Environmental Assessment Completed

Kane Ranch Allotment Management Environmental Assessment

Kaibab National Forest Coconino, Arizona North Kaibab Ranger District

Forest Service project to re-evaluate and re-align the Allotment Management Plan for Kane Ranch operations on the Kaibab National Forest to address changes in vegetative conditions and provide adaptive, flexible grazing rotations for 10 to 20 years.

Location

Approximately 480,000 acres located on Kaibab National Forest - North Kaibab Ranger District, which includes Central Summer, Central Winter, Kane and Kanab Creek allotments.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/09/2012
2
Comment Period
06/10/2013
3
Objection Period Start
09/22/2013
4
Decision
11/2013 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
01/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityGrazing, Rescissions Act Of 1995
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityGrazing Allotment Management
Final DN-FONSI for the Kane Ranch Allotment Management Plan EADecision Signed Date: 11/19/2013
ForestsKaibab National Forest
DistrictsNorth Kaibab Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownships 34 -38 North, Ranges 1 - 3 West and 1 - 4 East, Gila & Salt River Baseline & Merdian; (Coconino County, AZ)
Land management planningGrazing managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed management