BLM plans juniper removal near Crooked River Ranch to reduce wildfire risk
Public input sought on 1,026-acre proposal
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) The Bureau of Land Management s Prineville District is soliciting comments on a draft environmental assessment that analyzes the potential effects of fuels management and wildlife habitat improvement on BLM-administered public lands adjacent to the Crooked River Ranch community west of Terrebonne.
The draft EA outlines treatment options that would change the height and density of vegetation through mowing, hand-cutting or pruning juniper to reduce the risk of a high-severity wildfire.
The proposed action would treat up to 1,026 acres, which includes 339 acres excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) as part of the 2009 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, 677 acres on the south side of CRR, and 10 acres near the Otter Bench Trailhead.
Bureau of Land Management requests comments on draft hazardous fuel reduction environmental assessment
Central Ore. The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District is soliciting comments on a draft environmental assessment that analyzes the potential effects of fuels management and wildlife habitat improvement on BLM-administered public lands adjacent to the Crooked River Ranch community west of Terrebonne, OR. The draft EA outlines treatment options that would change the height and density of vegetation through mowing, hand-cutting or pruning juniper to reduce the risk of a high-severity wildfire.
The proposed action would treat up to 1,026 acres, which includes 339 acres excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) as part of the 2009 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, 677 acres on the south side of CRR, and 10 acres near the Otter Bench Trailhead.
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Members of the John Day Snake Resource Advisory Council will meet via Zoom on Thursday, and the agenda includes a host of items.
Among the presentations will be a talk by Teresa Fraser with the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, who will talk about the proposed action for a fee on the forest. Additionally, Jeff Kitchens from Prineville Bureau of Land Management will give an update on the fee proposal for the Lower Deschutes.
Brief discussions on the deferred maintenance funds from the Great American Outdoors Act for the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service, and the Oregon State Marine Board are also planned. Brief updates will be provided for Vale and Prineville BLM, as well as Deschutes, Umatilla, Ochoco, Wallow-Whitman and Malheur National Forests.