Environmental Assessment Completed

Tobacco Gulch Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project

Eldorado National Forest El Dorado, California Georgetown Ranger District

Commercial thinning, biomass removal, tractor piling and mastication on approximately 1,200 acres of forest lands generally within the WUI or planned SPLATS. Treatment of noxious weeds would be aimed at containing and controling.

Location

Located near Darling Ridge, Mace Mill, and Traverse Creek on the Georgetown Ranger District

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/20/2010
2
Comment Period
10/17/2012
3
Objection Period Start
04/07/2017
4
Decision
06/2017 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Noxious Weed Treatments
Tobacco Gulch Fuels Reduction and Forest Health ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/05/2017
ForestsEldorado National Forest
DistrictsGeorgetown Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Fuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Forest products