Environmental Assessment Completed

Pine/Strawberry WUI

Tonto National Forest Gila, Arizona Payson Ranger District

Fuels management project around and south of the communities of Pine and Strawberry, AZ. Total project area being analyzed is 68,000+ acres.

Location

Tonto NF, Payson RD, west of SH 87, south of the Mogollon Rim, east of the Matazal Wilderness Area and north of Forest Road 406.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
09/01/2005
2
Comment Period
10/03/2005
3
Decision
11/2005 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
02/2006 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNational Fire Plan - Healthy Forests Initiative Alternative Consultation Arrangements
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Pine/Strawberry WUIDecision Signed Date: 11/04/2005 Legal Notice Date: 11/07/2005
ForestsTonto National Forest
DistrictsPayson Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionLengthy, see location description.
Fuels management