The Forest Service is proposing vegetation thinning within a 518,000-acre project area on the NKRD by using prescribed fire and small-dia. tree thinning resulting in 319,000 acres of fuels treatments, and forest vegetation and watershed improvements.
Location
Project includes approximately 518,000 acres of the Kaibab Plateau on the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. Wilderness and sensitive areas will be excluded from treatment.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
10/05/2018
2
Comment Period
10/05/2018
3
Objection Period Start
06/25/2020
4
Decision
11/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
12/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Watershed Improvements |
| DN-FONSI for the Kaibab Plateau Ecological Restoration Project | Decision Signed Date: 11/18/2020 |
| Forests | Kaibab National Forest |
| Districts | North Kaibab Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |