Environmental Assessment Completed

Timber Mesa-Vernon WUI

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Apache; Navajo, Arizona Lakeside Ranger District

Analysis of 39,000 acres on NF lands east of City of Show Low and north of Pinetop-Lakeside for vegetative thinning and fuel reduction. Project borders 20-25 miles of private lands. This includes the Woolhouse Wildlife Habitat Area.

Location

East of City of Show Low, north of FR45 & FR267, west of Vernon, south of NF boundary & US60.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/31/2011
2
Objection Period Start
08/07/2012
3
Decision
09/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
11/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels)
Timber Mesa/Vernon WUI Fuels Reduction and Forest Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/18/2012
ForestsApache-Sitgreaves National Forests
DistrictsLakeside Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionPortions of T9N R22-24E, T10N R22-25E, G & SR BM
Fuels management