Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Johnny O'Neil Late Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration and Fuel Reduction Project

Klamath National Forest & Butte Valley National Grassland Siskiyou, California Happy Camp Ranger District

Fuels treatments include thinning, and underburning and masticating within and outside of thinning areas. About 7000 acres in LSR. NCWQCB 2004 waiver.

Location

Horse Creek Watershed, north of Horse Creek, CA. (6th field HUC 180102061004).

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
12/31/2009
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/16/2011
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/03/2012
4
Objection Period Start
08/03/2012
5
Decision
11/2012 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threatened And Endangered Species Habitat
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements
Johnny ODecision Signed Date: 11/16/2012
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT47N, R11W; T47N, R10W; T46N, R11W; T46N, R10W; MDM
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management