OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT – Divide Project (56803)

OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT – Divide Project (56803) Willamette National Forest, Detroit Ranger District – The draft Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Divide project are now available for public review. The Divide Project proposes to actively manage forest stands to promote growth, diversity, and structural complexity at the landscape scale; manage Riparian Reserves to attain Aquatic Conservation Strategy Objectives; support biodiversity in the project area by restoring, enhancing, and maintaining special habitats; and provide a sustainable supply of timber products to local economies. The proposed action includes treating managed stands, meadow and wetland restoration, maintenance or minor reconstruction of roads, and invasive plant treatments. The project is within Oregon's Marion County. The project area encompasses 10,362 acres of Forest System lands on the Detroit Ranger District south of Detroit Lake. The draft Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant impact and EA are available on the Willamette National Forest's project website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/willamette/projects/56803. The proposed decision is subject to objection pursuant to 36 CFR 218, Subparts A and B. The responsible official for the project is the Detroit Ranger District's Ranger, Michelle King. Objections will only be accepted from those who submitted project-specific written comments during scoping or another designated comment period. Issues raised in objections must be based on previously submitted comments unless based on new information arising after the designated comment period(s). Written objections must be submitted within 45 days following the publication of this legal notice. The date of this legal notice is the exclusive means for calculating the time to file an objection. Those wishing to object should not rely upon dates or timeframes provided by any other source. It is the objector's responsibility to ensure evidence of timely receipt (36 CFR 218.9). Objections must be submitted to the reviewing officer Duane Bishop, Acting Willamette National Forest Supervisor. Objections may be submitted online: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=56803 , mail or hand-delivery (3106 Pierce Parkway Suite D, Springfield, OR 97477). Electronically filed objections may be submitted in the following formats: plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Word (.doc, .docx), or portable document format (.pdf). Objections must include: objector's name, address, and telephone; signature or other verification of authorship; identification of a single lead objector when applicable; project name, Responsible Official name and title, and name of affected National Forest or Ranger District; reasons for, and suggested remedies to resolve, your objections; and, description of the connection between your objections and your prior comments (36 CFR 218.8 (d)). Incorporate documents by reference only as provided for at 36 CFR 218.8 (b). For further information concerning the Divide Project, please contact Amy Mayedo, Assistant Environmental Coordinator, at Amy.Mayedo@usda.gov or 541-225-6444. March 13 2026 LEUG0478394