Environmental Assessment Completed

Seiad-Horse Risk Reduction Project

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

Reduce safety hazards along roads & in concentrated stands, reduce fuels adjacent to private property, & to reduce the risk of future large-scale high severity fire losses of late successional habitat. Water Board Waiver Category B expected.

Location

The project is located within the Seiad Creek-Klamath River and Horse Creek-Klamath River 5th field watersheds. The project is about five miles North to Northeast of Seiad Valley, California, in Siskiyou County.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/05/2017
2
Comment Period
04/06/2018
3
Objection Period Start
06/08/2018
4
Decision
09/2018 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2018 (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
Seiad-Horse Risk Reduction ProjectDecision Signed Date: 09/28/2018
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 47 North, Range 11 West, Sections 8-28, 33, and 35, Mount Diablo Meridian.
Fuels managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsVegetation management (other than forest products)