Environmental Assessment Completed

North Schell Restoration Project

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest White Pine, Nevada Ely Ranger District

USFS proposal to restore stand health, reduce wildfire severity, and promote understory regeneration in sage-steppe, mtn shrub, and aspen communities . Prescribed fire and mechanical treatments would be applied within a 78,000 acre project boundary.

Location

FS boundary that runs from Schellborne Rd south to Kalamazoo Rd

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
06/05/2009
2
Comment Period
06/09/2010
3
Decision
01/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
05/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements
North Schell Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 01/10/2012 Legal Notice Date: 01/20/2012
ForestsHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
DistrictsEly Ranger District
Watershed management