Environmental Assessment Completed

Smokey Bear North Habitat Improvement Project

Lincoln National Forest Lincoln, New Mexico Smokey Bear Ranger District

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 AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements
Smokey Bear North Habitat Improvement ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/31/2020
ForestsLincoln National Forest
DistrictsSmokey Bear Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)