Restore and maintain fire regimes to vegetation types characterized by frequent to moderate fire return intervals using prescribed fire and wildfires managed for resource benefit.
Location
The non-wilderness portions of the Inyo National Forest outside the White or Inyo Mountains.
Project timeline
1
Scoping Start
11/22/2019
2
Decision
07/2024 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2024 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements; Rangeland Vegetation Improvements |
| Eastern Sierra Fire Restoration and Maintenance Project | Decision Signed Date: 07/19/2024 |
| Forests | Inyo National Forest |
| Districts | Inyo National Forest All Units |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |