The project is largely aimed at improving undesired conditions created by the 2006 Spotted Tail Fire and the 2012 West Ash Fire and reducing the threat of stand-replacing wildfires in those few areas not impacted by those large wildfires.
Location
National Forest System Lands in Dawes County between Crawford and Chadron Nebraska.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
06/02/2014
2
Comment Period
06/07/2014
3
Objection Period Start
12/01/2014
4
Decision
01/2015 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
03/2015 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Hfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements |
| Pine Ridge Landscape Restoration | Decision Signed Date: 01/12/2015 |
| Forests | Nebraska National Forest |
| Districts | Pine Ridge Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |