Environmental Assessment Completed

Pine Ridge Landscape Restoration II

Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands Dawes; Sioux, Nebraska Pine Ridge Ranger District

vegetation treatments on approximately 19,200 acres of Forest Service land within the Pine Ridge Ranger District. Treatments would include prescribed fire, thinning, understory vegetation control, meadow and riparian enhancement.

Location

The project location in across the western half of National Forest System Lands impacted by the wildfires of 2012 on the Pine Ridge Ranger District.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/29/2018
2
Comment Period
09/30/2018
3
Objection Period Start
06/05/2019
4
Decision
07/2019 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
07/2019 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) HFRA
Project ActivityRoad Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Trail Management; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Salvage); Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Pine Ridge Landscape Restoration IIDecision Signed Date: 07/12/2019
ForestsNebraska National Forest
DistrictsPine Ridge Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Watershed managementFuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsRoad management