USFS Awards GeomorphIS Task Order for NEPA Support on Cooper Ridge Fuel Break, OWNF

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) has issued GeomorphIS a task order under the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide survey, analysis, and documentation using Public Law No. 117-58, section 40806 (Fuel Break Categorical Exclusion) for the proposed Cooper Ridge fuel break on Chelan and Methow Valley Ranger Districts, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. GeomorphIS team partner Hamer Environmental will lead the NEPA planning aspects of the project, as well as prepare a Biological Assessment / Biological Evaluation and other resource assessments needed to determine the appropriateness of using the Categorical Exclusion. GeomorphIS team member Siskiyou BioSurvey will conduct a botanical survey of the proposed fuel break area in support of the environmental documentation.