The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Gold Beach Ranger District is proposing to salvage harvest on 4,090 acres burned in the 191,197-acre Chetco Bar Fire. The project is located in Curry County approximately 11 miles northeast of the city of Brookings and 12 miles southeast of Gold Beach. The purpose of the Chetco Bar Fire Area Salvage project is to capture timber value by harvesting dead, dying and/or damaged trees in a timely manner.
“Our team of natural resource specialists worked diligently to provide a proposed action that meets our project objective of harvesting fire-killed trees while considering sensitive ecological areas and economic feasibility,” said Chetco Bar Coordinator Jessie Berner. The environmental assessment can be accessed on the Forest Service website at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=53150 when you click on the analysis tab.
Additional project information can be obtained by contacting Lori Bailey at the Gold Beach Ranger District, 29279 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Oregon 97444, 541-247-3666, or by email at comments-pacificnorthwest-siskiyou-goldbeach@fs.fed.us.
Once public comments are analyzed, a decision is expected in early June.
Written, facsimile (FAX), hand-delivered, and electronic comments concerning this action will be accepted for 30 calendar days following publication of this notice in the newspaper of record for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, the Medford Mail Tribune, Medford Oregon on April 16, 2018.
Written comments must be submitted to: Jessie Berner, Chetco Bar Coordinator, 29279 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach, Oregon 97444, or facsimile comments to: 541-247-3641. Hand-delivered comments may be delivered to the Gold Beach Ranger Station or the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Medford Interagency Office at 3040 Biddle Road in Medford. Electronic comments may be submitted to comments-pacificnorthwest-siskiyou-goldbeach@fs.fed.us.
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