BLM issues decision on the Fishermen’s Bend and Elkhorn Valley Trails Categorical Exclusion
The Bureau of Land Management Northwest Oregon District Cascades Field Office has issued a decision record for a Categorical Exclusion (CE) to construct, re-construct, and re-route the trail systems at Fishermen’s Bend and Elkhorn Valley Recreation Sites that were destroyed in the 2020 Santiam Canyon Fires. This project is located in T. 9N R. 2E, Section 25 and T. 9N R. 3E, Section 9. The CE (516 DM 11.11(H)(4) and 36 CFR 220.6(e)(1)) can be found on the ePlanning website at Fishermen’s Bend and Elkhorn Valley Trails. For more information, please contact the project lead, Lauren Woras, at 503-375-5673 or [email protected]
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