Decision Memo Completed

Lake Mountain Foxtail Pine Special Interest Area Restoration Project

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

Cutting and hand piling encroaching small red firs (<10" dbh) from foxtail pine trees on appx. 37 acres within the botanical Special Interest Area. Project also includes pile burning and planting foxtail pine seedlings. NCWQCB cat. A waiver.

Location

Five miles southwest of Hamburg, CA, on Lake Mountain, in the Walker Creek 7th field watershed (HUC 18010206110305).

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
07/15/2013
2
Comment Period
07/15/2013
3
Decision
08/2013 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2013 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (5), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(5)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation215
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Species Population Enhancements
Lake Mountain Foxtail Pine Special Interest Area Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/25/2013 Legal Notice Date: 09/03/2013
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT45N, R11W, Sec. 17, MDM.
Wildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)Special area management