Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Mitchell Project

Black Hills National Forest Pennington, South Dakota Mystic Ranger District

Project planning and analysis - vegetative and fuels management in wildland urban interface, prescribed burning, resource protection and management. NEPA analysis per Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) authority.

Location

NFS lands surrounding Hill City and Keystone, South Dakota

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/23/2006
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
03/09/2007
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/29/2007
4
Objection Period Start
06/29/2007
5
Decision
09/2007 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2007 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface; Hfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Mitchell ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/25/2007
ForestsBlack Hills National Forest
DistrictsMystic Ranger District
Fuels management