from historical conditions. Includes the following estimated treatments (acres): timber harvest (2000), ladder fuel reduction (500), precommercial thinning (5711) and fuels treatment (5700).
Project Summary
Location Summary:
The project is north of Highway 20, west of County Road 4953 to Bonaparte Lake, east of Island Mountain, and south of Siwash Creek, about 15 miles east of the town of Tonasket, off Highway 20.
Project Milestones:
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Scoping Start | 10/21/2014 |
| Comment Period | 05/05/2016 |
| Objection Period Start | 01/24/2017 |
| Decision | 04/2017 (Estimated) |
| Implementation | 10/2017 (Estimated) |
Expected Analysis Type:
Environmental Assessment
Special Authority:
Not Applicable / Other
Lead Management Unit:
Tonasket Ranger District
Notice and Comment Regulation:
218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project Purpose:
Forest Products; Fuels Management; Recreation Management; Wildlife, Fish, Rare Plants
Project Activity:
Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Plan Amendment; Noxious Weed Treatments; Roadless Area Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green)
Current Status:
Completed
Project Decision Information
Light Restoration Project
Decision Signed Date: 04/20/2017
Forests:
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Districts:
Tonasket Ranger District
States:
Washington
Counties:
Okanogan
Legal Land Description:
Township 38 North, Range 30 East, Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, 23, 30, 34, 35, 36; Township 38 North, Range 29 East, Sections 27, 34, 35, 36;
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Phillip Christy
1 West Winesap
Tonasket, WA 98855
509-486-5137
pchristy@fs.fed.us
Last Updated: 7/18/2017