Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Mt. Ashland LSR Habitat Restoration and Fuels Reduction Project

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

Habitat restoration/enhancement, fuels reduction, development and protection of late-successional forest habitat in area railroad logged in 1900s in the Mt Ashland Late-Successional Reserve. Contact Project Leader Susan Stresser, USFS, (530)841-4538.

Location

The majority of habitat restoration activities are planned within the Long John and Beaver /Grouse 7th field subwatersheds. Fuelbreaks are proposed along ridges in adjacent subwatersheds

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
10/07/2005
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/15/2007
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/01/2008
4
Objection Period Start
04/11/2008
5
Decision
05/2008 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
09/2008 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Threatened And Endangered Species Habitat
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivitySpecies Habitat Improvements
Mt. Ashland Late Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration and Fuels ReductiDecision Signed Date: 05/20/2008
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT40S, R1W, Sec. 25, 26, 34-36; T40S, R1E, Sec. 19-21, 29-32; T41S, R1W, Sec. 1-3, 10-19; T41S, R2W, Sec. 5-8, 17, 18; WM. T48N, R9W, Sec. 13, 24; T48N, R8W, Sec. 15-18, 20-22, 27, 28; MDM
Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsRegulations, directives, orders