Deployment of MCH pheromone packets to Douglas-fir trees within the Ladybug/Turkey Flat area to limit bark beetle mortality following Douglas-fir tussock moth defoliation event in 2022.
Location
321 acres within the Turkey Flat Cabin area and up the SR. 366 switchbacks to Ladybug Saddle. Not every acre in area will be treated. Treatment will focus on red squirrel areas and the cabin area.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
12/06/2022
2
Decision
04/2023 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
04/2023 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Species Habitat Improvements |
| Ladybug Pheromone Deployment | Decision Signed Date: 04/25/2023 |
| Forests | Coronado National Forest |
| Districts | Safford Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | R.25 E. T.9S. 19 &20; R.25 E. T. 10 S. 30 |