Environmental Assessment Completed

Petersburg Pines Restoration

Klamath National Forest & Butte Valley National Grassland Siskiyou, California Salmon River Ranger District

Thinning of dense forests, establishing fuelbreaks on key ridges, providing emergency ingress/egress buffers and protecting infrastructure and domestic water sources in the lands adjacent to Cecilville, CA on about 7,300 acres. NCWQCB 2004 Waiver.

Location

Federal lands around the town of Cecilville, CA. Upper South Fork Salmon River (180102100101) & Petersburg-SF Salmon River (180102100102) 6th field watersheds.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
02/09/2010
2
Objection Period Start
08/19/2011
3
Decision
08/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
09/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Petersburg Pines Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/01/2012
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsSalmon River Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship (T) 37 North (N), Range (R) 11 West (W), Secs. 3-12, 14-18, & 23; T38N, R11W, Sec. 21& 27-34; T38N, R12W, Sec 25; Mt. Diablo Meridian
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsFuels management