The Prairie City Ranger District of the Malheur National Forest is in the process of developing a proposed action for the Cliff Knox Project. The approximately 40,000-acre project area is located 30 miles southeast of Prairie City, in Grant and Harney counties, according to a Forest Service press release. The project area is comprised of the Blue Bucket Creek and Cliff Creek-Malheur River subwatersheds, and includes the Malheur River Inventoried Roadless Area, as well as part of the Malheur River Wild and Scenic River corridor.

An informal, open house-style public meeting to share information about the Cliff Knox project area will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Prairie City Senior Center, 204 N. McHaley. A meeting will also be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. that day at the Harney County Chamber of Commerce, 484 N. Broadway Ave., Burns.

Forest Service staff will provide information about existing conditions of resources in the project area and solicit feedback about the types of activities that may be proposed to address resource concerns.

For more information, contact NEPA Planner Amy Mathis at 541-820-3890 or amymathis@fs.fed.us.