The KNF-NKRD proposes to improve timber stands on approximately 9,123 acres of National Forest Land, through prescribed fire and understory thinning. The Tipover Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) Project is located along the Forest/Park Boundary.
Location
The Tipover TSI project is located on the very south end of NKRD along the boundary with the Grand Canyon National Park.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
02/26/2013
2
Comment Period
02/26/2013
3
Decision
07/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
08/2013 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements |
| Decision Memo for Tipover Timber Stand Improvement Project (CE) | Decision Signed Date: 07/10/2013 Legal Notice Date: 07/16/2013 |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T34N, R2E, Sections 1-13; and T34N, R1E, Sections 1-5 and 7-13; and T34N, R3E, Section 18; (within Coconino County, Arizona), of the Gila and Salt River Baseline and Meridian. |