Snow fuels reduction project environmental assessment

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2008-03

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Deschutes National Forest (Agency : U.S.)

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Proposes to treat 5790 acres to lessen wildfire intensity, reduce resistance to control, and provide safer access for both firefighters and the public. Treatment units are strategically located on the landscape so that firefighters can safely and effectively manage wildfires, with an emphasis on protecting recreation areas, eagle and osprey habitat, riparian reserves, the Sheridan and Browns Late Successional Reserves, and the West and South Bachelor Roadless Area. Activities include reducing heavy fuel loading in areas of standing and down dead wood, thinning dense stands of live trees, burning forest debris, and using machinery to pile and burn slash and mow brush.

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406 pp. "Township 18 South, Range 8 East, Section 31; Township 19 South, Range 8 East, Sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 21-23, 26-28, 33, 34; Township 20 South, Range 8 East, Sections 1-4, 9-12, 14-16, 20-23, 26-30, 33-35; Township 21 South, Range 8 East, Sections 4, 8, 9." Captured July 9, 2008.

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Forest management -- Oregon -- Deschutes National Forest, Fuel reduction (Wildfire prevention) -- Oregon -- Deschutes National Forest, Forest thinning -- Oregon -- Deschutes National Forest

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