Environmental Assessment Completed

Butte Mountain LSR Habitat Restoration Project

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

Improve habitat for northern spotted owl and other old-forest associated species, improve conditions for aspen and meadow communities, and re-introduce fire as a natural disturbance in a late-successional reserve. NCWQCB 2010 Waiver, Cat B.

Location

Flume Canyon-Shovel Creek (18010206030102), Little Shasta River Headwaters (18010207060101), Upper Shovel Creek (18010206030101) and Harris Creek (18010205030404) 7th field watersheds

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/22/2011
2
Comment Period
05/22/2013
3
Objection Period Start
11/26/2013
4
Decision
02/2014 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Species Habitat Improvements
Butte Mountain Late Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 02/26/2014
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsGoosenest Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT46N R3W, Sections 2-4, 9-11, 14-15, 22-27; T47N, R3W, Section 34, MDM.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels management