USFS OWNF Awards GeomorphIS Task to Prepare CE for Fuel Break Project

The USDA Forest Service has awarded GeomorphIS a task order under the LMIR BPA to prepare Categorical Exclusion (CE) documentation for the proposed Lower Cle Elum fuel break on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The GeomorphIS team (including Hamer Environmental and Mason, Bruce & Girard) will conduct surveys, analysis, and documentation using Public Law No. 117-58, section 40806 (Fuel Break Categorical Exclusion) for the proposed action. The team will prepare the purpose and need and proposed action statements, scoping documents; perform comment analysis; conduct silviculture, fuels, and soils analysis; prepare treatment plan and decision memo; and maintain project record.