The Smokey Bear Ranger District is proposing to authorize the treatment of an approximately 90,750 acre are for habitat improvement, including mechanical treatment, prescribed fire, and cut-stump herbicide use on juniper.
Location
Northern portion of Smokey Bear Ranger District: North of Hwy 380, North and West of Capitan Mountains Wilderness.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
07/15/2019
2
Comment Period
01/08/2020
3
Objection Period Start
06/05/2020
4
Decision
08/2020 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
12/2020 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements |
| Smokey Bear North Habitat Improvement Project | Decision Signed Date: 08/31/2020 |
| Forests | Lincoln National Forest |
| Districts | Smokey Bear Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |