Environmental Assessment Completed

Huachuca FireScape, Supplemental Environmental Assessment

Coronado National Forest Cochise; Santa Cruz, Arizona Sierra Vista Ranger District

This project proposes to supplement the 2009 Huachuca FireScape Project and 2020 Huachuca FireScape Supplemental Information Report with 3 new restoration activities: grubbing, herbicide application, and fire and non-fire treatments in riparian areas

Location

297,748 acres of National Forest System lands within the Huachuca and Whetstone Ecosystem Management Areas in Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, Arizona

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/29/2023
2
Comment Period
11/01/2023
3
Objection Period Start
02/23/2024
4
Decision
04/2024 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2024 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Watershed Improvements
Huachuca FireScape, Supplemental Environmental AssessmentDecision Signed Date: 04/16/2024
ForestsCoronado National Forest
DistrictsSierra Vista Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Vegetation management (other than forest products)Climate change adaptationFuels managementWatershed management