NEPA Project Details

Project: Wolf Pup Timber Sale Scoping Report
Project Status: Planning in Progress
Office Location: Medford
Resource Area: Glendale
NEPA #: EA#OR118-08-014 Scoping Letter
Document Publish Date: 7/07/2008
Summary: The Proposed Action (Alternative 2) includes harvesting timber on approximately 2,047 acres of forest land by the general prescription of modified even-aged silvicultural methods. Cut trees would be removed by the use of tractor, skyline cable or helicopter yarding methods. To facilitate the transport of logs there would be road maintenance, 3.2 miles of permanent road and temporary route construction, 2.8 miles of road reconstruction, and quarry use. The Planning Area (PA) is located just west of the community of Wolf Creek, 1 mile south of the community of Glendale, and approximately 2 miles west of Interstate 5. The Planning Area (PA) is contained within the boundaries of the Hydrologic Unit Condition (HUC) 6, Wolf Creek sub-watershed, which flows into the larger 104,371 acre Grave Creek HUC 5 watershed. The legal description of the PA is Township (T) T.33S., R.7W., Sections 13, 14, 23, 25, 27, 34, 35; T.33S., R.6W., Sections 17, 19, 29, 31; T.34S., R.7W., Sections 1&3 in Josephine County.
Public Review Start Date : 7/07/2008
Public Review End Date : 8/08/2008
Contact: Michelle Calvert
Contact Phone: (541) 471-6505
Program Areas: Timber/Silviculture