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NEPA Project Details

Project: Powell's Bottle Commercial Thinning & Density Management
Project Status: Planning in Progress
Office Location: Roseburg
Resource Area: Swiftwater
NEPA #: OR-104-02-09 Finding of No Significant Impact
Document Publish Date: 2/26/2008
Summary: Powell's Bottle Commercial Thinning and Density Management will occur on four (4) units (approximately 103 acres) of 38 to 55 year-old second-growth forest located in the Upper Umpqua Fifth-Field Watershed in Sections 3, 5, and 9 of T. 25 S., R. 7 W., and Section 33 of T. 24 S., R. 7W.; W.M. Within these 103 acres, approximately one and a half (1.5) acres will be removed for the development of roads and spur right-of-ways. This project is within the General Forest Management Area, Riparian Reserve, and Late-Successional Land Use Allocations and will contribute approximately 1.8 million board feet of timber to help meet the Roseburg District's annual sale plan.
Contact: Roseburg District Office
Contact Phone: (541) 440-4930
Program Areas: Timber/Silviculture
NEPA #: OR-104-02-09 Decision Record
Document Publish Date: 2/26/2008
Summary: Powell's Bottle is a forest commercial thinning and density management project identified in the Upper Umpqua Watershed Plan (EA # OR -104-02-09) and its subsequent Decision Record (October 8, 2003). This decision is consistent with the Roseburg District Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan (ROD/RMP) adopted in June 1995 and the Upper Umpqua Watershed Plan. The implementation of this decision will meet the following objective from the Upper Umpqua Watershed Plan (pg. 2):
Public Protest/Appeal Start Date : 2/26/2008
Public Protest/Appeal End Date : 3/12/2008
Contact: Roseburg District Office
Contact Phone: (541) 440-4930
Program Areas: Timber/Silviculture