Environmental Assessment Cancelled

Iowa Hill / Gerle Meadow Land Exchange

Eldorado National Forest El Dorado, California Eldorado National Forest All Units

The project proposes a land for land exchange of three contiguous federal parcels managed by the USFS Eldorado National Forest, totaling 433 acres known as Iowa Hill, for a single non-federal parcel of 325 acres known as Gerle Meadow.

Location

Federal Parcels: on and around Iowa Hill along the east side of the southern end of Slab Creek Reservoir within the Placerville R.D. Non-federal Parcel: along Wentworth Springs Rd. approx.. 3 miles west of Loon Lake within the Pacific R.D.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
03/04/2015
2
Comment Period
01/2016 (Estimated)
3
Objection Period Start
03/2016 (Estimated)
4
Decision
05/2016 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2016 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityLand Exchanges
ForestsEldorado National Forest
DistrictsPacific Ranger District; Placerville Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionIowa Hill - T11N R11E Portions of S25; T11N R12E, Portions of S19 & S30 MDM ; Gerle Meadow - T14N R14E, Portions of S35 & S36 MDM.
Heritage resource managementVegetation management (other than forest products)Recreation managementLand ownership managementWatershed managementWildlife, fish, rare plants