Environmental Assessment Completed

Hams Fork Vegetation

Bridger-Teton National Forest Lincoln, Wyoming Kemmerer Ranger District

Proposed project addresses hazardous fuels; safety hazards associated with standing dead trees; the vitality of aspen, whitebark pine and lodgepole pine; and recovery of merchantable value of beetle-killed timber.

Location

Hams Fork area, north of Kemmerer, Wyoming

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/14/2012
2
Objection Period Start
06/08/2013
3
Decision
09/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threats To Ecosystem Components (Such As Insect Or Disease Epidemics)
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements; Timber Sales (Salvage)
Hams Fork Vegetation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/11/2013
DN / FONSI Hams Fork Vegetation ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/11/2013
ForestsBridger-Teton National Forest
DistrictsKemmerer Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT25N, R 116W, R117W, R118W; T26N, R 116W, R117W, R118W; T27N, R 116W, R117W, R118W; T28N, R116W
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)