Decision Memo Completed

Thompson Plantation Thin Project

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

Commercial and noncommercial thinning of plantations with understory fuels reduction using either underburning, mastication, mechanical or hand thin, pile and burn. Waterboard Waiver Category B.

Location

North to Northeast of Happy Camp, California. Lower Thompson Creek, Ladd Creek-Klamath River, and Seattle Creek-Klamath River 7th Field Watersheds.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/15/2020
2
Decision
07/2021 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (6), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(6)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Timber Sales (Green)
Thompson Plantation Thin ProjectDecision Signed Date: 07/28/2021
ForestsKlamath National Forest
DistrictsHappy Camp Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 17 North, Range 7 East, Sections 12 and 13. Township 17 North, Range 8 East, Sections 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16 to 20, 28 to 30, 32 and 33; Humboldt Meridian.
Fuels managementForest productsWildlife, fish, rare plants