Environmental Assessment Completed

Mill City Fuels Reduction

Inyo National Forest Mono, California Mammoth Ranger District

Hazardous fuels reduction in the Old Mammoth and Mill City area. Combination of understory thinning, mastication of trees and brush, piling of project-generated slash, and pile burning on approximately 125 acres within WUI defense zone.

Location

Near Mill City Tract, Old Mammoth area

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/27/2007
2
Objection Period Start
01/22/2008
3
Decision
02/2008 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (10)
Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements
Mill City Fuels Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/28/2008
ForestsInyo National Forest
DistrictsMammoth Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT.4S, R.27E, S.4, 9, 10
Fuels management